SOUNDS LIKE A REVOLUTION76MIN FEATURE DOCUMENTARYTranscript

SUPER01:00:00:05 Deltatime Production Presents

SUPER01:00:00:11 A film by Summer Love and Jane Michener

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TEXT01:00:17:03 What's so dangerous about a song?

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TEXT/INTPete Seeger01:00:22:04 Throughout my life I've seen the rulers try and

control what kind of music the people hear.

01:00:28:22 (crowd cheering in background)Let the play! Let them play!

TEXT01:00:30:22 It will make them feel angry when we want them

to be passive. It will keep people from fighting when we want them to fight.

01:00:38:04 Let them play! Let them play!

TEXT/INTSteve Earle01:00:40:14 If you're only armed with a guitar, you know

a guitar's what you fight with.TEXT01:00:45:04 Let them play! Let them play!

TEXT/INTMichael Franti01:00:48:22 The role of the artist today is to enrage,

enlighten and inspire.TEXT01:00:53:04 Let them play! Let them play!

TEXT/INTBoots Riley01:00:55:04 Music is the battle cry; music is the collective

warning that...01:01:00:22 We're coming...01:01:02:22 Lookout.

TEXT01:01:04:11 Let them play! Let them play!

Narrator01:01:08:04 When a single voice joins another

and then many othersTEXT01:01:13:04 Let them play! Let them play!

Narrator01:01:15:11 It sounds strong. It sounds united.

TEXT01:01:19:02 Let them play! Let the play!

Narrator01:01:21:06 It Sounds Like a Revolution

01:01:24:03 (cheering)

Anti-Flag01:01:28:19 At the top of your lungs please help us sing:

Die For your Government (Subtitles)01:01:32:23 You’ve gotta die, gotta die, gotta die for your

government? Die for your country? That’s shit!You’ve gotta die, gotta die for your government? Die for your country ? That’s shit!

Crowd Chanting01:01:45:03 Free Speech! Free Speech! Free speech! Free

speech!Crowd Chanting01:01:48:24 Yes we can! Yes we can!

SUPER MICHAEl FRANTI01:01:52:19 Michael Franti and Spearhead

01:01:52:19 There's ah...a movement that's taking place where people are saying that we feel that the human interests, and the natural interests, and the spiritual interest of the planet need to begin to take a priority over the corporate interests, the military interests, and the materialistic interest of the planet.

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Narrator01:02:15:14 Movements for change are never about 1 person, 1

idea, or 1 political party. They arise from a deep well of unrest among many.

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SUPER ANI DIFRANCO01:02:30:09 Singer/Songwriter

01:02:30:09 It's been a...a...profound political crisisthat has brought us to this... growing momentum.

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Narrator01:02:45:05 As the new millennium dawned, the world began

to experience a climate of escalating instability and fear.

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SUPER STEVE EARLE01:02:54:04 Singer/Songwriter

01:02:54:04 People are feeling like this is, this isa really critical era that we're living in and um, and um, they've decided that however it turns out that they're, that, they can't live with being silent, you know, during this periodin our history.

Michael Franti01:03:09:02 As artists in this time, we really have an

obligation to, you know, 20 years from now when our kids say, "you know,"..."well what do you do in that time? "I say, "Hey I was there doing something."

Narrator01:03:23:09 Across the musical spectrum artists are urging

a new generation to fight for change.

SUPER JUSTIN SANE01:03:30:01 Anti-Flag

01:03:30:01 But I do believe that music changes the world, I believe that it inspires, artists inspire people to make great change.

SUPER DAVID CROSBY01:03:37:17 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

01:03:37:17 It's been around for thousands of years and that's for us to be....Troubadours, carrying the news from 1 town to another, Ah...Town Criers, it's 11 o'clock and all's well, it's 11:30 and things are not so damn good.

LYRICS01:03:55:10 § I never thought about the universe 01:03:57:09 § it made me feel small, 01:03:58:20 § never thought about the

problems of this planet at all 01:04:02:08 § Global warming and radioactive sites, 01:04:05:13 § imperialistic wrongs and animal rights, NO. 01:04:08:04 §§§

Fat Mike01:04:10:04 My band did a lot of shows in Florida

in 2000 before the election. And we just did the normal NOFX show, drunk having a good time.

SUPER FAT MIKE01:04:18:04 NOFX

01:04:18:04 Had I said something like, "You kids have to vote. This is an important election, make sure you do, make sure you register and make sure your vote counts". If I would have said that, you know, with our... I don't know, 40 or 50,000 fans in Florida that would have been the difference.

LYRICS01:04:34:04 I never looked around,

never second guessed 01:04:37:00 then I read some Howard Zimm 01:04:38:20 now I'm always depressed. 01:04:40:21 And now I can't sleep

from years of apathy 01:04:43:14 all because I read

a little Noam Chomsky 01:04:47:04 I'm eating vegetation cause

of "Fast Food Nation" 01:04:50:04 I'm wearing comfortable shoes

cause of globalization 01:04:53:04 I'm watching Michael Moore

expose the awful truth 01:04:56:04 I'm listening to

Public Enemy and Reagan Youth.

Fat Mike01:04:59:12 But I never voted before the 2000 election

and... that's how I...I can relate to kids nowbecause I know they don't think their vote matters. And it's really easy to be apathetic and say, "Huh, it doesn't matter.I don't care",but, in order to be patriotic you have to care and know what's going on and ah...try to change things. You can't just go by the status quo and accept...how things are. You have to tryand make 'em better

LYRICS01:05:23:01 I don't want to be another

I don't care-ican 01:05:27:02 What are we gonna do Franco,

Franco Un-American.

SUPER BRIAN BAKER01:05:31:03 Bad Religion

01:05:31:03 We're talking about a type of musicthat exists as social commentary, you know,this is not, ah...this is not party music.this is...what people are thinking. And they're writing it out, and yelling it into a microphone.

SUPER JUSTIN SANE01:05:46:24 Anti-Flag

01:05:46:24 This song is about the idea that dropping bombs on people's heads does not solve the world's problems. It is about the idea, that endless war, does not stop war.

01:06:03:00 §§§LYRICS01:06:07:04 One trillion dollars, 01:06:09:04 could buy a lot of bling.

SUPER ONE TRILLION DOLLAR$01:06:11:22 Anti-Flag 01:06:11:22 One trillion dollars,01:06:13:22 could buy most anything. 01:06:16:03 One trillion dollars, 01:06:18:03 buying bullets,

buying guns. 01:06:20:03 One trillion dollars, 01:06:22:03 in the hands of

killers, thugs 01:06:24:04 Woooaah. 01:06:26:04 Woooah. Woooah.

Justin Sane01:06:28:04 I grew up in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, I was

the youngest of 9 kids, obviously my parents were catholic. Um...My dad was from Ireland; a lot of the Irish traditional music are songs about injustice, and songs about human rights.

01:06:45:19 And that was certainly something that I picked up as a very young kid, these songs talking about poor people living through the injustice of capitalism.

LYRICS01:06:54:13 Yeah, yeah.

Fuck them all, 01:06:56:15 Until the sun

burns from the sky.01:06:58:13 §§§01:07:00:00 Until the sun

burns so bright, 01:07:02:24 This world is no more! 01:07:06:03 The sun burns from the sky, 01:07:08:19 And all the people

are just dust 01:07:11:10 on the ground.

Justin Sane01:07:14:11 I can remember very, very young watching a war

movie and thinking that it totally kicked ass.And I remember my Dad walking in and saying to me, "Don't you ever join any man's army",and I'll never forget that.

LYRICS01:07:28:11 Fuck the world,

fuck them all. 01:07:31:15

SUPER TOM MORELLO01:07:34:11 Streetsweeper/The Nightwatchman

01:07:34:11 This is a country that was founded on revolution. And that spirit of ah, of that rebelling against oppressive authority, being able to stand up and say, "You know what? This just isn't right,"..."And I'm going to do something about it."

