June 2019 – Libertarian Rock

June 30, 2019

To start off the playlist this month, the Interrupters predict “this will go down in history as the age of outrage.”

Enjoy my June playlist while it’s still June! Click here or search Libertarian Rock on Spotify.

*Artist*	*Song*	*Comments*
Devin Townsend Project	Silent Militia	Mises points out that regardless of the type of government in a particular country, it is always allowed to continue only by the consent of the people – we could say a “silent militia”. “All for the thrill of the kill of the world’s oldest haunted sacred cow.” Who knows what Devin means here. But we could certainly say one of the oldest phenomena in human history is tyrannical government. Therefore, it is up to this silent militia to “kill” this oldest haunted sacred cow.
Dream Theater	Outcry
Havok	Intention to Deceive
Killakoi	Government Plastic
KMFDM	WWIII
Leah	Enter The Highlands	Leah is an awesome libertarian artist – amazing symphonic metal.
Revocation	Deathonomics	A synonym for chrony capitalism
EconStories	Fight of the Century	Keynes vs. Hayek rap battle, part 2! You have to hear it to believe it.
Knower	The Government Knows	A little crude for my tastes – but admittedly humorous
Lorde	Glory and Gore	Who has the greater glory: someone who is successful via violence, or someone who is successful via peace?
Rag’N’Bone Man	Human	Governments tend to put blame on people that are not guilty. See my review and acoustic cover of this song.
Anti-Flag	Tearing Down the Borders	Technically, I think these guys are a little more Marx than Mises. But hey, in terms of the Berlin wall, that was a good border to tear down. So we’ll go with that. And I’m sorry if this triggers Stefan Molyneux or any other Trump supporters.
Green Day	American Idiot	Great song, but is it ok to disparage someone as a “redneck”? We’re not supposed to put someone down based on their skin color or culture, right?
IDLES	Mercedes Marxist	It seems that many Marxists enjoy the fruits of Capitalism while wanting to spare you from the “evils” of it.
NOFX	The Separation of Church and Skate
Pennywise	Revolution
The Interrupters	Outrage
The Offspring	Meaning of Life
Warehouse One	Any Fool
Bad Wolves	No Masters
Freak Kitchen	Sloppy
Gov’t Mule	Mr. High and Mighty	We better crawl when you say “crawl”
Guns N Roses	Civil War
Zama Rripa	Live and Let Live	Check this libertarian artist out – great rootsy rock with great guitar work
Incubus	Privilege	The day you were born, you were born free
Jordan Page	War Machine
Matt Bankert	Don’t Be An Idiot
Mountain Sprout	Screw the Government
Owen Glass	General Butler	My new favorite authentic libertarian band – these guys have such a great, earthy, organic sound. Great poetry, great melodies.
Panic! At the Disco	Emperor’s New Clothes	I’m taking back the crown, I’m all dressed up and naked, I see what’s mine and take it (Finders keepers, losers weepers)
Pink Floyd	Sheep
Project 86	Evil (A Chorus of Resistence)	“I want something you have” – hmm, sounds a little envious
Rush	Red Barchetta
Shihad	Think You’re So Free
Smashing Pumpkins	Clones	Ah, the joys of conformity. “All are one and one are all.” Creepy collectivism. But apparently they’ve destroyed the government, so maybe they are libertarian clones.
The Last Internationale	Soul on Fire
Warren Zevon	Lawyers, Guns, and Money	This song describes the composition of government
Weezer	Everybody Wants to Rule the World	It seems that way, anyway. Is it ok if we just rule ourselves?

Libertarian Rock – May 2019

May 21, 2019

It is here – my Libertarian Rock May 2019 playlist.

“Why do we let morons rule the world?” That is the question starting off the playlist this month. A very good question, asked by my newly discovered favorite band, Freak Kitchen. A quirky, yet accessible band from Sweden that have been around since the 90s. Super-heavy guitars and poppy choruses. Vertigo-inducing guitar solos.

