OT - Against Me! to play The Blind Pig on April 22

Submitted by white_pony_rocks on

Not sure how many against me! fans there are on this site but they are playing a show at the blind pig on april 22 and tickets are only $12. Im sure they will go fast so if you like them buy your tickets asap

mejunglechop

March 19th, 2010 at 7:01 PM ^

Dude, the Who sang "My Generation" at the halftime of the Super Bowl. Ronald Reagan used "Born in the USA" as his campaign theme song. Back in the 1800s Oscar Wilde was popular even with conservative banker types. This is not new and its not because all these artists sold out.

mejunglechop

March 19th, 2010 at 7:10 PM ^

At the time the song was seen as subversive. Now it's totally acceptable to play it at an event that shuns controversy like the plague and more or less embodies establishment and corporate America.

steviebrownfor…

March 19th, 2010 at 7:21 PM ^

the Who didn't specifically speak against the recording industry only to end up signing with a major label.

i agree, they can make a living with music and more power to them for that. but they basically became rich by being hypocrites.

Edit: For the record, I enjoyed Reinventing Axl Rose when i was in high school.

david from wyoming

March 19th, 2010 at 7:37 PM ^

But I don't think it was subversive to the degree it seems by design. Shameless copy/pasted from Wikipedia "The song, composed by Pete Townshend at the age of twenty in 1965, was written for rebellious British youths called Mods, and expressed their feeling that older people "just don't get it"."

A 20 year old kid that wrote a sounds about adults 'not getting it'. That sounds a like like most songs that 20 year old kids write. I think Townshend just wrote lyrics that were good enough to stick after 50 years, not that he planed it that way.

Not trying to start a fight...just bored at work. I love Pete Townshend and the song, but I don't think he was crafting social commentary songs when he was 20.

mejunglechop

March 19th, 2010 at 7:51 PM ^

The specific example itself might not be perfect, but the point stands. Feel free to substitute another that may be better suited. Led Zeppelin, for instance, was the devil's music and is now used for countless car commercials.

Tater

March 19th, 2010 at 6:46 PM ^

Musicians deserve all the money they can make. It isn't "selling out" to want to make a decent living like those who have other jobs. It's "selling out" if you play shit you don't want to play for that money or allow it to affect the way you write.