TEXT PARIS01:07:45:14 §§§

SUPER BREAK THE GRIP OF SHAME01:07:54:23

LYRICS01:07:54:23 With a raised fist

I resist 01:07:56:01 I don't burn, so don't you

dare riff or step to me, §01:07:59:22 I'm strong and

black and proud §01:08:01:05 And for the bulls---

I ain't down. §01:08:03:02 Life in the city's

already rough enough §01:08:05:08 without some young

sucka runnin up §01:08:07:09 You don't know me,

so don't step. §01:08:09:05 I roll to the right

and then bust your lip. §01:08:11:17 §§§

TEXT PARIS01:08:17:24 I do know that...a lot of my political activism

or, or awareness-SUPER01:08:22:20 PARIS

Musician/Producer

01:08:22:20 I'm not gonna necessarily evencall myself an activist-but a lot of my political and social awareness was raised by... music. There was a definite cause and effect relationship between what I was exposed to and how I ended up. Well...that's a scary thought when I think of what people today are being provided and what they are exposed to. How are they gonna end up?

01:08:43:00 You know, it's like, okay, when I grow out of...tattoos and a mouthful of gold and you know, dancing with champagne poolside, when I grow out of that bullshit, you know, what is there going to be to feed my mind?

LYRICS01:08:54:03 Remember back when good rap

was just a cool dance hit 01:08:57:16 even though it

wasn't saying s---. 01:08:59:09 Well them days is gone.

I don't play that.01:09:01:02 Pick the punk and I'll

say like wack 01:09:03:06 Stick with the sick

style for the serious, 01:09:05:03 Hip Hop lovers can't

get enough of this. 01:09:07:05 This is a call

and a plea for unity, 01:09:09:06 Black is back

uplift and be free 01:09:11:18 Keep pushin,

our movement moves on... 01:09:14:06 So strong...

Now. 01:09:16:20 §§§

Paris01:09:19:10 If the lion's share of Hip Hop culture

represents misogyny, represents violence, unnecessary violence, represents...debauchery, then yeah, I'll be on the periphery. It's cool. Because I know that there's a certain segment of people that I'm reaching that are receptive to what I do. You know that, that, that yearn for more in their music than the bullshit that's being offered them.

SUPER NATALIE PA’APA’A01:09:44:02 Blue King Brown

01:09:44:02 I would not define myself as a protest singer,I don't think, um...that gives enough explanation about the style and... you know,what we're about because the word protestautomatically gives the vibe of conflict or...that sort of energy around it where it's notnecessarily about that it could be about just raising awareness or sharing, you know, some...a message, you know, on a spiritual level, you know, so... it's not always a protest.

LYRICS01:10:13:12 In that moment of truth

there must come a decision 01:10:15:22 to sit back and hide or

grab hold of this vision

01:10:18:10 If we don't, thenwe're never going to fly

01:10:20:22 How could you know,if you're never gonna try

01:10:23:13 There's no reason to doubt,when we're willing to listen

01:10:25:19 If we screw up this earth,we shall not be forgiven

01:10:28:15 Leaders joke,but we're running out of time

01:10:30:19 Still they don'twant to step up to this line

Natalie Pa’apa’a01:10:32:04 It's not just the hippies singing about, you

know, the struggle or the fight, there's artists from all genres singing about it and so, it, it, it...definitely tran-it goes way beyond just the word protest music.

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SUPER Television, the Drug of the Nation01:10:47:05 The Disposable Heroes of Hiphocrisy

LYRICS01:10:47:05 Television, the drug

of a nation 01:10:49:03 Breading ignorance,

feeding radiation. 01:10:51:03 §§§

SUPER Language of Violence01:10:55:03 The Disposable Heroes of Hipopcrisy

01:10:55:03 When death is the silence, 01:10:57:02 In this cycle of violence,

Death is the silence

01:10:59:03 Boom, boom. 01:11:01:05 There's a battle going

on in this earth 01:11:03:05 Everyday, work, school,

death, and birth.

SUPER HEY WORLD01:11:06:12 Michael Franti and SpearheadLYRICS01:11:06:12 There are 6 billion

people on this earth, 01:11:09:19 can you tell me what every

single life is worth?

Michael Franti01:11:13:00 When I first started making music I didn't have

any idea really what I was doing I just knew that I had something that was burning in me to

say.

SUPER JELLO BIAFRA01:11:21:01 Alternative Tentacles Records

01:11:21:01 I don't know what you'd call the band he had that we put out,it was totally unclassifiable, it was called the Beatnigs

TEXT BEATNIGS “NATURE”01:11:28:00 §§§ 1988

Jello Biafra01:11:32:09 He was the vocals and bass guitar and I'm not

sure how much he'd even played a bass but I think starting out in something as unusual and, ah...and free form as the Beatnigs was probably a major foundation for, ah...Michael's almost total lack of fear as an artist.

01:11:54:00 §§§LYRICS01:11:57:02 We want freedom of speech 01:11:59:00 (cheering)01:12:02:02 But we all talking

at the same time 01:12:05:04 §§§

01:12:08:02 I, I, I, I, I say, 01:12:11:06 I say we say want peace 01:12:14:16 (cheering)01:12:17:03 But nobody wants to

change their own mind. 01:12:20:18 I don't want to

change my own mind. 01:12:23:19 Let me hear you all

put your hands together 01:12:25:22 So it goes on and on 01:12:27:01 and on and on and on 01:12:30:03 (clapping, cheering)01:12:32:23 And it goes on and on 01:12:34:01 and on and on and on. 01:12:37:02 Let me hear you all01:12:39:19 And it goes on and on 01:12:41:02 and on and on it goes.

Michael Franti01:12:45:04 The main thing that's shaped me politically

that, ah...I was given up for adoption......at birth. The reason I was given up for adoption is because my mother is white and my father is black and...they never married and my mom felt like her family was too racist to be able to embrace me coming into their world. That led me to lookout side of my family, to create a structure, you know, of friends and coaches and teachers and other parents and from that, um...I

grew this affinity with others who were the underdog. So my political views have always been ones that, that speak out for those who don't have a voice.

01:13:34:16 (clapping to guitar)

SUPER ROB BOWMAN, PhD01:13:40:03 Ethnomusicologist

01:13:40:03 We have probably more politicized artists in the 21st century than we had in the 1960's, there is an incredible amount of grassroots activity by artists who are willing to make statements that suggest that they find problems with the way the world is currently operating and being run. The problem is...many of those artists, are on small labels, many of those artistsdo not get radio play, except on college stations, uh... many of those artists don't have great distribution so the majority of those recordings reach virtually no one.

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Rob Bowman01:14:20:24 In the 1960's, you had artists with major label

contracts who wrote material, and performed material that was...conscious raising. You've got major labels, all promoting records that had...um...dissident voices speaking alternative viewpoints.

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Narrator01:14:43:12 From Detroit to Montgomery, Odetta's song,

"O'Freedom" gave strength and hope to the Civil Rights Movement. While Pete Seeger's "We Shall Over Come", led the march on Washington.

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Narrator01:15:00:04 A few years later, Barry McGuire's "Eve of

Destruction" articulated a generation's anger over the war and the draft.

SUPER WAYNE KRAMER01:15:10:03 MC5

01:15:10:03 This was a time in America where there was an agreement amongst all young people Um...that the direction the country was going in was terribly, terribly wrong.

01:15:21:02 1,2,3,4..we don't want your fucking war.

Narrator01:15:25:09 By 1970, students across the country were

clashing regularly with police. Violence erupted at Kent State on May 4th. 4 students were shot dead. Neil Young captured the moment forever with his song, OHIO.

SUPER DAVID CROSBY01:15:45:01 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

01:15:45:01 We were at a friend's house, he had that magazine, I guess it was Life with that picture of the girl kneeling over the dead kid on the ground and the pool of blood and her looking up at you with that expression of why.

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David Crosby01:15:57:04 Neil and I looked at it, he picked up his guitar

and, ah... started writing.01:16:02:14 He wrote it right in front of me. I called

Nash...and I said, "Nash we need a studio now." He said, "Well I can get one in a couple of days." I said, "Nash, we need a studio tonight," ..."Now."

01:16:16:14 He got Stephen and we met at the studio. Recorded it. Put 'find the cost of freedom' on the back of it, and we had it out in a week. On the streets, on the radio, in a week.

01:16:27:00 The reaction was pretty strong, cuz I mean, we were...It was a pretty strong song, it named names and pointed fingers. You know, "Tin soldiers and Nixon coming." And it was...powerful how we did it. We were...enraged.

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01:16:47:04 (ambulance siren)

Narrator01:16:53:05 The music of the 60's and 70's inspired millions

of people...and made millions of dollars! Multinationals smelled big profits and began to buy up record labels. Today 4 major labels own over 80% of the global market.