See below for the track list!

::Song::
::Artist::Album::
::Comments::

Morons
Freak Kitchen • Confusion to the Enemy

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Send in the Tanks
Matt Bankert • Send in the Tanks
An underrated, good-looking singer

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Mind Ain’t Free
The Last Internationale • Soul on Fire

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Succexy
Metric • Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
Invasion’s so succexy

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The Dark Side
Muse • Simulation Theory
Set me free

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The Man
The Killers • Wonderful Wonderful
The theme song of many heads of state I know

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The Weapon
Rush • Signals

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The Doomed
Perfect Circle • Eat The Elephant
Blessed are the gluttonous, may they feast us to famine and war

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Take Me Higher
Prophets Of Rage • Prophets Of Rage
Drones! The sickest funk groove I’ve heard in a while.

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Be Chrool To Your Scuel
Twisted Sister • Come Out And Play
A cameo from Alice Cooper. A tribute to public schools.

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Ivory Tower
Matthew Sweet • Modern Art
Come down from your ivory tower… a great one for technocrats and central planners

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The Persecution of Schaeffer Cox
Jordan Page • The Persecution of Schaeffer Cox
A true, sad story

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Zombie Bastards
Weezer • Weezer (Black Album)
We know what you want…sort of the undead zombie state, preying on the living. A bit of a stretch? Maybe. But it’s my playlist.

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Been Caught Stealing
Jane’s Addiction • Ritual De Lo Habitual
Taxation is theft, baby.

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The Blackout
U2 • Songs Of Experience
Probably a reactionary song to Trump, Brexit, etc. Without getting into whatever libertarian merits there may actually be to those, the song can be taken generally as giving hope when freedom’s light seems to go out.

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Let’s Impeach the President – Live
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young • CSNY/Déjà Vu Live
Amen. And don’t stop with the president.

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It’s Money That I Love
Randy Newman • Born Again
Theme song of the Federal Reserve.

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A Gallon of Gas
The Kinks • Low Budget

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I Wanna Be Free
The Monkees • The Monkees

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Highway 61 Revisited – Live with The Band, Isle Of Wight, 1969
Bob Dylan • Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10
Cryptic poetry, with a theme of a place (Highway 61) where things are disposed of or sacrificed, and illicit actions take place – including the next world war.

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Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
The Beatles • The Beatles (White Album)
As Ron Paul says, the people should have all the privacy and the government should have all the transparency.

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You and All of Your Friends
Alice Cooper • Paranormal

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Monkey Wrench
Foo Fighters • The Colour And The Shape
I’ll never be your monkey wrench

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Slim Pickens Does The Right Thing And Rides The Bomb To Hell
The Offspring • Days Go By

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Title Pending
Warehouse One • Light It Up
Please check out Warehouse One – an outstanding punk band with great libertarian themes.

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Prisoner of Society
The Living End • The Living End

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Not Personal
The Interrupters • Fight the Good Fight

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Julie’s Been Working for the Drug Squad
The Clash • Give ‘Em Enough Rope

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What’s Mine Is Yours
MxPx • Slowly Going The Way Of The Buffalo
You don’t own me, they’ve abolished slavery

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Do The Paranoid Style
Bad Religion • Do The Paranoid Style

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Back in the USSR
Dead Kennedys • Live At The Deaf Club

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1 Trillion Dollar$
Anti-Flag • For Blood And Empire

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Killing Is My Business…And Business Is Good!
Megadeth • Killing Is My Business…And Business Is Good – The Final Kill

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Circling the Drain
Havok • Conformicide

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Individualism
BackWordz • Veracity

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War Princess
Devin Townsend Project • Z²
Please listen to the Z² album. I think it is Devin’s masterpiece – one of ’em, anyway.

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TOTAL STATE MACHINE
KMFDM • HELL YEAH

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Ghost Upon a Throne
Leah • The Quest

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Prison Song
System Of A Down • Toxicity

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Listen to it! The Libertarian Rock May 2019 playlist.

