George W Bush: Punk icon?

[corporatewhore]

George W Bush: Punk icon?

By Damian Fowler
BBC reporter in New York

It sounds unlikely, but there is a surprising new subculture emerging in the United States: Republican punk rockers.

In his knee-high Dr Martens and with his head shaved, Michale Graves is the Bush-friendly face of punk rock.He is the front man for the band Gotham Road, which has just kicked off its US tour.

On stage he belts out angry, obscure lyrics, but offstage he is also known for his conservative rants and raves."The leftist radical agenda seems to be resonating loudly from within pop culture and we are at war on many different levels," he wrote in one of his columns at conservativepunk.com - one of several new web sites for Republican punk rockers.

Gotham Road is one a roster of bands who are anti-anti-establishment - though they represent a small percentage of the punk scene.They are not raging against the machine - they are raging for it.

Although Graves does not fit the image of a young Republican, he makes no apologies for his politics.

Core values
"I support this government because of our president's core values," Graves says. "I think he's bringing the country in a right direction.

"Is there a better man for the job? There definitely might be, but from the candidates that we have to choose from in America right now, there's no better man than George Bush."

Nick Rizzuto is another self-styled conservative punk, and the founder of conservativepunk.com.

The 22-year-old is a fan of the New York City punk band Bouncing Souls, and has the tattoos to prove it.

But he identifies himself as capitalist punk, railing against the left.





Link: http://www.conservativepunk.com/
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3710263.stm

[cheezus]

1. ha! that's the funniest thing I've read all day

But it's not like there aren't democrats who like nascar and hunting.

[Renew Deal]

3. I like Nascar and Punk rock

Not hunting.

[Renew Deal]

2. They are fashion punks, nothing more.

They dress up with their chains, spikes and tatoos, but they are first class pussies.

[Beware the Beast Man]

4. Michale Graves=Pale Danzig Impersonator

I don't expect much less from him....the Misfits "reunion" was garbage. :puke:

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. This makes about as much sense as christian speed metal

Guys dressed up in costumes performing in some kind of half assed play.

[Loonman]

6. That's wrong on so many levels

Johnny Rotten would take the piss out of this kid.

[Book Lover]

7. No, not another What is Punk thread!

I personally see these people as kids who are rebelling against what the hell ever. I found this final quote from the BBC article interesting, though:

Still, punk rockers like Michale Graves sometimes feel alienated from the rest of punk rock scene, admitting that he receives a tremendous amount of hate mail.

"Sometimes I do feel pretty uncool," he says.


Hhmm, how come?

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

8. didnt they used to be called skinheads?

...big into right wing politics, but also into punk & ska?

[corporatewhore]

9. iwas actually thinking about that

[geniph]

10. Buncha fucking posers

they just like the clothes. Pathetic.

[Canuckistanian]

11. Nancy Reagan must be so proud.

Look what her husband's movement has turned into.