I feel like it’s the situation radicalizes you, these bands just put words and made you realize the situation you are in, and the problems with the status quo. Love your list! Great vid!
This was interesting, I don't know if that comment from that person was supposed to be controlled, but this is probably one of my favorite videos you've ever done. It's very insightful. I may agree or disagree with certain things you said or your chase I should say. But that's okay, but I really found this awesome. Thanks for sharing this
i was really into flobots in middle school. didn't get much of the lyricsl content at the time but it definitely stuck in my mind moving forward. a lil cringe but i'm grateful i found them so young
The idea that only the poor would speak up for the poor or other groups would only ever speak up for people like them more generally comes from a complete lack of empathy. Those people couldn't imagine advocating for people who aren't like them and it says far more about them than it does anyone else.
I agree 100%! The notion that these folks don't understand that the system is set up to value the lives of some people over others really bothers me. It's not hard to see how that works so it seems like the least you can do, if your status is artificially higher than someone else's, is use your power position to speak up for others to make sure their basic needs are being met.
Great video! Music has definitely affected my political and social views over the years. As someone who's never really been into punk and was a conservative up until the emergence of MAGA in 2015, RABM has been the main catalyst in shifting my views leftwards.
Great video Myke... always love when you do videos/lists like this & just in general love your WDYWK series... lots of love for Canada I see‼‼ Hope this series continues for a long time🔥🔥🔥
Funny how I thought Rage was cool in high school, then convinced myself in college that they were too "simplistic", then came back around to them in my twenties as I became more radical. Zach really packed his lyrics.
For myself. Elysia. Eyedea. Immortal Technique. Letlive. Rage. Earth Crisis. Shai Hulud. Stray From the Path. I didn't get "politcal" until later in life. So, some of these are semi newer bands.
Agree with a ton of these, especially as a former Christian school attendee hearing Bad Religion and Crass at such a young age, getting inspired to read Noam Chomsky, Kropotkin and other related philosophies. Just wanted to jump in here and a few of my inspirations (provided from a more millennial perspective) 1. Contravene - Listening to a shit ton of Profane Existence style crust/anarcho stuff in the early 2000s, it always struck me how deep the lyrics of this band were and how much they emboldened me on subjects such as effective organizing, the media commodification of gender roles, the tactics of mind control through sanctity of life ideology. Dropdead - One of the most important bands in my development as an antifascist/anti-Capitalist and insanely informative and open about where to find sources and organizations working within these ideas. 3. The Pist - Sorta local bias, but The Pist definitely inspired me through very detailed and powerful lyrics on education serving as a mind control mechanism to prepare you to work until death or die in a war, the exploitation and dehumanization of blue collar workers and the culture of overconsumption and its effects on our environment but also its impact on counterculture and communities within/outside of punk. 4. The Oppressed - Oi! is obviously a minefield of ideologies, in that being part of the scene and active listener clued me into garbage like RAC and really enlightened me on where my support goes in monetarily supporting these bands (which carries into my love of Black Metal as well) and one of the most important bands for me in this subgenre is The Oppressed, one of the longest running but most outspoken antifascist Skinhead/Oi! bands, and listening to them definitely was an important exposure to SHARP and RASH, two skinhead organizations dedicated to breaking down the hierarchy of racist and fascist gangs within the traditionally multicultural subculture of skinhead. 5. Gang of Four - Another great band with a strong anti-Capitalist/anti-Imperialist message, but also one of the best punk bands to dance to. Some great records talking about the medias focus on body image to advance its Capitalist agenda, the dehumanization of foreign and third world nations to embolden isolationism and Imperialist ideology, the subjugation of the poor to be mindless servants to the wealthy, the injustice against indigenous people committed by corporations and religious leaders. Just such an important band to enlighten me on such structural elements through culture, even as a kid in America listening to music from England from 30 years before.
I was waiting to see if chokehold made your list! Snuck in there, deservedly so. I grew up in the 90s hardcore scene as well, and chokehold was the first band I thought of when I saw the topic of your video. What a great band! Cool video. Enjoyed it!
Chokehold floored me when I first heard them. Saw them a LOT in the 90s. And, yeah, they were the first band that popped in my head when i decided to do this video.
From following your channel, I very much knew that Propagandhi would be on this list, but it still made me excited when you talked about them. The world really needs another new album from them, and I’m so glad we’re going to get it at some point in the near future.
