# New(ish) music that's angry about important things and expresses it by yelling **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-music-thats-angry-about-important-things-and-expresses-it-by-yelling/492159 "2009-04-06T19:48:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-music-thats-angry-about-important-things-and-expresses-it-by-yelling/492159/21 "2009-04-07T12:41:48Z")
> [@troub](#): > > …And You Will Know Us by The Trail of Dead. I should have mentioned this one too, yeah. Some of their stuff is outwardly “important” and others are like the grunge-y list proffered by the OP, where they just scream and rant about things they think are important in an earnest way but you can’t make head or tails from them from the lyrics, but the OP’s wife is bound to like them 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-music-thats-angry-about-important-things-and-expresses-it-by-yelling/492159/22 "2009-04-07T12:57:35Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > If she likes Rage Against The Machine, then I highly recommend The Flobots. Thanks for the suggestions so far everyone! About The Flobots, when I mentioned them my wife recalled that she had heard them and has enjoyed listening to them. But she got kind of aggravated when she heard a line having something to do with “splitting the atom of a molecule.” She says, “I’m a science teacher. I can’t let that go.” 😉 But having been reminded of the band, she reports that, yes, this is a band from more recent times that she does tend to like. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-music-thats-angry-about-important-things-and-expresses-it-by-yelling/492159/23 "2009-04-07T14:23:28Z")
Half the time I put on KROQ, they’re playing a Linkin Park song. The guy seems to have issues with his dad, judging by the lyrics of their songs. Yes, he does yell sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Timchik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@Timchik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timchik)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-music-thats-angry-about-important-things-and-expresses-it-by-yelling/492159/24 "2009-04-07T15:11:12Z")
[The Thermals](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4Iobo18U9w&feature=related) tend to sound pretty angry and shouty. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-music-thats-angry-about-important-things-and-expresses-it-by-yelling/492159/25 "2009-04-07T15:16:24Z")
Well, here’s something that probably fits the bill: Texas Hippie Coalition’s [Pissed Off And Mad About It](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjCtHgNEcV0) from 2008. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-music-thats-angry-about-important-things-and-expresses-it-by-yelling/492159/26 "2009-04-07T15:26:49Z")
Serj Tankians solo debut _[Elect the Dead](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOmxedtVWeU)_ would seem to fit the bill (though I’m not sure it’s all that ‘important’) – how does she feel about System of a Down in general? ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-music-thats-angry-about-important-things-and-expresses-it-by-yelling/492159/27 "2009-04-07T15:31:19Z")
I’d never heard of **Blood for Blood** until two days ago, when I stumbled across a Youtube video made by Pat Dollard and a few Marines set to the tune of “Ain’t Like You (Wasted Youth II).” http :// www. [youtube.com/watch?v=zGeWfmqE2HY](http://youtube.com/watch?v=zGeWfmqE2HY) (Totally NOT safe for work!! Or the library. Or in front of your mom!) Summed up my feelings in high school quite succinctly. I don’t agree with that attitude anymore, but I sure as hell understand, and we’re going to have to deal with the fallout from those perceptions which are held on both sides of the political fence sooner rather than later. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-music-thats-angry-about-important-things-and-expresses-it-by-yelling/492159/28 "2009-04-07T15:54:59Z")
> [@Ro0sh](#): > > Mastodon’s [Crack the Skye](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_the_Skye#Musical_and_lyrical_themes)? > > Not really quite yelling. Or about important things. But it kinda is. And it’s quite good. Worst vocals ever. And the lyrics are themed around Imperial Russia, so not exactly important. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-music-thats-angry-about-important-things-and-expresses-it-by-yelling/492159/29 "2009-04-07T16:03:23Z")
I think Green Day’s “Holiday,” which I really like, fits the bill: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFim5S0\_fTc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFim5S0_fTc) ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-music-thats-angry-about-important-things-and-expresses-it-by-yelling/492159/30 "2009-04-07T16:07:51Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > – how does she feel about System of a Down in general? Loves the sound, hates the lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-music-thats-angry-about-important-things-and-expresses-it-by-yelling/492159/31 "2009-04-07T16:11:21Z")
[Linkin Park](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cosvsXtCATg)? I mean it sounds like Rage Against the Machine is pretty much the template for what you’re looking for. Do kids listen to angry political music these days? Oh…duh…[Green Day](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaK-_UxkxUo). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Real_Regency_Elf)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-music-thats-angry-about-important-things-and-expresses-it-by-yelling/492159/32 "2009-04-07T16:22:59Z")
How about The Falcon? And I know this is waaaayyyy before 2000, but you didn’t mention Minor Threat as one of her favorite bands and I think of them as pretty much Ur-Shouty-Angry music. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-music-thats-angry-about-important-things-and-expresses-it-by-yelling/492159/33 "2009-04-07T16:24:31Z")
She might be interested in [Nothingface](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxSskiqTVu0) (who feature more screaming in other songs on _Skeleton_, the album that the linked song is drawn from). ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-music-thats-angry-about-important-things-and-expresses-it-by-yelling/492159/34 "2009-04-07T17:30:48Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Is angry > About important things > And expresses this anger by yelling. Psychostick gets two out of three. _Two Ton Paperweight_ is a good one. ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-music-thats-angry-about-important-things-and-expresses-it-by-yelling/492159/35 "2009-04-07T17:47:23Z")
I was going to mention the Flobots, but it’s been done. They do an amazing live show, btw. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-music-thats-angry-about-important-things-and-expresses-it-by-yelling/492159/36 "2009-04-07T19:29:01Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Loves the sound, hates the lyrics. That’s a very understandable position – sadly. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-music-thats-angry-about-important-things-and-expresses-it-by-yelling/492159/37 "2009-04-07T20:21:08Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Not necessarily literally yelling, but you know, at least putting a yell-like quality into the singing voice. > > My wife noticed that she doesn’t listen to much music past the year 2000, and together we deduced that the quality that separates what she listens to from all the music we know of later than 2000 or so is that the music she listens to: > > Is angry > About important things > And expresses this anger by yelling. > (\*) > > So… is there music out there she would like that just hasn’t come to her attention? Or has this a pendulum that has not yet swung? > > \*I’m of half a mind to write a song with those three lines as lyrics. Which is exactly the kind of thing she hates. 🙂 The **Foo Fighters** may also fit the bill. Some songs, like Monkey Wrench have some yelling. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-music-thats-angry-about-important-things-and-expresses-it-by-yelling/492159/38 "2009-04-08T12:15:31Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Loves the sound, hates the lyrics. What? No-one listens to SOD for the lyrics anyway. Their sound is unique, not their lyrics. This goes for just about any heavy music these days. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-music-thats-angry-about-important-things-and-expresses-it-by-yelling/492159/39 "2009-04-08T15:13:23Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > My wife noticed that she doesn’t listen to much music past the year 2000, and together we deduced that the quality that separates what she listens to from all the music we know of later than 2000 or so is that the music she listens to: The music cynic in me would congratulate your daughter on having taste.😉 Seriously though, the music of this decade seems less “angry about important things” or “yelling” than the last decade. If the 90s were musically defined by the sound of Nirvana and Pearl Jam, I’d say the 2000s were defined by the sound of Coldplay. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-music-thats-angry-about-important-things-and-expresses-it-by-yelling/492159.md?page=1)