David Crosby01:17:11:07 I don't think you could do anything like what we

did now. Now you have guys who say, "We moved 40 thousand pieces outof Dallas this week." And they got no idea pieces of what, they have no idea, none, they wouldn't know music if it bit them in the nose.

SUPER ALAN CROSS01:17:23:02 The ongoing history of new music

01:17:23:02 You have to understand that major labelsare in the business of selling millions,upon millions, upon millions of records.

01:17:29:15 They are like department stores, they want to offer something for as many people as often as possible, for as long as possible.

Lies, Lies, Lies (Subtitles)01:17:37:10 I’m on a mission to dig up the truth. You think

we’re stupid and there’s no proof.

SUPER Al JOURGENSEN01:17:43:07 Ministry

01:17:43:07 The record industry is like an annoying mosquito around me that eventually will be swatted.

SUPER LIES, LIES, LIES01:17:48:00 Ministry

2004Al Jourgensen01:17:54:01 It's gotten so greedy and so not about the art

aspect and all about bean counting that it's made an entire generation that's growing up in mediocrity.

01:18:04:14 There is no artist development program in the labels anymore; it's all bottom line. We'll sign you for 5 billion dollars and so you gotta sell 5 billion records. "Oh you only sold 3 billion records, well you're a failure, you'll never work again, that's it, done, bye". End of career 2 years later. What is that?

01:18:23:22 §§§

David Crosby01:18:28:05 The corporate consciousness is about money,

solely, completely, perfectly, totally polished up, complete, beautiful, contained...Money. Period.

SUPER ONE TIME FO’YA MINDParis

LYRICS01:18:42:12 Damn, it's a trip how

them devil-ass labels 01:18:44:21 put everything they

got into that shit 01:18:46:01 But they never push anything 01:18:48:19 real for the

good of the community 01:18:50:14 It should be

plain to see, 01:18:52:12 fucking over

you and me 01:18:53:22 Half the time I bring the

mother fucking facts 01:18:56:14 I'm coming pro Black,

understand where I'm at 01:18:59:00 and take a listen to the... 01:19:00:10 §§§

Narrator01:19:03:03 By the end of the 80's, hip hop artists began to

ramp up the message of the 60's civil rights movement. They wrote about the world they knew...poverty in inner cities, widespread unemployment, and escalating police violence against racial minorities.Record sales took off.

Paris01:19:24:09 I got signed on Tommy Boy in 1990, and I was

just coming out of college. I put my first record out, which did about 300,000 copies. It was called, 'The Devil Made Me Do It'. The second album was called, 'Sleeping with the Enemy,'which had a couple of songs on it, one was called 'Bush Killer' about assassinating President Bush's father, who was then President…and then there was another one called, 'Coffee, Donuts and Death,' which was...a revenge fantasy for...racist, sexist police.

Narrator01:19:55:01 When Rodney King was brutally beaten by 4 L.A.

policemen, the city erupted in violence. Paris and many other musicians were outraged.

Paris01:20:06:01 Ice T was going through a bunch of drama with a

song called, "Cop Killer" at the time.

SUPER ICE-T01:20:11:08 Los Angeles

199101:20:11:08 Cause this is bigger than me y'all. This s--- is

about all of us getting together and fighting the motherf------ power.

Narrator01:20:19:13 Ice T said he was an artist exercising his first

amendment rights, that his song, "Cop Killer" was a warning that the white community needed to hear.

Cop Killer (Subtitles)01:20:29:04 …I’m ‘bout to bust some shots off I’m bout to

dust some cops off…”

SUPER ICE-T01:20:35:09 Musician/Actor

01:20:35:09 You have the right to say anything but you don't have the right to say something. You can say anything, but if you say something, they gonna kill you.

Paris01:20:44:04 There was, you know, a huge shareholder revolt

at Warner Music and, um...Charlton Heston was speaking out and Dan Quayle who was Vice President at the time was speaking out against it and it was just this huge political movementto squash dissent.

01:21:00:03

Narrator01:21:02:24 Political heavy weights, police groups, and

company shareholders demanded that Warner Music dump artists like Paris and Ice T.

Rob Bowman01:21:12:16 Ice T's career's was over as a result of that

song. His career just went from...

SUPER Rob Bowman, PhD01:21:16:23 Ethnomusicologist

01:21:16:23 being a cutting edge, extremely successful, money-making artist well on his was to being a multimillionaire, his career ended in about 10 seconds.

Paris01:21:24:19 I got let go from Tommy Boy, then Cool G Rap,

Ice T, a bunch of other people who were on Warner Music affiliated labels that...had...incendiary content. I don't think there were any records that dealt with black on black violence. That got the boot. I think it was all political shit. So you can make a note of that.

SUPER Davey D01:21:45:03 Hip Hop Historian

01:21:45:03 When you see somebody like Paris, who understands the game, you can see point blank, very clear as day, they will close that door. I know he wants to reach those folks and I know he has the media understanding and the saavy-ness to do it.

01:22:01:16 But at the end of the day, it comes down to power. There's a very clear understanding, you're trying to usurp power and these folks are like, "No, don't let, don't let that guy in here".

SUPER THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT01:22:11:15 ParisLYRICS01:22:11:15 This is a warning

another cut to move on 01:22:14:20 Another beat

that's so strong 01:22:15:03 Hold on and I get

wicked in this song 01:22:18:00 Stir up shit as

the wit gets wisdom 01:22:20:07 They spit on your

flag and government 01:22:22:02 Cause help the black

was a concept never meant

01:22:24:14 Nigger please,food stamps and free cheese

01:22:26:07 Can't be the curefor a sick disease

01:22:28:14 §§§

Paris01:22:34:18 Then I dealt with Tommy Boy and you know, I

said, you know, basically I'm going to sue you all...behind this shit, um..Because you are impacting my livelihood. I think I might have been maybe 20 years-old at the time. And they cut me a settlement check and I started my first label, which was Scarface Records. And I put that album out and it did...480...or something, it did a lot of units, you know, and it... It set the stage for everything afterwards.

LYRICS01:23:00:15 I can't get fucked around

or muffed around §01:23:02:14 I can't be held down,

check the sound §01:23:04:13 And keep in tuned,

on point on target §01:23:06:13 The revolution

won't be thwarted §01:23:08:15 A set back, cause my man

it's plain to see §01:23:11:07 Lost in a white supremacy §01:23:12:24 §§§

Narrator01:23:17:01 Today many artists own their own labels, but

back in the early 90's it was unheard of to walk away from a contract with the majors. These guys were willing to risk everything in order to speak the truth without fear of reprisal.

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01:23:35:21 Welcome to Fat Wreck Chords.

01:23:37:03 §§§

Fat Mike01:23:40:00 I started Fat Wreck Chords because...in 91 there

were no major labels interested in any punk band.

SUPER FAT MIKE01:23:46:09 Founder of Fat Wreck Chords

01:23:46:09 We were approached by a few majors and after our first meeting, they made mefeel so bad about myself.

01:23:52:23 If you want your band to be a product, you might get really big, but you're a product, they don't care about you, you are a product to them.

TEXT Bands signed on Fat Wreck Chords: 01:24:01:12 Against Me!, Avail, Bad Astronaut, Consumed,

Dead To Me, The Dickies, Dilinger Four, The Flatliners, Leftover Crack, Love Equals Death, me first and the Gimme Gimmes, NOFX, No Use for a Name, Propagandhi, The sainte Catherines, Screeching Weasel, Strung Out, Subhumans, Western Addiction

01:24:01:12 You go to an independent label such as Fat Wreck Chords, very honest, treat bands fairly because I'm in a band, so I know...how to treat other bands.

01:24:10:03 One of the best things about this business is...I love having relationships with bands, I will have relationships for the rest of my life, I've made friends for the rest of my lives. Not lives, I'm only going to have one life.

01:24:22:03 Resist what they tell you, 01:24:26:06 resist what they say 01:24:29:18 Cause they don't

want to know you 01:24:32:02 If you don't

play their game. 01:24:36:19 §§§

Natalie Pa’apa’a01:24:42:02 As an independent artist it's definitely

important to connect with every audience member out there because... it's, there's not...

SUPER NATALIE PA’APA’A01:24:48:04 Co-founder of Roots level Records

01:24:48:04 obviously, you know, as an independent you don't have this, this big corporation or business behind you sort of paying the way, paying it for you.

