# Republican Rock

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-rock/52772>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 1, 2001, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-rock/52772 "2001-02-01T21:36:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-rock/52772/1 "2001-02-01T21:36:54Z")

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Let’s talk about rock-n-roll/pop acts who are vocal (or at least not very secretive) about their left-leaning political views. There’s

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[li]Phish[/li][li]Rage Against the Machine[/li][li]Bruce Springsteen[/li][li]REM[/li][/ul]

NOW let’s look at acts who are vocal about their right-leaning political views. Excluding Neo-Nazi shitheads we have…

Ted Nugent.  
That’s it.

At least, that’s how _ **I** _ see it.

So can anyone name a rock-n-roll/pop act who is vocal (or not very secretive) about their Republican-leaning political views? Does Ricky Martin, by virtue of having performed at W’s innaugural, count?

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**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2001, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-rock/52772/2 "2001-02-02T09:03:17Z")

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> \*Originally posted by rastahomie \*  
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> Ted Nugent.  
> That’s it.  
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Sammy Hagar  
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter (Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers)

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**Author:** ![dustMagnate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/fbc32d/32.png) [@dustMagnate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dustMagnate)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2001, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-rock/52772/3 "2001-02-02T12:54:30Z")

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Kid Rock, wearing a fat fur coat at last years Grammys, talking about drinking Bud and shooting animals. What a guy.

Elvis Presley (the stoned hypocrite).

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**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2001, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-rock/52772/4 "2001-02-02T18:49:24Z")

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Gary Numan (y’know, of early 1980s new wave “Cars” fame) is a very vocal Conservative supporter. Different country, but same idea.