It was INCREDIBLY disappointing seeing Chuck D shuck and jive for the US State Department recently as they are committing a genocide in Palestine. All his fans were calling him out for his hypocrisy on twitter and he was having a full meltdown. The US government has a long history of using particularly black artists to whitewash their image and spread chaos in Africa particularly. It broke my heart to see Chuck D and Herbie Hancock join that list. Seeing him in photos with Anthony Blinken almost made me throw up.
Leftöver Crack is what got me to really think more about politics. I remember hearing One Dead Cop and loving the song itself but being disgusted by the lyrics. It made me think "why would anyone hate the police to this extent?" I dont hate the police but such bands introduced me to a lot of ideas I knew nothing about
I’m an “older” gen z’er (27), and also a decolonial communist. The albums that were very influential on me are black on both side by mos def, crass the feeding of the five thousand, dog whistle by show me the body, one nation under by black fire, every album by Man is the Bastard, to pimp a butterfly by Kendrick, and amerikkka’s most wanted by ice cube. Dope video myke, I liked this topic
I'm not familiar with This Is Revolution but I just subbed to them. Thanks for the recommendation! But other podcasts rarely seem to wanna talk to me. Haha. I guess I don't blame them...
Heavily agree! I think TIR would possibly be down to do it too, they've had Justin Hunte on a few times. Anything punk/hiphop/politics would be dope to hear them go back and forth with Myke
Never saw you as radicalized... you have your opinions and values. You do NOT preach which is awesome. Thanks for keeping to the subject matters and not preach
The Dead Kennedys always stood out for me, because they were the only ones who didn't write "in your face" lyrics, but managed to convey all their ideas through irony and humor. Your brain had to be put to work in order to fully understand what they were saying, and I loved that. Also, fantastic t-shirt!
Oh man, Bad Religion. They unlocked something I desperately needed when I was 16, and I became obnoxious about them for the next year. I'm glad for the things they showed me, but also feel the need to apologize to everyone who was within a ten mile radius of me at that age.
Propaghandi turned me off of that style of politics but ,thankfully, i was able to find others who articulated it much better (Chumbawamba, The Adjusters, The Redskins).
Two bands from my home state of MA that a lot of people agree had a huge impact on leftist politics are Staind and Godsmack. You probably haven't heard of them. 😂 In all seriousness though, excellent list! I'm gonna check out some of these bands.
I am doing a fundraiser called night in a box for Samaritan House in my area and these leftist bands would be super happy I am doing this. It's a fundraiser where you get sponsors, and you spend the night of the fundraiser like you are homeless living in a cardboard box. So far raised over 100 dollars to help provide affordable housing for homeless people.
I joke a lot about how I'm not really a "lyrics guy", but i was definitely NOT this way when i was in my teens and discovered Dead Kennedys. Hell, when i moved to San Francisco in my early 20s, the only reason i already knew who George Moscone and Harvey Milk were was the Kennedys! Not sure if this counts as a "band that radicalized me", but I have a near-irrational hatred for post-Peter Green Fleetwood Mac, and looking back, I'm inclined to think it has something to do with the fact that Don't Stop was used extensively by Clinton's reelection campaign in 1996, which is right about when i was figuring out that most of the time, Democrats aren't a whole hell of a lot better than Republicans....
I swear I could have read this comment and not known it was from you and still read it in your voice. Haha! And shit...I don't remember that song being his campaign jam. But I just dug around and, yeah, for some reason that shit's hilarious!
I feel like it’s the situation radicalizes you, these bands just put words and made you realize the situation you are in, and the problems with the status quo. Love your list! Great vid!
Great point!
Thought Fugazi might have been on here. Even if just for their actions, processes and practices.
Black Flag and Minor Threat are the two bands that hit me lyrically.
Used to be obsessed with Bad Religion lyrics - and all recited with a catchy melody.
This was interesting, I don't know if that comment from that person was supposed to be controlled, but this is probably one of my favorite videos you've ever done. It's very insightful. I may agree or disagree with certain things you said or your chase I should say. But that's okay, but I really found this awesome. Thanks for sharing this
i was really into flobots in middle school. didn't get much of the lyricsl content at the time but it definitely stuck in my mind moving forward. a lil cringe but i'm grateful i found them so young
The idea that only the poor would speak up for the poor or other groups would only ever speak up for people like them more generally comes from a complete lack of empathy.