01:24:59:04 For us it's always been that way because we started off as street performers so that is the epitome of independence, you gotta make a show, and you...You gotta find a spot, find a venue, make the show, you've got to be entertaining enough to make people stop and watch and then you gotta to be charming enough to make them pay you.

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01:25:27:11 Making us love you 01:25:30:14 So I'm singing this song

01:25:32:14 §§§

SUPER MICHAEl FRANTI01:25:34:01 Founder of Boo Boo Wax Records

01:25:34:01 What we did with our label is try to um, you know, change the business model, we do that through doing releases of live shows, and doing releases of spoken word albums of acoustic albums of all different types of music that we could put out that doesn't cost a lot of money to release and that we can sell over the web and that we can sell at our live shows.

Narrator01:25:56:23 As indie artists struggled to control what they

produced, they were forced to work much harder to build their fan base from the ground up. Just to break even, they are constantly on the road, often booking over 200 dates a year.

Michael Franti01:26:11:04 I'm in Belgium, sorry if I sound a little bit

tired but I just flew from Regina, Canada to Calgary, Canada to Chicago from Chicago to Amsterdam got in a car from Amsterdam and drove 3 hours to Belgium, just woke up from a little nap and I'm about to go do a TV show.

LYRICS01:26:29:03 I'll be back all

around the way 01:26:31:12 It seems like

everywhere I go 01:26:33:10 The more I see

t he less I know 01:26:35:13 §§§Michael Franti01:26:39:04 We're not looking at making millions of dollars,

we're looking at having the same income that a teacher has and if we ever made as much as cops, we'd be filthy rich.

01:26:50:10 §§§Paris01:26:55:03 There are fewer and fewer entities by which

people can come out and be heard if your not going along with the standard shake your booty, you know...sell dope, black men killing each other format that white corporate America tends to glorify.

01:27:11:00 Commercialism is how we, how we have fallen from grace and the corporate dictation of street culture and hip-hop to um, to the world has basically been the demise of hip-hop.

01:27:24:22 You know, there was a time in hip hop when these kind of artists flourished right alongside mainstream artists, you know so you could have a...a "Fight the Power" next to, you know,any commercial act and through the process of elimination everyone of the artists that I have mentioned has for whatever reason fallen out of favor with major labels even though they have

huge followings,even though they,they still make...world class, cutting edge music.

01:27:51:09 I've been down the major label route 4 or 5 times now, and ah...it never pans out, This message is oil and water, with, with ah...corporate interests.

01:28:05:19 §§§LYRICS01:28:07:20 Attention Wal-Mart customers,01:28:10:19 Right now in our

giant music department,01:28:13:20 You will find low prices

on your favorite music01:28:17:12 For the entire world.01:28:19:00 Nice uniforms,01:28:22:10 and a real nice smile

Paris01:28:25:14 Wal-Mart is issuing a decree saying they are not

going to sell any CD over $9.99. My wholesale price is like 12 dollars. This is the carrot at the end of their stick to get consumers to come in; oh we'll come in and buy our music cheap.

LYRICS01:28:39:17 Hey Wal-Mart, 01:28:41:23 you don't even know me 01:28:44:01 Hey Wal-Mart, 01:28:47:09 Why don't you blow me?

Paris01:28:49:05 Wal-Mart however censors their music, they have

an internal standards board that determines what is and what is not... acceptable.

01:28:59:14 They don't sell content with a parental advisory sticker on it. But I mean, you know, if I come out and I put edited for content per Wal-Mart's direction on it, they won't order it.

01:29:11:02 But what are you going to do? You got- you have to be in the store. Do you want to be out of this many households and not be heard from ever? Or do you want to make this music available?

Narrator01:29:22:04 Although music downloads are on the rise, CD's

still represent the bulk of music sales and Big Box stores dominate the retail market.

Paris01:29:32:04 We lose all of our independent voice. We end up

being in all of these different places that we wouldn't otherwise be in, but it's with sanitized content.

Justin Sane01:29:44:20 The cover caused controversy because there is a

little girl on it holding a gun. And the statement we were simply making is that when...a society is so geared towards militarism, it affects everybody.

01:29:56:20 It's incredible because there are certainly so

many images in B--- B—that promote people shooting guns, and militarism, ah...but for some reason they had a problem with this because it was a little girl, um...and I think, just it was a provocative statement.So they said, "If Anti-Flag doesn't change their cover, we'll pull the entire catalogue."

01:30:15:21 §§§Justin Sane01:30:20:24 It's interesting because B--- B--- now is

becoming a censor of what people can and can not see and what the American public can and can not discuss because, you know, if they censor our art and people, ah, don't see that art, they can't discuss the issue that the art is bringing to light.

01:30:37:23 You know we felt that, that was certainly something that, ah...was wrong, um...but rather than not have our records in the store we simply just made the record cover black and then on the inside of the record cover talked about that censorship and informed people what they can do to talk to the store and say to them, change this policy, or we are not going to shop at your store.

TEXT (Scrolling text)01:30:59:02 §§§

There is some confusion about the censorship of the artwork on our new CD, “The Terror State”. We want to clear up the confusion. Most stores that care about artistic freedom will be carrying the original artwork (the girl on the cover). However, there are some larger chain stores that simply do not like the original cover and who do nt care about artistic freedom. They censored our artwork and as a result will be carrying a censored version of the CD. If you can’t find any stores in your area carrying the original artwork, you can print it out here.We strongly urge you to buy the record from your local indie record stores or directly from Fat Wreck Chords, who both support artistic freedom and freedom of speech.

TEXT01:31:17:13 INNOCENCE IS THE FIRST CASUALTY

LYRICS01:31:17:13 Violence brings one thing 01:31:21:02 More and more the same 01:31:23:04 §§§01:31:25:20 Military madness 01:31:27:02 The smell of flesh

and burning pain 01:31:31:09 §§§

Narrator01:31:33:06 While musicians found creative ways to side step

censorship, the world around them exploded. Now they felt an even greater sense of urgency to give voice to the millions around the globe who opposed US policies.

01:31:48:17 §§§01:31:50:17 But corporate radio had a different plan.LYRICS01:31:54:04 Bring them to their knees 01:31:56:14 We can... 01:31:58:12 bomb the world into pieces 01:32:01:07 but we can't bomb

it into peace01:32:04:00 §§§

Rob Bowman01:32:06:10 When Iraq was attacked there was an amazing

proliferation of songs against the US invasion of Iraq. And Spearhead put out one called "Bomb the World".

LYRICS01:32:18:07 But can we bomb the

world to peace? 01:32:20:04 And I sing... 01:32:22:07 Power to the people.

Rob Bowman01:32:25:19 I have students who hear Bob Dylan records that

were made sometimes before their parents were born and... it starts getting them angry about things. It starts getting them to relate those messages to things happening in a contemporary sense. And, you know, Will "Bomb the World" have that impact? Not because it's not as goodof a song as wh-things Dylan wrote, I think it's an amazing song but I haven't heard anybody play it since then.

01:32:50:04 §§§

LYRICS01:32:52:20 We may even find a solution 01:32:55:04 §§§01:32:58:01 To hunger and disease 01:33:01:23 We can... 01:33:03:24 bomb the world into pieces 01:33:08:04 But somebody tell me,

if we can... 01:33:12:00 Bomb the world

into peace.

Davey D01:33:17:22 Who makes the decisions at the radio station?

Michael Franti had 40,000 people at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on 9/11, 40,000 people! There's 12 radio stations that Clear Channel owns, who makes the decision not to play his

record?01:33:36:02 That's where the real battle is.

Tom Morello01:33:37:04 In the aftermath of 9/11, ah...Clear Channel

which is a, a corporation, which owns most of the radio stations in the United States, they also own venues and management companies and a lot of other things too, um...but this monolithic corporation decided there were certain songs that, um...were inappropriate to hear on the radio in the aftermath of 9/11.

01:33:56:02 They included such songs as "You dropped a bomb on me" by the Gap band, "Walk like an Egyptian" by the Bangles, and John Lennon's, "Imagine" were all songs which were apparently too frightening for the American people to hear. Only 1 band was singled out, ah their entire catalogue to not be played and that was my band, 'Rage Against the Machine', which we kind of wear as a badge of honor, it's like the 1 band declared too hot for Clear Channel.

Narrator01:34:18:23 A statement released by Clear Channel said, that

the list was created by 1 station manager and that it was not a list of banned songs, but a list of titles that should be played only after great thought.

