I feel like there are lots of parallels between the eighties and now (recession/inflation, yuppies/inequality, skin-heads/fascists, hot-cold wars etc.) but there used to be protest music! Where is that stuff now? Music that’s intelligent and outraged - like we should be!
I’m out of touch now, so if it exists, educate me! Or have the protest songs been removed from tiktok by the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act (UK specific, but suppression of protest seems to be everywhere)? (I’ve linked to the Levellers - maybe it really was better back in the day?)
I’m a big fan of Rise Against. Try these tracks out:
and Bad Religion:
Bad Religion was one of my high-school favorites that has stayed a favorite since. I have every one of their albums saved on my phone.
I personally would add: • The Nowhere Generation • Wolves