The Top Libertarian Bands of 2018

December 31, 2018

The Last Internationale

Vocalist Delila and guitarist Edgey have been teasing their fans with a stream of singles in 2018, looking forward to their album “Soul on Fire.” Delila’s vocal soul and power will pummel your face on “Hard Times” and “Mind Ain’t Free.” I get the impression they are more Marxist than Misesian, but hey, I won’t be surprised if some of their anti-state songs play on stereos at the Mises Institute.

Thrice

Thrice released their 89th studio album in 2018 called “Palms.” It is another great song collection from the quartet and celebrates the common things all humans share. Songs like “The Dark”, “Blood on Blood”, and “Only Us” talk about institutional lies and the need to end cultural strife and battles. Though it’s not as overtly subversive as some of their other material, songwriter Dustin Kensrue seems to be a liberty-phile.

Smashing Pumpkins

Did you know alt-rock legend Billy Corgan (or William, or whatever he’s called) is a libertarian? His songs are not necessarily about ending the Fed, so you might not know it. However, that’s sort of a good thing anyway. Political artists can sometimes make politics an end when it should be a means – a means to let people be free to, for instance, make awesome music and art. The Pumpkins overjoyed 90s fans (like myself) when they went on a “reunion” tour with 3 out of 4 original members this year. To top it off, they released volume 1 of what will presumably be a multi-volume album called “Shiny and Oh So Bright.” It is sure to anger fans that don’t want the Pumpkins to change how they sounded 20-30 years ago. However, it’s pretty good. Corgan’s lyrics are usually opaque and cryptic, but there may be a hint of libertarian dissent in “Marchin’ On” and “Solara”.

LEAH

Leah’s recent album “the Quest” sounds like Iron Maiden performing the Lord of the Rings soundtrack on 8 string guitars with Arwen on lead vocals. Crushing solos and angelic vocals. Leah personally has libertarian leanings, and you can get hints of them in some of her songs.

Brass Against

The world didn’t know it needed a horn ensemble covering Rage Against the Machine songs – until Brass Against existed. And now it’s hard to imagine the world without them. A group comprising a ton of horn players and a female vocalist, they do justice to more than classic RATM songs like “Guerilla Radio” and “Killing In The Name.” They also do wonderful covers of Black Sabbath’s War Pigs, and Living Colour’s Cult of Personality – all songs libertarians can appreciate.

Muse

Space/Art/Synth/Prog rockers Muse were back in 2018 with the album “Simulation Theory,” where they turned the “80s synth” dial to 11. Complete with a nostalgic Tron-style cover, you can resist the system while listening to tracks like “Propaganda”, “Algorithm”, and “Dig Down”.

The Interrupters

Peppy, upbeat ska-punkers put out a great set of songs called “Fight the Good Fight”. The songs are so catchy that it’s tough to not just let the disc keep playing when it’s finished – if you still use discs. They are Ron Paul fans, and you can tell by songs like “Not Personal” and “Age of Outrage”. Besides that, it’s just a great album celebrating comradery, perseverance, and the lessons we learn in relationships.

Zama Rripa

A delightful libertarian artist I just came across is Zama Rripa who recently released his album “American Soul.” He has a vintage sound with flavors of the 60’s and 70’s. One of the highlights is “Blowback.”

Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway

Daron Malakian, former System of a Down guitarist and vocalist, put out the album “Dictator” with his band Scars on Broadway. Libertarian ears are sure to perk up just at the album title, and those ears will not be disappointed with the actual songs on the album. There are themes of the Armenian genocide (Lives), some Dictator, well, dictating what you should and should not do (Dictator), and sickening wars (Sickening Wars). Malakian is not one to mince words. And all these gems are supported by the pounding and grinding guitar riffs we’ve come to love from System of a Down.

Want to hear my own libertarian-friendly music? You can start with The Christmas Truce!