David Crosby01:34:33:15 The corporate culture...doesn't want us

bringing up uncomfortable ideas. They don't want those kinds of...dissident ideas out there. Whereas...we think it's our job.

Narrator01:34:50:04 In the past this wouldn't have been an issue

since corporations could own only 2 stations in any 1 market and no more than 28 nationwide. But, in 1996 a change to the Telecommunications Act removed those restrictions. By 2003, Clear Channel owned 1200 stations nation wide. Cumulous, their closest competitor...owned 303.

01:35:17:16 The consequences for freedom of expression, were major.

SUPER AMY GOODMAN01:35:21:20 Democracy Now

01:35:21:20 Over the past 4 years scores of popular musicians have spoken out against the war in Iraq and the Bush administration.

01:35:28:01 But perhaps no musical act has paid a bigger price for speaking out against the war, than the Dixie Chicks. The group's lead singer, Natalie Maines told an audience in London thegroup was against the war and ashamed that the President, President Bush is from Texas.

01:35:44:01 §§§

Amy Goodman01:35:52:07 If you tuned into many country radio stations

today you won't hear the Dixie Chick's music. They've been largely blacklisted.

LYRICS01:36:00:02 Forgive, 01:36:03:03 sounds good 01:36:06:01 Forget, 01:36:08:14 I'm not sure I could

SUPER MARTIE MAGUIRE01:36:10:19 The Dixie Chicks

01:36:10:19 What was wrong with what was happening, was... it was coming from the top, down the chain letter to all their stations, you are not allowed to play the Dixie Chicks and DJ's were fired for playing us.

SUPER SIMON RENSHAW01:36:24:18 Dixie Chicks Manager

01:36:24:18 Even the perception of a radio network using power in this way clearly demonstrates the potential danger of a system of unchecked consolidation that ultimately undermines artistic freedom, cultural enlightenment, and political discourse.

Narrator01:36:37:04 There was an upside to this attempt at

censorship. The Dixie Chicks became politicized for the first time. They began to advocate for 1st amendment rights as well as publicly supporting organizations like the ACLU.

LYRICS01:36:54:09 I'm not ready to make nice. 01:36:57:05 I'm not ready to back down. 01:37:00:10 I'm still mad as hell

and I don't have time 01:37:03:00 to go round

and round and round. 01:37:05:22 It's too late

to make it right. 01:37:08:04 I probably wouldn't

if I could. 01:37:11:23 'Cause I'm mad as hell

Can't bring myself to do 01:37:15:02 what it is

you think I should 01:37:20:20 What it is you

think I should 01:37:26:04 §§§

SUPER STEPHEN MARSHALL01:37:28:09 Guerrilla News Network

01:37:28:09 The Dixie Chicks are popular enough that it

didn't affect them because the public demand brought them back on the airwaves but these are the risks that artists face. Clear Channel isn't just a radio station, it's also a concert booking agency, and an advertising company. So...

01:37:40:11 When you run afoul with a major Republican...donating, media company, you can also find your, your ability to distribute your product diminished and artists are very sensitive to that.

Michael Franti01:37:51:02 You know, unlike ah...groups like the Dixie

Chicks or other people who...have not been political artists who suddenly speak out, they have a lot of fear in losing their audience,you know. That is never been a question for me because I've always been so underground that it, it doesn't matter.

Paris01:38:10:09 You know if the Dixie Chicks get banned after

selling zillions of records and being on videos all over the place then... What, what real opportunity do independent artists have?

01:38:22:01LYRICS01:38:23:04 What would you do if you 01:38:26:09 Knew all of

the things we knew01:38:28:03 Would you stand

up for truth? 01:38:31:16 Or would you turn away too? 01:38:34:04 And then what if you saw, 01:38:36:20 all of the things

that's wrong? 01:38:38:04 Would you stand

tall and strong? 01:38:41:03 Or would you turn

and walk away? Paris01:38:45:13 I had to through a lot of drama to get that

record out. And I actually had to go with an overseas distributor and make it available as an import here. Because everybody was so on the page of...having a knee jerk response to...what the official party line of the events of September 11th were.

01:39:05:16 §§§Paris01:39:27:22 You know, if you take it at face value it looks

as though it's something that's just done to capitalize on tragedy And really, my rebuttal to that would be...this government is capitalizing on tragedy.

01:39:39:19 §§§LYRICS

01:40:10:23 What would you do if you

01:40:13:08 The whole objective of this was to put out a project that represented...a point of view that has gone unheard in the mainstream media.

SUPER BOOTS RILEY01:40:21:19 The Coup/Streetsweeper

01:40:21:19 It's a traditional song and it became something that, ah...During the days of underground railroad, they would sing when thinking of the slave master. It's called, '5 million ways to kill a CEO'.

01:40:34:03 Let's do it.01:40:36:03 (cheering)

01:40:38:07 §§§Boots Riley01:40:42:01 Our publicist tried to get us...On this popular,

late night television show01:40:48:19 and... you know, they said, "Okay, what are you

going to do?" I said, " Well, our single is, '5 Million Ways to kill a CEO'." They were like, "There's no way we're letting you do that."

LYRICS01:40:59:05 We've got 5 million

ways to kill a CEO §01:41:01:00 Slap him up and shake

him up and then you know §01:41:04:14 Let him off the flo' then

bait him with the dough §01:41:07:01 You can do it funk

or do it disco §Boots Riley01:41:09:24 They're like, "Um, well can you change it?" And

I said, "What do you mean?" "Can you change the lyrics so it says something else?" And I said, "No!", you know, "I can't do that." And... I said, "Just beep it and nobody'll know what it says." And they said, "Well we don't want to look like we're censoring you."

01:41:30:01 So... There you go.

01:41:33:03 §§§

Narrator01:41:36:07 In the post 9/11 world, corporate censorship was

just one of many problems musicians faced.01:41:42:04 §§§

Michael Franti01:41:49:04 One of our band members has a sister who is in

the military and his mother was visited by 2 military intelligence officers who...had information about Spearhead, they had um, photos of us performing at rallies, they had...lyrics

from songs. They had the banking records of our band member. Basically they were just making themselves known that they're aware of our actions.

SUPER STEVE EARLE01:42:15:22 Singer/Songwriter

01:42:15:22 There is a new form of censorship and a new form of blacklist that's much more subtle and therefore much more dangerous because it's not...it's not like, ah...it's not gonna just go away, they can legally continue to do it and they've managed intimidate citizens and artists and...from the beginning of this.

Michael Franti01:42:33:18 People say, "Well do you feel like it's

dangerous to be speaking out?" And...my answer is that I feel like it's more dangerous to not to be speaking out.

News Announcer01:42:42:18 All day on the nation's only all terror network,

All Terror, all the time. FOXSNBCNN.Wayne Kramer01:42:51:03 At the run up to the war, millions of people

took to the streets. We were in London when a million people protested the run up to the war, but we didn't hear about that in America.

01:43:04:14 We don't see these photographs of...flag draped coffins. We don't see photographs of atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan. They've become brilliant at censoring the news. They've learned their lesson since Vietnam.

PRESS CORPSE (Subtitles)01:43:20:03 §§§ They don't want to... talk talk talk talk talk

talk about itThey wanna tiptoe, walk around itWave the flag and cowardly salute.

01:43:28:19 Woa! Woa! §01:43:31:04 §§§ They don’t want to talk about it. They wanna

tietoe walk around it.Wave the flag in cowardly salute.

01:43:39:00 Woooo, Woooo! §01:43:42:19

Justin Sane01:43:44:13 If the media can't be trusted to tell people

what is really going on in the world then it is up to artists, and it is up to people who have a voice, who can reach, who can reach a huge audience and let them know what's truly going on in the world.

01:43:57:12 §§§

News Announcer01:44:03:04 Every once in awhile, someone comes along with a

personal mission to make the world...a better place. Michael Franti an American poet, musician and activist for peace and justice, decided to visit some of the hot spots of the Middle East to see for himself what was going on. With a guitar and a video camera, he went to Iraq, the West Bank, Gaza and Israel to investigate the human cost of war.

LYRICS01:44:25:02 If I told you

what I'd seen, 01:44:28:21 §§§01:44:31:09 would you believe me? 01:44:34:09 Or leave me alone? 01:44:36:15 §§§

Michael Franti01:44:38:00 I went to Iraq because I got tired of listening

to generals and politicians telling me...every night on the news about the economic cost and the political cost of war without ever mentioning the human cost of war.

