# there seem to be a lot of Anti-bush bands, who are the pro-bush/pro-republican bands? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2004, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-a-lot-of-anti-bush-bands-who-are-the-pro-bush-pro-republican-bands/264815 "2004-09-18T07:25:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chefIL11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chefIL11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefIL11)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-a-lot-of-anti-bush-bands-who-are-the-pro-bush-pro-republican-bands/264815/1 "2004-09-18T07:25:18Z")
all I can think of is alice cooper and ted nugent ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-a-lot-of-anti-bush-bands-who-are-the-pro-bush-pro-republican-bands/264815/2 "2004-09-18T07:27:07Z")
Rock bands are probably generally oriented to the left. But to balance this, country bands are probably oriented to the right. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-a-lot-of-anti-bush-bands-who-are-the-pro-bush-pro-republican-bands/264815/3 "2004-09-18T07:51:25Z")
Ted Nugent, 99.837% of country bands and performers, Britney Spears, and Three Doors Down are four that jump immediately to mind. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-a-lot-of-anti-bush-bands-who-are-the-pro-bush-pro-republican-bands/264815/4 "2004-09-18T07:55:00Z")
I’d imagine most “Christian Rock” bands would be pretty big for George. ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-a-lot-of-anti-bush-bands-who-are-the-pro-bush-pro-republican-bands/264815/5 "2004-09-18T08:07:30Z")
Johnny Ramone (RIP) was a Republican. I read an article somewhere, about a month or so ago, about a bunch of Republican punk bands, which seems to me to be a contradiction in terms, but whatever. I can’t remember the names of any of them though. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-a-lot-of-anti-bush-bands-who-are-the-pro-bush-pro-republican-bands/264815/6 "2004-09-18T14:55:48Z")
Moving this from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-a-lot-of-anti-bush-bands-who-are-the-pro-bush-pro-republican-bands/264815/7 "2004-09-18T15:29:33Z")
There’s a rock band called [Pokerface](http://www.pokerface.com) who are very outspoken about their right-leaning political views. Of course, they aren’t tearing up the charts, either, but there you have it. And wasn’t Sammy Hagar at one time openly conservative? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-a-lot-of-anti-bush-bands-who-are-the-pro-bush-pro-republican-bands/264815/8 "2004-09-18T15:32:50Z")
I believe Lynyrd Skynyrd has played some GOP gigs. ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-a-lot-of-anti-bush-bands-who-are-the-pro-bush-pro-republican-bands/264815/9 "2004-09-18T15:51:14Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > And wasn’t Sammy Hagar at one time openly conservative? He was a big fan of Reagan IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-a-lot-of-anti-bush-bands-who-are-the-pro-bush-pro-republican-bands/264815/10 "2004-09-18T16:33:17Z")
You gotta remember this about Ted Nugent: He’s the guy who spent days stewing in his own shit and piss to avoid being drafted for Vietnam. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-a-lot-of-anti-bush-bands-who-are-the-pro-bush-pro-republican-bands/264815/11 "2004-09-18T16:51:28Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > You gotta remember this about Ted Nugent: He’s the guy who spent days stewing in his own shit and piss to avoid being drafted for Vietnam. Conservatives aren’t defined by their enthusiasm for the Vietnam war, they’re defined by their hostility to high taxes, and the spending thereof on social programs of dubious worth. Draft avoiders spanned the political spectrum. In an 80s interview with _Penthouse_, Mick Jagger claimed that every major black musician he knew had voted for Reagan. ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-a-lot-of-anti-bush-bands-who-are-the-pro-bush-pro-republican-bands/264815/12 "2004-09-18T17:28:49Z")
