"Anarchy stands for the liberation of the human mind from the bonds of religion, the liberation of the human body from the dominion of property, and the liberation of the human spirit from the shackles and restraints of government." -Emma Goldman
Wow! Justin Sane exhibits quite a few "Joe Strummer" mannerisms the same way Billy Joe did in the early days of Green Day. The Clash influenced many bands but it was quite apparent with Green Day back in 1993. Now Anti-Flag is the new Clash incarnate!
The lyrics have never been truer than today. The American judicial system seems to think that it was okay for a liquor store thief to be gunned down in the street, unarmed, but the people with power committing murders of choice will never see a day behind bars.
Wow! Justin Sane exhibits many "Joe Strummer" mannerisms the same way Billy Joe of Green Day did back in 1993. Many bands were, are, and will be influenced by the Clash. When I first heard the "Dookie" album, the Clash immediately came to mind. Nowadays Anti-Flag is the new Clash incarnate! Rock! Rock! Clash City Rockers!
You know, these guys have definitely changed. There sound and looks ect. And I'm sure there doing great financially. And sure, I'm not gonna lie I love there older stuff just the rawness and you could hear the low budget sound that they had it was fuckin the best. BUT I do understand these guys have grown up. shit when they started they were in there late teens. What I think is people change you get older you're much more wiser the moneys better the equipment is better they've evolved. And they have a much bigger audience. "sell out" no I wouldn't say that. In 20 years you change a lot. I do like the new sound some songs are eh and some are fuck that dissevers another listen. Overall these guy are fucking great and I still want to know what the next album they put out consist of so if you have a closed mind about it and you're jumping to "they sold out" think about it before you make that call.
You raised some great points. I'm not particularly keen on Anti-Flag's sound since For Blood And Empire was released. It's debatable whether Anti-Flag changed their style on their own, sold out, or simply lost their brilliant edge, but what I've been hearing since For Blood And empire isn't the Anti-Flag I used to know and love. The People Or The Gun had some songs I genuinely enjoy, and I'd give them a second chance, only I'm more about the lesser-known Punk bands of the here and now which cuts into time I could spend listening to Anti-Flag. (Plus GTA V's soundtrack gave me a bad attitude towards the classics.)
I agree. Everything since ''for blood''. they really took a turn after that album. yeah I could really only get into about 2 to 4 songs off an album with 10 to 15 songs. I could listen to ''a new kind of army'' on loop. I cant do that with anything recent by them. what up with the GTA V sound track? i haven't heard it...
Ben Pyle Understood. I somehow managed to free myself from Lipstick Homicide long enough to listen to the song Got The Numbers every so often. As for GTA V, they have a Punk station called Channel X. Looking at it objectively, I wouldn't say the songs on it are bad, but I was turned off by both the station and Classic Punk in general, since the soundtrack only had Classic Punk songs... Plus Keith Morris did a great job as the station's DJ. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_V_soundtrack#Channel_X
I've been thinking this shit recently. Why should we keep trying to improve the economy and trying to get jobs for people. Wage slavery needs to die. The economy needs to die. Btw, It was pretty messed up seeing Anti-Flag playing warped tour in Missouri around 8 years ago, performing "you gotta die for your government", while there's a US Marines booth there trying to get kids to sign up. It was fucking bizarre. I just stopped going to Warped after that. Enjoyed seeing anti-flag though.
Very well said Ben Pyle. It really pisses me off when all these posers who have never been in a band, never mind play an instrument, starts with this elitist crap that a band sold out. Do any of you "punk rock purists" ever think about how hard it is to make a decent living playing in a band. Let me just tell you it isn't easy. It's not too bad when your in your teens and 20s eating ramen noodles everyday and sleeping on floors but who would want to do that shot in their 30s and 40s. This band is and always has been about spreading the word about how the average person gets fucked by the government and the powers to be. So, them going on a major or signing with veevo or whatever it's called is just another way to inform and wake up the masses. All these posers that want to judge them I have one sentence for you. Unless your out there touring and grinding and trying to get your message out then just shut the fuck up because wtf have you ever done?
Sitting in school. Listeneing to a playlist. The press corpse comes on. One of the other students talks of some over-hysteriated bullshit they blew up on the radio. Almost started my own one-man riot right there. :D
They have always stayed true to their original sound. I don't give a fuck what anyone says. Just listen to their 1st E.P. to the new stuff and you'll see for yourself....Were so fucked, And were don't give a fuck!