LYRICS01:44:52:14 Hello. 01:44:55:21 Hello. 01:44:57:00 Does anybody need

a place to go? 01:45:02:06 To call your own. 01:45:04:13 §§§

Michael Franti01:45:06:04 I could have never prepared for, um...coming out

of the airport in Baghdad and driving down the first road we were on and seeing...2 cars blown up with bodies hanging out on fire and people trying to put the fire out. And I could have never prepared myself for walking into a hospital and seeing kids with their legs blown off.

01:45:29:14 And I could have never prepared for coming face to face with, with US soldiers who...had done those things, but were living in their own fear...and...and, um...you know, keeping my heart open to...embracing...this peculiar situation that they're in; that they don't want to be in.

01:45:55:12

Narrator01:45:58:20 Franti came back home to San Francisco to

perform at his annual Power to the Peaceful Festival on the anniversary of 9/11.

01:46:08:16 He was determined to share his experience in the Middle East and try to articulate what he had learned.

Michael Franti01:46:16:08 I was never more...afraid of an audience in my

life than when I played for US soldiers in their bar while they were off duty and I walked into this room and there's guys with M16's in one hand and a... a beer in the other hand,

01:46:34:03 (crowd laughing)

01:46:36:04 this is a tough audience, man.

01:46:38:04 (cheering, laughing)

01:46:40:04 I was thinking man, should I censor my lyrics? Here I come walking in, "Hi, Guys." With my wooden folk guitar.

01:46:45:19 Yeah!

01:46:48:04 Then I remembered this day out here in the park last year and seeing all of y'all's faces and I said, "I came all the way to Baghdad, I'm gonna let it rip."

01:46:57:01 (cheering, applause)

01:47:01:07 But every one of those soldiers told me the same thing at the end, they all said that more than anything else, they wanted to go home.

LYRICS01:47:09:01 It's time to go home, 01:47:11:01 §§§01:47:14:07 time to go home 01:47:18:08 It's time to go home, 01:47:22:16 it's time to go home 01:47:26:11 and I say,01:47:28:08 whoo-whoo-ooo, 01:47:32:10 whoo-whoo-ooo, 01:47:36:13 whoo-whoo-oo, 01:47:40:11 whoo-whoo-oo, Michael Franti01:47:44:23 The Power to the Peaceful Festival is about

bringing 50,000 people together in a park on 1 day to say... we don't want to remember September 11th as a day to go kill other people. We wanna remember it for the grief that it brought us.

01:47:58:22 The festival is about making that statement that, that we believe that September 11th should be remembered as a day of peace and non-violence, as opposed to a day of vengeance.

01:48:11:21 §§§LYRICS01:48:13:07 Don't take our

boys away, no 01:48:15:04 Don't' take our

girls away, no 01:48:18:13 Don't take our

boys away, no 01:48:20:13 §§§01:48:23:11 How many people

were they running from? 01:48:25:04 And how many people

never saw it come? 01:48:28:21 How many people

never heard the warning? 01:48:31:20 How many people

never stayed at home? 01:48:34:01 How many people

never heard the calling? 01:48:36:04 How many people

never saw it all? 01:48:39:20 How many people

did they spend it on? 01:48:41:03 And how many people

got to sing this song? 01:48:44:20 And how many people

never heard the cry? 01:48:47:12 How many people

gotten pushed aside? 01:48:50:00 How many people never

saw the doves fly? 01:48:52:04 How many people

never said goodbye? 01:48:55:10 How many people

never saw the fallen? 01:48:58:13 How many people

till we end it all? 01:49:00:23 And how many people

never saw the wrong? 01:49:03:12 And how many people

did they drop the bomb on? 01:49:06:08 Boom!

01:49:09:08 (cheering)

Narrator01:49:11:07 The war continued to escalate, making the need

to speak out even more urgent. In 2004, when George W. Bush announced he would run for a second term, the floodgate opened.

Tom Morello01:49:23:24 There's been ah...tremendous, ah... wellspring

of activism among musicians and the reason is clear. This Bush administration is the worst in memory, and maybe one of the worst ever in the history of our country, and people are pissed off. The growing gulf between rich and poor, the lack of health care, the degradation of the environment and this horrible, illicit, immoral war that's going on has really activated a lot of people. Musicians are not immune from that.

01:49:46:14

Fat Mike

01:49:49:14 We started doing interviews politically because there were people who were listening and... I, I thought it was everyone's responsibility to speak out. But... some bands are scared. A lot of bands who are, you know, going down hill and they don't want to...l-loose even more fans. A band like NOFX, we ah, we've been going down hill for a long time and we don't really care.

IDIOT SON OF AN ASSHOLE (Subtitles)01:50:09:16 §§§ He’s not smart, a C-student

And that’s after buying his way into schoolBeady eyes, and he’s kinda dyslexicCan he read? No one’s really quite sureHe signs stuff and he executes peopleMaybe that’s why, he doesn’t have many friendsCocaine and a little drunk drivingDon’t matter, when dad’s the Commander in Chief.Idiot son of an assholeHe’s the idiot son of an assholeThe idiot son of an assholeHe’s the idiot son of an asshole

Fat Mike01:50:50:14 Some people call us... you know, ah...Traitors

or... not being patriotic And we ARE patri-patriotic. This is patriotism. It's not saying we're the best, it's saying, let's try to make our country better because we're... you know, talking so much shit about our president, people think that's a bad thing when it's a good thing. It's dissent, it's natural, it's what the United States is about, or what it used to be about.

LYRICS01:51:16:24 Idiot son of an asshole, 01:51:19:12 The idiot son of an asshole. 01:51:22:23 The idiot son of an asshole, 01:51:25:06 He's the idiot son

of an asshole.

SUPER CHRIS #201:51:28:21 Anti-Flag

01:51:28:21 If you had to ask me, um..."What's 1 positive thing that George Bush has done?" I would say being the most protested a taste of activism and that's something that sticks with people.

LYRICS01:51:43:11 He's our president 01:51:46:21 §§§

SUPER HENRY ROLLINS01:51:49:08 Actor/Musician

01:51:49:08 I toured through the Reagan years. Reagan pissed off a lot of punk rock, indie, anarchist types... Like, horribly. And all you saw was

like, I hate Reagan songs about it, you know, but you never, you didn't see on the scale that you see now, people getting together, okay, we don't like the president, so instead of writing a song about it, let's do a benefit about it, let's, let's....contribute some money, let's set up a website.

Justin Sane01:52:14:07 We started Military Free Zone because a friend

of ours had brought it to our attention that part of the No Child Left Behind Act, which was supposed to be an education bill, part of that Act ah, called for any school with federal funding has to give out students' personal information without their knowledge and that information was to be given to the US military for recruitment purposes.

01:52:36:03 It's incredible the number of kids that we meetwho... join the military not because they, ah, wanted to go fight in Iraq, but these poor kids signed up for health care; they signed up for a chance to go to college. So what we're talking about is poverty draft.

Chris #201:52:54:00 This song is about each and every single one of

you here today. You are too smart to fight. You are too smart to die... In any war over oil, in any war that only benefits corporations. And in any war, period. You are... a new kind of army.

Justin Sane01:53:16:19 When you have young kids, and they're coming to

you saying "I ship out for Iraq in 2 months." And we need someone to represent us, and stand up for us. That, that had a profound impact on us.

NEW KIND OF ARMY (Subtitles)01:53:29:15 §§§ We’re looking to start a new army,

that’s too smart to fight,too smart to die.We’re looking to start a new army,That’s too smart to fight,Too smart to kill.For you.

01:53:45:12 Hup,2,3,4.Hup,2,3,4.

01:53:47:13 Hup,2,3,4.Hup,2,3,4.

Narrator01:53:50:04 This new kind of army began to use every means

necessary to prevent a second term for George W. Bush.

01:53:57:00

Fat Mike01:53:59:04 Punk Voter is an organization of a... few

hundred punk bands, some punk record labels and

hundreds of thousands of punk kids. We're uniting to ah, just be a lobby force, such as the AARP or the NRA. We want hundreds of thousands of kids to have a voice in Washington.

01:54:14:11 §§§Vox Pop01:54:19:00 It's so easy for people, like especially people

of our... age group, of our... subculture, I guess you could call it, to be ignored bypeople in politics, Democrats and Republicans, you know, punks don't really associate with either one of them so we need our own little thing to get us out there and I think that's what they're doing here and I like that.

