By ANDREW NACHEMSON, DAVID PIERSON AND SHASHANK BENGALI | Los Angeles Times | Published: February 6, 2021
YANGON, Myanmar (Tribune News Service) — Kyaw Thu Win leaned into the microphone, growling in his distinct, gravelly voice.
"Viva la revolution! Let's sing together, let's fight together!" he sang, adding a string of profanity-laced challenges to authority.
In his black jacket, black shirt and black shorts, the lead singer of Yangon-based punk band Rebel Riot is usually gentle and soft-spoken. But rage filled the recording studio Wednesday when he recorded the band's latest protest song against Myanmar's new military regime, which overthrew the civilian government in a bloodless coup Monday.