[http://www.conservativepunk.com/](http://www.conservativepunk.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-a-lot-of-anti-bush-bands-who-are-the-pro-bush-pro-republican-bands/264815/13 "2004-09-18T20:48:52Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > Conservatives aren’t defined by their enthusiasm for the Vietnam war, they’re defined by their hostility to high taxes, and the spending thereof on social programs of dubious worth. Fiscal conservatives, at least. Which is what Ted is. From the available evidence, Ted is half libertarian, half caveman. The New York Times had an [article](http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/21/fashion/21PUNK.html?ex=1395205200&en=4cb508bdb25e4095&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND) (hope the link works) a while back about the conservative punk phenomenon. > [@](#): > > Mr. MacKaye likened the punk aesthetic to furniture. “Once it’s built you can put it into any house,” he said. “You can be a lefty and go to Ikea or you can be a right-winger and go to Ikea.” ---
**Author:** ![Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Live_Better_Electrically)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-a-lot-of-anti-bush-bands-who-are-the-pro-bush-pro-republican-bands/264815/14 "2004-09-18T21:38:36Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > 99.837% of country bands and performers Some of them may feel that they have to muzzle their views for commercial reasons, but there are, and always have been, many progressive thinkers in country music. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-a-lot-of-anti-bush-bands-who-are-the-pro-bush-pro-republican-bands/264815/15 "2004-09-18T21:53:11Z")
> [@Live Better Electrically!](#): > > Some of them may feel that they have to muzzle their views for commercial reasons, but there are, and always have been, many progressive thinkers in country music. Would you count Johnny Cash? _The Man In Black_ is probably about the most progressive country song I’ve heard. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-a-lot-of-anti-bush-bands-who-are-the-pro-bush-pro-republican-bands/264815/16 "2004-09-18T22:54:58Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > Would you count Johnny Cash? _The Man In Black_ is probably about the most progressive country song I’ve heard. If we’re going to list left-leaning country acts: Willie Nelson- quite outspoken against Bush Bonnie Raitt- performed at an anti-Bush rally That babe who got kicked out of Mandalay Bay (or wherever) for pimping F911 to the audience (I think maybe it was Barbara Mandrell) ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-a-lot-of-anti-bush-bands-who-are-the-pro-bush-pro-republican-bands/264815/17 "2004-09-18T23:30:32Z")
**HeyHomie** : Unless I’m thinking of a completely different incident, that was _Linda Ronstadt_ not Ms Mandrell. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-a-lot-of-anti-bush-bands-who-are-the-pro-bush-pro-republican-bands/264815/18 "2004-09-18T23:34:46Z")
> [@Live Better Electrically!](#): > > Some of them may feel that they have to muzzle their views for commercial reasons, but there are, and always have been, many progressive thinkers in country music. Like the Dixie Chicks? ---
**Author:** ![ZeroGyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47774/32.png) [@ZeroGyro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZeroGyro)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-a-lot-of-anti-bush-bands-who-are-the-pro-bush-pro-republican-bands/264815/19 "2004-09-18T23:52:18Z")
> [@Live Better Electrically!](#): > > Some of them may feel that they have to muzzle their views for commercial reasons, but there are, and always have been, many progressive thinkers in country music. Merle Haggard, writer of “Okie from Muskogee” (which he has said was idiotic), has said he’s upset with Bush. Steve Earle is pretty damn liberal. I think you’ll find a lot of the progressive country artists are connected with old-school populism which has its roots in rural areas. About pro-Republican bands, I think I heard about Zakk Wylde, Ozzy Osbourne’s former guitarist, making some conservative statements while playing with his band at an Ozzfest concert. Funny thing is, Ozzy performed “War Pigs” at the same concert and used a video montage that had images of Hitler and Bush. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-a-lot-of-anti-bush-bands-who-are-the-pro-bush-pro-republican-bands/264815/20 "2004-09-18T23:52:35Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Like the Dixie Chicks? Yeah, but I’d have to give Toby Keith the victory in that little war. Of course, he’s my favorite country singer, so go figure. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-a-lot-of-anti-bush-bands-who-are-the-pro-bush-pro-republican-bands/264815.md?page=2)