SUPER BRIAN BAKER01:54:36:01 Bad Religion

01:54:36:01 This is a political action committee, this is real.

Fat Mike01:54:38:21 You can't go out there and tell kids to vote...

Vote! No, you gotta to say, "You vote or else you're going to get drafted, you're not going to get an abortion, you know, you're not going to have health care." There's reasons why you should care about politics.

01:54:49:03 §§§LYRICS01:54:52:01 Why don't we put this on the kids?

Vox Pop01:54:55:01 Punkvoter has registered like thousands of

people. Vox pop01:54:58:20 I saw a whole lot of kids signing up to register

and like I've never seen that at a show. And I think that's awesome.

Fat Mike01:55:04:17 These kids are really starting to care and I

just feel bad that I hadn't done something like this in 1999 or 2000.

01:55:10:04 §§§

Chris #2 (Subtitles)01:55:12:13 This song is for every politician around the

world, who will look you in the eye and say that the youth are the death of a nation. Well, I think we can finally agree with motherfuckers like George W. Bush in saying that all of us here across the globe are the death of the George Bush nation.

01:55:36:10 §§§LYRICS01:55:41:07 The people united

will never be defeated!

01:55:43:04 The people unitedwill never be defeated!

01:55:46:19 The people unitedwill never be defeated!

01:55:49:11 The people unitedwill never be defeated!

Tom Morello01:55:53:06 Whether it's via Axis of Justice, Punkvoter, The

Vote For Change Tour, you've seen them banding together; some artists who are long time activists and others who are for their first time ever speaking out on important political issues.

Justin Sane01:56:04:08 Everyone from Bruce Springsteen to Anti-flag, is

involved in this movement.Ani DiFranco01:56:09:13 And it seems to be the subject on a lot of

people's lipsVox pop01:56:12:08 This is Ani Difranco's, Vote Damnit Tour!Vox pop01:56:14:08 Vote damnit!Vox pop01:56:15:10 Vote damnit!Vox pop01:56:16:14 Vote damnit!

Dave Matthews01:56:17:16 Do this country a favor.

Henry Rollins01:56:18:24 This can't happen. Not another 4 years. Please

young men, you with Mohawk, come here. You gotta vote this time.

LYRICS01:56:24:23 The people united will never be defeated!01:56:27:19 The people united

will never be defeated!01:56:31:1601:56:33:05 (cheering)01:56:46:01 §§§

Fat Mike01:56:49:22 We're gonna get hat guy out of office.01:56:51:2201:56:55:04 Oh, sorry...01:56:57:15 We tried.01:57:00:03 He can't win again, right?01:57:02:04 Hey! He can't win again!01:57:06:22 For what it's worth, a bunch of punk kids can

get organized and... make a difference.01:57:13:00 One kid was 17, he came up to me on the Warped

Tour, and said, he ah, got the Rock Against Bush CD. And watched the DVD and it really inspired him. And he worked at Kentucky Fired Chicken, and even though he couldn't vote, he got... I

think 15 people of his co-workers to all register and vote.

01:57:29:10 We did get enough kids organized to where they will be political probably for the rest of their lives And... That's important.

Narrator01:57:38:14 20 million Americans under 30 voted in the 2004

presidential election. This was the largest turn out since 1972, when Congress lowered the voting age to 18.

Fat Mike01:57:51:18 I think we made a huge impact, but we lost. So

ah, the world' a more dangerous place now.TEXT01:57:57:09 §§§ September 2, 2008TEXT

Republican National ConventionMinneapolis, Minnesota

TEXTProtests, rallies and concerts are scheduled throughout the day.

TEXTRage Against the Machine are scheduled to make a rare appearance.

TEXTWithout explanation the police shut down the concert.

01:58:25:02 (crowd shouting in protest)

Justin Sane01:58:28:23 The cops don't, the cops don't want to let Rage

Against the Machine go on.Police officer01:58:31:19 They don't have the permit.

Body guard01:58:33:14 The permit is not for Rage

Against the MachineCrowd chant (Subtitle)01:58:35:24 Music’s not a crime

Justin Sane01:58:39:13 I think the people feel, feel otherwise.

Crowd Chanting01:58:41:01 Let them play! let them play!

01:58:43:14 Let them play!

Man in crowd01:58:45:15 There'll be a riot if they don't let them.

Crowd Chanting01:58:47:02 Free speech! Free speech!01:58:49:04 Free speech! Free speech!01:58:51:02 Free speech! Free speech!

Man in crowd01:58:53:01 They turned the generator off and padlocked it.

01:58:55:01Crowd singing National Anthem01:58:56:21 Gave proof

through the night 01:59:00:08 that our flag

was still there. 01:59:04:09 Oh, say does that

star-spangled 01:59:08:03 banner yet wave 01:59:14:11 O'er the land of the free...

01:59:18:06 (whistling, shouting)

Pat Thetic01:59:30:20 They wouldn't let them on stage so now they're

going in front of the stage.Crowd Chanting01:59:34:16 Let them play! let them play!01:59:36:02 Let them play! Let them play!

Tom Morello01:59:40:04 Okay, I've got, I've got one thing everybody,

I've got a message, I've got a message for the police who kept us from the stage tonight. Now I suspect that some of the police, may actually even be fans of Rage Against the Machine.

01:59:50:02 (cheering, shouting)Tom Morello01:59:52:08 I suspect that the cops here today have much

more in common with this band, with you people than the people in the RNC across the-

01:59:59:13 (cheering)Tom Morello02:00:03:14 So before this weekend is over, they may turn

their batons, and their tear gas, and their rubber bullets against us, but it's my hope that they realize that we all have something in common and 1 day very soon, they turn those batons, and tear gas and rubber bullets against those jackasses over at the RNC.

02:00:19:03 (cheering)Tom Morello02:00:26:00 This song's called, "Killing in the name of."

02:00:27:18 (cheering)02:00:31:20 (band and crowd sing together)LYRICS02:00:40:24 Fuck you I won't do

what you tell me!02:00:43:16 Fuck you I won't

do what you tell me!02:00:46:09 Fuck you I won't

do what you tell me!02:00:48:01 Fuck you I won't

do what you tell me!02:00:51:16 Fuck you I won't

do what you tell me!02:00:54:04 Fuck you I won't

do what you tell me!02:00:56:21 Fuck you I won't

do what you tell me!02:00:59:09 Fuck you I won't

do what you tell me!02:01:02:01 Fuck you I won't

do what you tell me!02:01:04:22 Fuck you I won't

do what you tell me!Zach De La Rocha02:01:07:11 Please, please, please

leave peacefully!

02:01:09:23 (cheering)Chris #202:01:17:02 It's never about a band or it's never about a

song, or a record or a t-shirt. It's always about this, the relationships that we build and... the community and our strength.

02:01:27:02 (cheering)Narrator02:01:31:02 Cell phones, camcorders...all kinds of new

technology has empowered artists to build communities with unprecedented ease. At concerts and rallies, fans share information in less than a heartbeat, with friends and family around the world.

LYRICS02:01:48:17 This is the

dawning of our time. 02:01:50:08 I'll say it 1 more time, 02:01:51:14 to emphasize the meaning

of my rhyme. 02:01:53:11 To rise above all

the dirt and grime. 02:01:55:11 Add the right spice

at the right time. 02:01:57:17 F--- the constitution! 02:01:59:05 Are we part of the solution? 02:02:01:01 Or are we part

of the pollution? Stephen Marshall02:02:02:12 This generation, this, this sort of 15 to 25

year-old generation that we're talking about now are going to be the future leaders of the world. They're like a militant, um, future army, you know, who will, in fact, reclaim the streets and the land and the airwaves from their parents.

02:02:16:08 And the only way they're going to do that is with a weaponry. With a toolbox full of information and techniques.

Michael Franti02:02:21:03 The Internet has been very exciting for me as an

artist, because we ... can keep direct contact with our fan base. And we can extend our fan base through... enabling people who like our music, our fans, to... spread the word.

Natalie Pa’apa’a02:02:35:20 Many people we found come through our... through

the social networking sites, which are massive, obviously MySpace, Facebook We find ourselves in places like Japan. And people are singing along to our music and we've never been there before. And we're like, Wow! You know, these guys don't even speak English as a first language.