Those people couldn't imagine advocating for people who aren't like them and it says far more about them than it does anyone else.
I agree 100%! The notion that these folks don't understand that the system is set up to value the lives of some people over others really bothers me. It's not hard to see how that works so it seems like the least you can do, if your status is artificially higher than someone else's, is use your power position to speak up for others to make sure their basic needs are being met.
What Cha Want To Know have been some of your best videos.
Great video! Music has definitely affected my political and social views over the years. As someone who's never really been into punk and was a conservative up until the emergence of MAGA in 2015, RABM has been the main catalyst in shifting my views leftwards.
Great video Myke... always love when you do videos/lists like this & just in general love your WDYWK series... lots of love for Canada I see‼‼ Hope this series continues for a long time🔥🔥🔥
Funny how I thought Rage was cool in high school, then convinced myself in college that they were too "simplistic", then came back around to them in my twenties as I became more radical. Zach really packed his lyrics.
Ngl…did not expect to see Nickleback on this list! 😳😳😳
Look at this photograph. 🖕🏾
@@mykectown 💀💀💀
@@mykectown everytime I do it makes me laugh 🔥🔥🔥
His 10 min rant about how Smash Mouth influenced his veganism was really passionate and touching
Dope tee shirt.
For myself.
Elysia.
Eyedea.
Immortal Technique.
Letlive.
Rage.
Earth Crisis.
Shai Hulud.
Stray From the Path.
I didn't get "politcal" until later in life. So, some of these are semi newer bands.
Agree with a ton of these, especially as a former Christian school attendee hearing Bad Religion and Crass at such a young age, getting inspired to read Noam Chomsky, Kropotkin and other related philosophies. Just wanted to jump in here and a few of my inspirations (provided from a more millennial perspective)
1. Contravene - Listening to a shit ton of Profane Existence style crust/anarcho stuff in the early 2000s, it always struck me how deep the lyrics of this band were and how much they emboldened me on subjects such as effective organizing, the media commodification of gender roles, the tactics of mind control through sanctity of life ideology.
Dropdead - One of the most important bands in my development as an antifascist/anti-Capitalist and insanely informative and open about where to find sources and organizations working within these ideas.
3. The Pist - Sorta local bias, but The Pist definitely inspired me through very detailed and powerful lyrics on education serving as a mind control mechanism to prepare you to work until death or die in a war, the exploitation and dehumanization of blue collar workers and the culture of overconsumption and its effects on our environment but also its impact on counterculture and communities within/outside of punk.
4. The Oppressed - Oi! is obviously a minefield of ideologies, in that being part of the scene and active listener clued me into garbage like RAC and really enlightened me on where my support goes in monetarily supporting these bands (which carries into my love of Black Metal as well) and one of the most important bands for me in this subgenre is The Oppressed, one of the longest running but most outspoken antifascist Skinhead/Oi! bands, and listening to them definitely was an important exposure to SHARP and RASH, two skinhead organizations dedicated to breaking down the hierarchy of racist and fascist gangs within the traditionally multicultural subculture of skinhead.
5. Gang of Four - Another great band with a strong anti-Capitalist/anti-Imperialist message, but also one of the best punk bands to dance to. Some great records talking about the medias focus on body image to advance its Capitalist agenda, the dehumanization of foreign and third world nations to embolden isolationism and Imperialist ideology, the subjugation of the poor to be mindless servants to the wealthy, the injustice against indigenous people committed by corporations and religious leaders. Just such an important band to enlighten me on such structural elements through culture, even as a kid in America listening to music from England from 30 years before.
I was waiting to see if chokehold made your list! Snuck in there, deservedly so. I grew up in the 90s hardcore scene as well, and chokehold was the first band I thought of when I saw the topic of your video. What a great band!
Cool video. Enjoyed it!
Chokehold floored me when I first heard them. Saw them a LOT in the 90s. And, yeah, they were the first band that popped in my head when i decided to do this video.
From following your channel, I very much knew that Propagandhi would be on this list, but it still made me excited when you talked about them. The world really needs another new album from them, and I’m so glad we’re going to get it at some point in the near future.
With you on so much of this. Love ya.
Love ya, too, bud!
Fantastic video!
