else. Perhaps a lot of bands learned that lesson and chose to keep their liberal (or conservative) leanings to themselves. Or maybe we just live in an era less given to public radicalism than the one the Baby Boomers came of age in.
All of this is by way of saying that I miss the days when artists were more willing to lead the charge in the culture wars. And in this context, I’m even more compelled when a band does lay its sense of social justice on the line. Yes, there are artists out there who care about a fair society – I just wish they were the rule, not the exception.
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