Rock Gets Political... And I Won't Offer An Opinion
Today's post is from our friend HIM.
I seem to have a fairly open yap when it comes to tossing about opinions on metal. It’s in my nature.
But I treat this site like my dinner table. I don’t talk politics or religion here. Well, actually, that isn’t entirely true. I am lucky enough to have family and friends with whom I can break bread and discuss both of those issues . . . even if we don’t come at either topic from the same angle. But at the cyber table that is BBG!? Nah. I pass. I cause enough consternation without it. And, if some of you can potentially divine my position on politics (or religion), fair enough.
The situation at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota, where people are protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline has been in the news a lot as of late. I find the situation intriguing on a variety of levels. But this post is not about that. It is about how two well-known metalheads have decided to discuss that situation.
Case study one: Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe. He wrote a lengthy essay for Rolling Stone detailing his (and his friend’s) firsthand experience at the actual protest. Here is the link:
Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe shares what he witnessed at Standing Rock https://t.co/hNIWUZ59Ul pic.twitter.com/JrM5HnCKym
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) December 2, 2016
Case study two: Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider. He released a video for the song “So What” off his recent solo album, We Are The Ones. Here is the link:
Both artists are politically active. Both have no issue with stating their opinions on a range of other issues too. So what do you think of their “takes” on this issue? I know, I know. That might seem like a dinkus move on my part. But, sometimes, I simply want to report something I saw or heard and leave it to you to discuss. This is one of those times.