Quotes from Music Tourist Board website FEAR OF A BLACK KENNET, THE LOVE MUSIC HATE RACISM ALBUM
IS TWO FINGERS TO THE NAZI INVASION TAKING THE UNION OUT OF UNION JACK,
THE UNITED OUT OF UNITED KINGDOM, THE GREAT OUT OF BRITAIN, AND THE
PISS OUT OF DEMOCRACY. DETAILS AT R*E*P*E*A*T RECORDS SITE,
They reckoned without the power of music - an essential summer tour was Miss Black America (debut album God Bless Miss Black America was a wake up call... "genuinely, sincerely, doing their damndest to take the world by the balls" (the fly), "provocative, inspired and downright essential - hear this band if it's the last thing you do" (rocksound), "if this record was on a major label, MBA would be well on their way to being the Biggest Band in Britain. As it stands, they'll just have to settle for being the Best" (rolling stone) and friends like Antihero, Cultural Ice Age, Becky Jago, Ludes, Special Needs... punks for for peace. The Love Music Hate Racism single sold out and the punk album follows the r'n'b release and is due this November. It's not all apathy about fascist strongholds and racism threatening our century-ahead multi everything society - a cultural treasure. Something is alive, kicking and growing in the world of music... Increasingly influential to the music establishment, the d.i.y. underground continue to make a stand .
Ignorance is Bliss? (From a piece adapted from Issue 4 of R*E*P*E*A*T by Steven Wells) -------------------- "The sad fact is, that everyone knows someone who's a racist, thus the UK population of 55 million equals a lot of racists. Sadly I dont feel as a nation we are evolving quick enough. Racism should be a disease of the past, but with the growing number of Nazis preaching thier poisonous sermons we have to make a stand and eradicate this vermin once and for all." (Maxi, King Adora) "Music is a sanctuary of understanding for those who truly love music. To me racism epitomises the opposite of this sanctuary and why I do musicy things so they can't both exist. If you truly love music you have to hate racism". (Cosy Cosy) What supporting Love Music Hate Racism comes down to really is a simple question: do you think it is acceptable for people to be abused, hounded, terrorised, demonised, beaten, maimed and killed just because of their race, their religion, the colour of their skin, what their parents do or did, their sexuality, upbringing, accent, class, dress sense, taste in music, political views? If the answer is yes, then you are a Nazi, and it probably is political for you. If the answer is no, then you are a human being, and politics has nothing to do with it. (Miss Black America) Racism, like every form of ignorance, must be combatted by education. Those who would wield it as a political weapon, exploiting people's fears for their own ends, must be met head on, more than ever in the current global political climate of "good versus evil" simplism. (The Dawn Parade) "Pop music has always evolved out of a mixture of voices, cultures and influences. Britain has such a strong and influential music scene mainly because it embraces the diversity present here and celebrates it. The 'Love Music Hate Racism' project is the latest in a long line of events that attempts to bring people together through music of all kinds, in order to show up those who wish to destroy our pop culture as the liars and frauds they truly are. There is no such thing as fascist pop. Go figure." The Exiles "Whilst Kinesis refrain from aligning ourselves with any political organisation in general, we see that LMHR is supporting a good cause and the eradication of racism can only be a good thing. Enjoy." Kinesis "Some of my best friends are racists. And here's the underlying
problem: we're so scared, we let the small comments float by like a
bad fart on the Racists lose the right to comment on anything, in my opinion, because
they've debased all else that spills from their mouths. Here is the
most Because there are some things where quietly holding a personal opinion
isn't enough, where you have to stand up and be counted and make a noise
about what you believe, and this is one of them. The idea that people
should be judged by things such as colour or sexuality rather than by
the person behind the skin, by who they are and what they've chosen
to make of themselves, is repellent and sickening. It dehumanises people,
turns them And the appeal of a compilation is that it goes beyond the usual negation
of the other side and starts to hint towards what an alternative might
be. Not to say that rock'n'roll is a universal panacea or anything,
but the idea of taking something which embodies sheer all-out fun and
which you love anyway and of turning it into a means of defiance simply
by saying it is - well, Unfortunately racism is still an ugly part
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