Interview: Anti-Flag
interview by james wright
Everyone wants you to live in fear. The government wants you to be afraid. If you’re afraid you’ll seek security in their arms. After all isn’t that why we have government? To protect us? Protect us from the threat of terrorism? Protect us from the threat of Iraq dropping bombs on us? Protect us from more attacks?
That’s what the government wants you to believe. They want you to be afraid of terrorists, Iraq and even that black guy living on the corner who keeps to himself. Why? Because if you’re afraid, then you’re more likely to trust them and you’re less likely to be afraid of big corporations. Because if you’re afraid, you’re less likely to see the sad state our environment is in. You’re less likely to see that everyday you’re personal freedom is being eroded.
NC punks Dollar Signs sign to Pure Noise, release anthemic, horn-fueled “Negative Blood”
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Dollar Signs have been around for a few years, making a quirky mix of punk, emo, power pop, folk, ska-style horns, and more that kind of sounds like a cross between Jeff Rosenstock and The Front Bottoms. Following releases on Anti-Flag s A-F Records, they ve now signed to
Pure Noise and released their first single for the label, Negative Blood. Negative Blood is the most brutal sounding song title we’ve ever had, says vocalist/bassist Dylan Wachman, which is sick, but the song itself is an ode to endless charge through the storm of shit in everyone’s lives. Not everything is an omen! Things can actually turn out BETTER than you planned! They probably won’t though. Negative blood and all. The song is a fun, catchy, upbeat offering of horn-fueled punk, and the anthemicism is balanced out by the negativity and self-deprecation in the lyrics (in a P