Subversive Music - RATM, Lowkey, Akala, Slaves, Allflaws

[Citizen66]

They sound interesting. I'm on a mission for obscure gems at the moment so they fit the bill. Is there a thread for obscure post punk stuff?

 

[ViolentPanda]

system of a down might be the only exception to the rule that nu-metal = shit

I'll go along with that. Most nu-metal makes me want to go listen to Motorhead's "Ace of Spades" album to decontaminate myself, but I can actually listen to SOAD and enjoy the tunes and the lyrics, even though Serj's vocal stylings occasionally get a bit irritating.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Here you go. This one is more like it...

Ah, Welsh-language music! Reminds me of going to see Anhrefn with a Welsh mate and saying to him "I don't know what the fuck they're on about, but I like it anyway!".

 

[Kaka Tim]

 

[billy_bob]

 

[londonkid]

Just start with the Sleaford Mods. They're current and good.

These guys are amazing

 

[billy_bob]

I've been a bit sarky up the thread, londonkid , because of the inclusion of RATM as 'subversive', but in recompense:



At first glance it may not be what you had in mind, but the message of rebel folk music like this is far more profoundly and sincerely 'fuck the system' than Zach DLR's has ever been.

 

[MrSki]

 

[Blagsta]

 

[Libertad]

 

[Libertad]

 

[Libertad]

This might do it for you londonkid

 

[MrSki]

 

[londonkid]

Some amazing stuff in this thread

 

[londonkid]

This might do it for you londonkid

hey thanks love it

 

[billy_bob]

hey thanks love it

Zion Train version's fun too:

 

[Limerick Red]

 

[sim667]

I'll go along with that. Most nu-metal makes me want to go listen to Motorhead's "Ace of Spades" album to decontaminate myself, but I can actually listen to SOAD and enjoy the tunes and the lyrics, even though Serj's vocal stylings occasionally get a bit irritating.

I had my phase with nu metal, there's still a couple of tunes Ill stick on occasionally, but I was always much more into a thrash sound or an industrial sound.

Would KMFDM be considered a bit subversive?

 

[ViolentPanda]

I had my phase with nu metal, there's still a couple of tunes Ill stick on occasionally, but I was always much more into a thrash sound or an industrial sound.

Would KMFDM be considered a bit subversive?

A bit. I saw them in either '89 or '90 along with Thrill Kill Kult - a bit "arty" (but then so are Einstuerzende Neubauten), but heavy sound and heavy lyrics.
They'd have been more subversive if they'd actually called themselves "Kill Mother Fucking Depeche Mode" though, for the LOLs, rather than just joking about it being what KMFDM stood for.

 

[MrSki]

 

[MrSki]

From 1979. Not much has changed.

 

[MrSki]

These are well old but Mark Astronaut is still playing.

He is a survivor!

 

[londonkid]

New video

 

[londonkid]

 

[jakethesnake]

 

[londonkid]

cool

 

[Idris2002]

My old frenemy seventh bullet might appreciate this one:

 

[seventh bullet]

'Our intelligentsia guide would introduce us in a loud voice, emphasizing the words: 'conscious workers.' Then we were regaled with tea and all manner of strange snacks that we were afraid to touch, lest we make some embarrassing blunder. Our conversations with such liberals had a very strained character. They would interrogate us about this or that book we had read, question us about how the mass of workers lived, what they thought, whether they were interested in a constitution. Some would ask us if we'd read Marx. Any stupidity that we uttered in our confusion would be met with condescending approval.'

 

[Idris2002]

'Our intelligentsia guide would introduce us in a loud voice, emphasizing the words: 'conscious workers.' Then we were regaled with tea and all manner of strange snacks that we were afraid to touch, lest we make some embarrassing blunder. Our conversations with such liberals had a very strained character. They would interrogate us about this or that book we had read, question us about how the mass of workers lived, what they thought, whether they were interested in a constitution. Some would ask us if we'd read Marx. Any stupidity that we uttered in our confusion would be met with condescending approval.'

LIVING THE DREAM.

Remember, if someone asks if you've read Marx, be sure to say "only where I sit down".

 

[InfoBurner]

Senser are still doing the rounds, this is from 2009