Political affiliations of bands and artists

[nowhere girl]

With all of the talk about politics, I started thinking about how many bands/artists are talking about their personal politics. Would it make a difference to you what their politics are? Have you ever liked a group or musician and stopped liking them due to their politics?

Nowhere Girl

[WoodlandParkPunk]

My feeling is this.
Keep Politics and Religion out of my entertainment. I could care less what they think about these issues. Entertain me, don't preach / lecture me.

[MARV]

I've always admired bands such as the Pet Shop Boys or Depeche Mode for NOT taking any political stance, ever. They plainly say "we're just musicians. Our opinion is our business and does'nt really matter in the end." They actually eschew bands that do ge

[buffalochipz]

I'm voting for Kerry but I wouldn't mind a Bush win just to shove it in the face of all those MFing "Rock for Change" artists who came tromping through the swing states to spew their politics. Dave Matthews and his sewage-dumping entourage came to Dayton

[Jimbo]

[quote][i]Originally posted by WoodlandParkPunk[/i]
<br>My feeling is this.
Keep Politics and Religion out of my entertainment. I could ca

[SwampThing]

Well I think song writers are more credible than actors, but I prefer they use lyrics in songs to convey their thoughts about war, the government, social injustice or the human condition in general. Think of all the great songs that are political or soci

[KYYX4ever]

A musician's politics don't matter much to me. But like Swampthing said, I think music is the perfect medium to get out their message. it doesn't bother me. And if it inspires people to get politically aware, that's pretty cool. For many kids, who know al