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Posted by: admin | 01/13/2004 at 19:45 | 1431 views

Fat Mike says in an interview with ?Rock Sound Magazine? that Bad Religion will be one of the bands on the ?Rock Against Bush? album, due April 20.

Sum 41, Good Charlotte, Green Day, Pennywise, NOFX and a whole slew of American pop-punk bands to raise political awareness and encourage their fans to vote against George Bush in the next U.S. presidential election.

Each group will contribute a track to an upcoming compilation called "Rock Against Bush" which will be accompanied by a Rock Against Bush Tour around election time. The CD and tour are being organized and funded by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes and NOFX singer/bass player Fat Mike.

Two tours - one around the release of the album and the other closer to next year's presidential election - are also in the planning stages, most likely to consist of free concerts on college campuses. The tour will probably be named Punkvoter, after Fat Mike's political awareness organization.

"Certain colleges won't advertise it as Rock Against Bush, and a lot of radio stations won't mention the name either. So we may just call it the Punkvoter tour or something, but to us it will always be Rock Against Bush."

Money from sales of the album will go into print and television ads encouraging young people to vote Bush out of the White House. Fat Mike told MTV.com he hopes to have "one or two famous punk rockers" appear in the ads.

More info about Punkvoter:

Bands involved in Punkvoter include NOFX, Green Day, Bad Religion, Good Charlotte, The Offspring, Blink 182, Foo Fighters, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and Pennywise. Other people backing Punkvoter include Wayne Kramer (MC5), Jello Biafra (Alternative Tentacles), Billy Gould (Faith No More), and Brett Gurewitz (Epitaph Records).

Punkvoter plans to use this election as a way to get music fans engaged in politics and evolve our movement into becoming involved locally to influence real changes nationally. Punk icon Jello Biafra stated, ?I?m here because voting matters. I?m all for insurrection in the street. But it doesn?t accomplish much without insurrection at the ballot box.?

Punkvoter will be running interactive and creative voter education programs by taking our message to the streets and letting our fans and friends know why the electoral process is important to them. We will work locally to educate today?s youth about what is really going on in our society.

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Fantastic Pete Incomplete Location: United States Status: Offline Posts: 0	Quote Hmmm...could the song be about Greg Graffin oposing Bush in the election?! (sarcasm) One can only hope... 01/14/2004 at 23:28 Hmmm...could the song be about Greg Graffin oposing Bush in the election?! (sarcasm) One can only hope...
pilatus Guest Location: Global Citizen	Quote why they don't like Bush? 'cause he's a tyrant. And there are not left-wingers in USA. There are right-wingers or more-right-wingers. Do you earnestly think that a album called "Go out and vote" will make young people who never votes go out and vote? i don't think so. I think you are a lier if you say that the kyoto protocol would cost millions of jobs. Please learn the facts before posting something like that again. I'm sorry if it was the Bush administration that provided you with these false facts. 01/14/2004 at 15:15 why they don't like Bush? 'cause he's a tyrant. And there are not left-wingers in USA. There are right-wingers or more-right-wingers. Do you earnestly think that a album called "Go out and vote" will make young people who never votes go out and vote? i don't think so. I think you are a lier if you say that the kyoto protocol would cost millions of jobs. Please learn the facts before posting something like that again. I'm sorry if it was the Bush administration that provided you with these false facts.
Mike Guest Location: United States	Quote What's with the punk scene have against Bush? Frankly I don't like Bush at all but I'm fairly sure most of the bands that are participating in this album just dispise Republicans and want some left-winger in there. Why can't these bands let the public decide for themseleves? The name itself "Rock Against Bush" is a horrible retarded title. Why not, "Go out and vote"? or "Your Choice, Your Vote"? Frankly I feel this is more of a cash in rather a political statement, but hey, that's just me. And Kyoto Now is not a anti-Bush song. The Kyoto protocol was a stupid piece of legislation that provided little results and would've cost millions of jobs. Reminder: I don't like Bush either and has hurt our relaions with foreign nations. 01/14/2004 at 11:14 What's with the punk scene have against Bush? Frankly I don't like Bush at all but I'm fairly sure most of the bands that are participating in this album just dispise Republicans and want some left-winger in there. Why can't these bands let the public decide for themseleves? The name itself "Rock Against Bush" is a horrible retarded title. Why not, "Go out and vote"? or "Your Choice, Your Vote"? Frankly I feel this is more of a cash in rather a political statement, but hey, that's just me. And Kyoto Now is not a anti-Bush song. The Kyoto protocol was a stupid piece of legislation that provided little results and would've cost millions of jobs. Reminder: I don't like Bush either and has hurt our relaions with foreign nations.
Ed Guest Location: United Kingdom	Quote I seem to remember reading in the UK music magazine 'Kerrang' that it is going to be a new track. Lets just hope so. 01/13/2004 at 23:49 I seem to remember reading in the UK music magazine 'Kerrang' that it is going to be a new track. Lets just hope so.
pilatus Guest Location: Global Citizen	Quote Kyoto Now should be a great song to have on that album. That's really a anti-Bush JR song. 01/13/2004 at 21:57 Kyoto Now should be a great song to have on that album. That's really a anti-Bush JR song.
nr23se Admin Location: Sweden Status: Offline Posts: 35	Quote it's not impossible that the album will include a new one. I hope so. 01/13/2004 at 20:43 it's not impossible that the album will include a new one. I hope so.
Bad Brett Henchman Status: Offline Posts: 122	Quote I wonder if this will contain a previously unreleased song.... 01/13/2004 at 20:37 I wonder if this will contain a previously unreleased song....