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"I think the whole world felt some relief that Trump was gone"Serj Tankian has spoken of Donald Trump‘s departure from the White House, saying that “the whole world felt some relief” following president Joe Biden‘s victory. The System Of A Down frontman, who released his solo EP ‘Elasticity’ last month, was asked about his past criticism of Trump in a new interview with NME, and whether he felt more hopeful about Biden’s presidency. “The word is relieved, more than hopeful. The US president has way too much power in terms of Foreign Affairs, so it affects the rest of the...

One professional rocker has been continuing his social media crusade against Black Lives Matter and, despite his bandmates’ more liberal leanings, has refused to back off of his support for law enforcement. Metal and hard rock music outlet Loudwire reported on “System of a Down” drummer John Dolmayan’s brave pro-police support. The musician posted a photo of an NYPD uniform patch to his Instagram account on July 24 and captioned the social media post with pro-”Blue Lives” sentiment. He wrote, “Very proud to have received this gift and will always support the men and women who put their lives on...

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant issued a statement Saturday calling on Mayor Jenny Durkan to resign, describing her as responsible for “violence and brutality” in the city’s response to “overwhelmingly peaceful” protests against institutional racism and police killings of Black people. A harsh Durkan critic long before the current demonstrations, Sawant also called on her council colleagues Saturday to remove the mayor, if necessary. Durkan didn’t immediately return a request for comment Saturday. In the past week, “Durkan has repeatedly unleashed Seattle police to use ever-escalating violence against ordinary people protesting the police murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and...

Kanye West, Sonic Youth, Rage Against the Machine and many more artists rallied to boycott Arizona after the state passed a controversial law that encourages police officers to target residents they "reasonably suspect" to be undocumented. Rage Against the Machine's Zack de la Rocha is leading the boycott, dubbed "The Sound Strike," which finds the large group of artists refusing to perform in Arizona as long as the law is in place. "Fans of our music, our stories, our films and our words can be pulled over and harassed every day because they are brown or black, or for the...