36 years old and green hair. This liberal bigot was the guy behind Punkvoter.com and the "Rock Against Bush" CDs in 2004.
36 years old and green hair. This liberal bigot was the guy behind Punkvoter.com and the "Rock Against Bush" CDs in 2004.
OK, I'm officially old--I have never heard of any of these bands.
I've never heard of a single one of the bands mentioned. Does that mean I'm an old fart?
Dick Clark's going to have to surrender his title as "World's Oldest Teenager" to this guy...
I listen to a lot of Christian rock, but not really Underoath. It's too screamy for me. That said, this is a good illustration of how difficult it is for a Christian band to deal with the secular music industry.
They're still running the Warped Tour? Geez.. After the first couple of years, there wasn't anything worth going to see on the bill. I'd thought this thing had flamed out and died sometime around 02.
I am a HUGE fan of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. That said, I have met Fat Mike and he does seem like an arrogant, annoying (yet also somewhat amusing) jerk. His politics are another matter. I once read a political screed he wrote for some local Bay Area punk music magazine (the kind they leave stacks of for free in local hipster cafes) and it was absolute bilge. Ignorant, hateful, vulgar, badly written and just plain stupid. People can be good at one thing (he's in two successful bands and owns his own record label, Fat Wreck Chords) and still be completely worthless on the subjects of politics and public policy. Fat Mike is such a person. I'm not just saying he's a leftie. He's an utterly vicious and purile leftie beyond redemption.
My husband just came got home from the Warped Tour playing about 10 dates from Salt Lake City to Chicago and he said it was a Bush bash from almost all the bands. He's glad to be home. Some of his "road stories" include drama/tension between the bands so this story comes as no surpise.
PUNKVOTER LIES!!!!!!!!!!!!
BTW, rumor is that Underoath's singer was caught "partying" with one of the other bands on tour. They are a "straight-edge" band (no drugs or drinking) so they bailed....
Warped has gone to sh!t. These younger emo type bands need to have their own "tour" and let Warped get back to having decent bands.