Thursday, October 20, 2011

Chumbawamba

When thinking of bands that have anarchistic views, one of the first bands that comes to my mind is Chumbawamba. Their 1994 album titled Anarchy is probably the album where the band addressed many social problems homophobia, strikes, and most importantly fascism. This band is considered to be in the genre of "Anarcho-Punk", which is defined as punk rock that promotes anarchism. Here is a link to a video of one of the songs that talks about the issues of authority. Chumbawamba-Liberation (it's kind of quiet, the lyrics are below the video in the description) This band is most likely known for their song Tubthumping that was released in 1997 which is an upbeat, sing a long, kind of song, but most of the band's songs are focused on issues they find serious and try to promote social change through anarchist ideals.

-Megan Keane

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