It was INCREDIBLY disappointing seeing Chuck D shuck and jive for the US State Department recently as they are committing a genocide in Palestine. All his fans were calling him out for his hypocrisy on twitter and he was having a full meltdown. The US government has a long history of using particularly black artists to whitewash their image and spread chaos in Africa particularly. It broke my heart to see Chuck D and Herbie Hancock join that list. Seeing him in photos with Anthony Blinken almost made me throw up.
Leftöver Crack is what got me to really think more about politics. I remember hearing One Dead Cop and loving the song itself but being disgusted by the lyrics. It made me think "why would anyone hate the police to this extent?" I dont hate the police but such bands introduced me to a lot of ideas I knew nothing about
really interesting video, thank you for this
WHATYOUWANNAKNOW!
I’m an “older” gen z’er (27), and also a decolonial communist. The albums that were very influential on me are black on both side by mos def, crass the feeding of the five thousand, dog whistle by show me the body, one nation under by black fire, every album by Man is the Bastard, to pimp a butterfly by Kendrick, and amerikkka’s most wanted by ice cube.
Dope video myke, I liked this topic
Woooooo new c town upload 🎉
i would love to see you on This is Revolution especially one of their music centered episodes.
I'm not familiar with This Is Revolution but I just subbed to them. Thanks for the recommendation! But other podcasts rarely seem to wanna talk to me. Haha. I guess I don't blame them...
Heavily agree! I think TIR would possibly be down to do it too, they've had Justin Hunte on a few times. Anything punk/hiphop/politics would be dope to hear them go back and forth with Myke
I just knew that you were gonna mention Earth Crisis lol, great band though.
great to see this in my subscriptions!
Never saw you as radicalized... you have your opinions and values. You do NOT preach which is awesome. Thanks for keeping to the subject matters and not preach
amazing video. I'm familiar with most of these bands, but I'm gonna listen to the others' whole discographies
The Dead Kennedys always stood out for me, because they were the only ones who didn't write "in your face" lyrics, but managed to convey all their ideas through irony and humor. Your brain had to be put to work in order to fully understand what they were saying, and I loved that. Also, fantastic t-shirt!
Oh man, Bad Religion. They unlocked something I desperately needed when I was 16, and I became obnoxious about them for the next year. I'm glad for the things they showed me, but also feel the need to apologize to everyone who was within a ten mile radius of me at that age.
thank you for making this!!
Great vid. No words for El-P?
Thanks for watching but what would El-P have to do with anything?
Propaghandi turned me off of that style of politics but ,thankfully, i was able to find others who articulated it much better (Chumbawamba, The Adjusters, The Redskins).
Two bands from my home state of MA that a lot of people agree had a huge impact on leftist politics are Staind and Godsmack. You probably haven't heard of them. 😂
In all seriousness though, excellent list! I'm gonna check out some of these bands.
I am doing a fundraiser called night in a box for Samaritan House in my area and these leftist bands would be super happy I am doing this. It's a fundraiser where you get sponsors, and you spend the night of the fundraiser like you are homeless living in a cardboard box. So far raised over 100 dollars to help provide affordable housing for homeless people.
Now most of the bands who were anti govt are for it, figures.
I joke a lot about how I'm not really a "lyrics guy", but i was definitely NOT this way when i was in my teens and discovered Dead Kennedys. Hell, when i moved to San Francisco in my early 20s, the only reason i already knew who George Moscone and Harvey Milk were was the Kennedys!
Not sure if this counts as a "band that radicalized me", but I have a near-irrational hatred for post-Peter Green Fleetwood Mac, and looking back, I'm inclined to think it has something to do with the fact that Don't Stop was used extensively by Clinton's reelection campaign in 1996, which is right about when i was figuring out that most of the time, Democrats aren't a whole hell of a lot better than Republicans....
I swear I could have read this comment and not known it was from you and still read it in your voice. Haha! And shit...I don't remember that song being his campaign jam. But I just dug around and, yeah, for some reason that shit's hilarious!
Anyone who talks shit about Rage is clearly demented.
10 Bandz is enough to radicalize anyone shieetttttttttttt
SJW? I have heard that word in a long time.....
what does myke c town think of the new JPEGMAFIA album
Or 10 bands that fucked me uuuuup.
Review the new CURE. YES?
I'm eating a cheeseburger while watching this video and thinking about how much a of hypocrite I'm not.
OMG how cool! Like…so cool.
@@LEGEND75ful these are as funny as the helicopter gender jokes-not at all