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I'll start. System of a Down.

Recently it seems like some people are JUST NOW realizing that Bring me the horizon is not Christian friendly and I wonder how many other artists can we put into the bag of "Wait, they were political this whole time?"

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[โ€“] neidu2@feddit.nl 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

"Everybody" knows that song, and thinks of it as a harmless party song. "Nobody" has heard their earlier stuff which alternates between punk and anarchism-pop.

If I remember correctly, they emerged from the blue collar punk scene, and draws a lot of their political views from there.

[โ€“] everett@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Nothing special to see or hear in any of the following: their earlier stuff, their later stuff, tracks 2โ€“12 on the same album, the 10,000 word essay in the liner notes, their followup single, etc.