LYRICS02:02:55:11 Bomb! Bomb! 02:02:56:17 Rock the nation 02:02:57:01 §§§

SUPER ALAN CROSS02:03:04:22 The Ongoing History of New Music

02:03:04:22 One of the things that we're seeing in the early 21st century is a bit of a power shift away from the 4 major labels, to the world at large. In 2002, there were about 50,000 to 60,000 albums that were released in the world. In 2007 there were 750,000 albums released. Not all of them by any means came through the major labels, it came through a proliferation of... Independent labels and Do-It-Yourself labels.

Wayne Kramer02:03:30:21 Listen these guys in the record business, these

men and women that ran the record business, they got away with murder for 40 years, you know... 50 years. They controlled the only way you could get music on these plastic discs, and... It had to change.

Alan Cross02:03:48:17 And this is creating an entire revolution, not

only amongst consumers, but amongst the people who are providing us music and the people who are creating music.

News Announcer02:03:58:08 I'm Streta Van Gustan FOXSNBCNN News in New York

and you're looking at live television pictures from San Francisco, California of Homeland security forces currently in pursuit of Paris, member of the growing resistance of artists and activists, known... as Hard Truth Soldiers.

Paris02:04:15:24 Instead of being in a position where we complain

about why we can't come out through somebody

else's channels, many of us are now creating our own channels.

Narrator02:04:25:04 Activist musicians are now using their web sites

to provide information about a wide variety of social issues- educating and politicizing their fans.

02:04:35:19

Tom Morello02:04:37:19 Axis of Justice is ah...multi-pronged attack

that brings together, concerned muscians, fans of music, and grassroots, political organizations to fight for social justice together.

02:04:47:13 Ah, we've got a website, which is, ah... which answers the question that kids have been asking me for years, "How do I get involved?"

Paris02:04:53:01 Go to it, it's Guerrilla, there's a ton of

information on there, um... that, you know, directly refutes a lot of what's been given as a standard party line, by the corporate media. But it does it in a way that's palatable . to the hip-hop audience.

02:05:06:03 People can go, feel like they're a part of a community, feel like... " Yes,"..."There is somebody else that's out there that feels the way that I feel". That is representing things that I believe need to be represented. And... That is making a difference.

Natalie Pa’apa’a02:05:22:06 We are really about self education, people

educating themselves because so many of these, these topics and issues that we sing about like the nuclear industry, like the uranium mining,um... you know, environmental issues thankfully is becoming more and more mainstream, sort of, topic. But, you know, there, there's so much underlying stuff that doesn't get talked about and that's why we need to educate ourselves AND each other, which is what we do through our site.

Justin Sane02:05:47:00 And when you hit them with these ideas, it

almost, it's incredible when kids come up to you and they're like, "Wow, you guys blew my mind. I didn't, I didn't realize that we even could make a difference".

Tom Morello02:05:57:01 When people begin organizing, when people begin

standing up for themselves, their lives change, their community changes, and the world changes, and that's so true. Alone we're consumers, and TV watchers and video game players, but when we come together, and we organize, and when we learn what words like solidarity mean, then we

can change the world.Natalie Pa’apa’a02:06:17:07 And I think it's important that you know that

this movement is real. And this movement is coming into existence through us. So we need not feel alone because even on the other side of the world, there are people just like you and just like me, feeling the same way, and thinking the same way. So we say, you know take the strength and courage of your youth, or the wisdom of your years, and take charge in this battle of a future versus oblivion, because this time on earth right now, right here, right now, this is our moment of truth y'all, this is our moment of truth.

LYRICS02:06:57:12 Don't stop the movement!02:06:58:02 Don't stop it, 02:07:01:03 don't stop it 02:07:03:12 §§§02:07:05:00 (Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan)02:07:06:24 Something is WRONG!02:07:08:07 Wrong with the government

in which we live02:07:11:04 Wrong with the leaders

that lead us02:07:15:22 Wrong with us...02:07:17:22 and the way we respond,

to our enemy and each otherNarrator02:07:24:04 The energy and commitment of activist musicians

and the communities they have inspired, has caused a major shift in the political landscape... a kind of revolution, with more and more young people finally waking up, speaking out and taking action.

TEXT02:07:42:05 In 2008, 23 million Americans under the age of

30 voted, many for the first time.Michael Franti02:07:58:15 During the last 8 years there has been a lot of

times when I felt, ah... really frustrated and scared. And I was really wondering how... it was gonna get, ah...turned around, so... I feel super happy right now to see that ah, that voice has risen up in this country and to see so many young people getting out to vote this year was really incredible.

02:08:24:06 Let's keep the spirit alive, let's keep it going. Let's make sure that even with Obama in office that we make sure that we hold him and his accountable and make sure that we keep going forward to... protecting our planet and protecting every person on it.

Wayne Kramer02:08:38:00 You struggle and you fight and you lose. And you

fight, and you lose. And you fight, and you

lose. And then you fight and you lose....And then you win one. And then you fight and you lose. And you fight and you lose. Th-th-the struggle is ongoing. Doesn't start with me, doesn't end with me. Doesn't start with the 60's doesn't end with the 60's. Didn't start today, and can end today.

02:09:03:02 §§§LYRICS02:09:07:11 Please tell me the reason. 02:09:11:03 Behind the colors

that you fly. 02:09:13:10 §§§02:09:15:10 Love just one nation 02:09:19:01 and the whole

world we divide 02:09:23:00 You say you're sorry, 02:09:26:22 there is no other choice. 02:09:30:19 But god bless

the people them, no... 02:09:34:07 who cannot

raise their voice 02:09:36:04 we can chase down

all our enemies 02:09:41:20 bring them to their knees 02:09:44:21 we can bomb

the world to pieces, 02:09:48:18 but we can't bomb

it into peace. 02:09:52:05 Woh, we may even find

the solution 02:09:57:13 to hunger and disease 02:09:59:03 We can bomb the world

to pieces 02:10:03:02 but we can't bomb it

into peace Tom Morello02:10:09:05 History is not made by presidents and popes and

congress and the Supreme Court, history is made by average, ordinary people standing up in their place of work, in their school, in their country for what's right.

LYRICS02:10:23:15 So I sing out

to the masses 02:10:26:02 scream out if

you're still sane!

02:10:29:24 (cheering)LYRICS02:10:31:12 To all of us gone crazy 02:10:34:21 I sing this one refrain 02:10:37:19 We can chase down

all our enemies 02:10:42:13 bring them

to their knees

PARIS02:10:44:02 I'm really riding for the truth. I'm riding for

the people who... are interested in seeing the truth be heard and interested in seeing there be a change, not only in just in hip hop, but in...popular media in general. And...Shit, man. We're doing it.

LYRICS02:11:02:18 Bomb the world

into pieces 02:11:05:14 but we can't

bomb it into peace! 02:11:08:03 Put your peace

signs high!02:11:09:01 Power to the peaceful. 02:11:14:14 Love to the

peaceful, y'all 02:11:17:23 I say...

power to the peaceful 02:11:22:02 love to the

peaceful, y'all 02:11:27:00 power to

the peaceful 02:11:31:02 love to the

peaceful, y'all 02:11:33:04 All we need is love

02:11:35:10 (cheering)

Michael Franti02:11:37:12 Power to the peaceful!

02:11:39:24 (cheering)

TEXT02:11:44:06 Thank you to the musicians who inspired this

film, and to all those whose kindness, generosity and goodwill made it possible.

02:11:49:09 §§§

Fat Mike02:13:49:24 The next NOFX album, ah...We're not going to be

attacking George Bush so much, we're just going to be attacking...Christians mostly. And...and God. Not a big fan.

02:14:02:08 §§§Paris02:14:32:05 You know I saw, I saw a bumper

sticker not too long ago that said,"real musicians have day jobs." That pretty much says it all. You know, have a plan b.

02:14:41:02 §§§Al Jourgensen02:14:56:24 I'm too old for this shit. My bones are aching.

Somebody's gotta do it. That's why I live in Texas. Somebody's gotta sleep behind enemy lines, right?

02:15:04:08 §§§Anti-Flag02:15:34:05 Ah, I would rather have the next record be

called War sucks, let's party. There'd be a whole bunch of songs about partying, but I don't see that happening, you know. It's unfortunate, but... that's why we write the songs to eventually, one day... One day we will get to right that record. Exactly. War sucks, let's party. Anti-flag, peace out.

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