I mean lip sync appears to be very badly synced. Which is disappointing enough as the song is awesome and at the same time the video itself is not bad too
actually, everywhere is fucked up.. there's no one single country that's fine... there're tons of ppl who starve in us and europe. now imagine africa, middleast, poor regions in south america. we're so fucked
"When the cities burn down,we'll all be warm. When the cities burn down,we'll all keep warm". That thing fuckin' killed me first time I heard this. Makes ya feel like startin' a riot downtown..Or it's jus' me?
I dig the band, I just call them The Orwells since they bring a certain amount of corresponding panic, anxiety and political agenda to the table as ex: "1984" and a Orwell-esq puls. Not saying that Orwell had a political agenda but "1984" defiantly had an political impact....
i remeber antiflag 6 yrs ago so much better than this, take this from sum 1 who seen them live has thier sticker on his guitar, they not antiflag anymore there bubblegum punk rock for bairns :( bring back captain anarchy
Why communism and why capitalism? Look on youtube for Thezietgeist moving forward and watch it bro we dont need a system we dont need money all we need is our love , faith and peace ;)
Don't forget that the almighty USA did a great job in destroying communism. e.g.: the cold war: buying weapons. The USA as a capitalistic system had the money to buy weapons and bullets and weapons and bullets... communism tried to defend itself and tried to keep up buying weapons, but it didn't have that much money as a capitalistic system, you see where this ends?
I was born in Czech Republic and there wasn't no freedom while communism was here. People tried to emigrate from here, but russian army were everywhere. So they lived in fear for many years. I hate them. Sorry. :-(
I was quite shocked by that, I like anti-flag but that is ridiculous. Singing a song about letting the capitalist economy die whilst advertising a corporate capitalist brand!!
"Anarchy stands for the liberation of the human mind from the bonds of religion, the liberation of the human body from the dominion of property, and the liberation of the human spirit from the shackles and restraints of government." -Emma Goldman
2020 Mood
Can’t ask for a better song to play when the Dow drops 2,000 points. The economy is suffering and it’s time we just let it burn
dude anti flag has been goin on for more then 20 yrs, u cant expect them to have the same style of the time
Lol no other song title has fully captured how I feel about the world today
Wow! Justin Sane exhibits quite a few "Joe Strummer" mannerisms the same way Billy Joe did in the early days of Green Day. The Clash influenced many bands but it was quite apparent with Green Day back in 1993. Now Anti-Flag is the new Clash incarnate!
The lyrics have never been truer than today. The American judicial system seems to think that it was okay for a liquor store thief to be gunned down in the street, unarmed, but the people with power committing murders of choice will never see a day behind bars.
you didnt see the trump election huh
Oh boy hasn't it gotten so much worse poor 2015 and even 2017
What about now?
Wow! Justin Sane exhibits many "Joe Strummer" mannerisms the same way Billy Joe of Green Day did back in 1993. Many bands were, are, and will be influenced by the Clash. When I first heard the "Dookie" album, the Clash immediately came to mind. Nowadays Anti-Flag is the new Clash incarnate! Rock! Rock! Clash City Rockers!
You know, these guys have definitely changed. There sound and looks ect. And I'm sure there doing great financially. And sure, I'm not gonna lie I love there older stuff just the rawness and you could hear the low budget sound that they had it was fuckin the best. BUT I do understand these guys have grown up. shit when they started they were in there late teens. What I think is people change you get older you're much more wiser the moneys better the equipment is better they've evolved. And they have a much bigger audience. "sell out" no I wouldn't say that. In 20 years you change a lot. I do like the new sound some songs are eh and some are fuck that dissevers another listen. Overall these guy are fucking great and I still want to know what the next album they put out consist of so if you have a closed mind about it and you're jumping to "they sold out" think about it before you make that call.
You raised some great points. I'm not particularly keen on Anti-Flag's sound since For Blood And Empire was released. It's debatable whether Anti-Flag changed their style on their own, sold out, or simply lost their brilliant edge, but what I've been hearing since For Blood And empire isn't the Anti-Flag I used to know and love.
The People Or The Gun had some songs I genuinely enjoy, and I'd give them a second chance, only I'm more about the lesser-known Punk bands of the here and now which cuts into time I could spend listening to Anti-Flag. (Plus GTA V's soundtrack gave me a bad attitude towards the classics.)
I agree. Everything since ''for blood''. they really took a turn after that album. yeah I could really only get into about 2 to 4 songs off an album with 10 to 15 songs. I could listen to ''a new kind of army'' on loop. I cant do that with anything recent by them. what up with the GTA V sound track? i haven't heard it...
Ben Pyle Understood. I somehow managed to free myself from Lipstick Homicide long enough to listen to the song Got The Numbers every so often.
As for GTA V, they have a Punk station called Channel X. Looking at it objectively, I wouldn't say the songs on it are bad, but I was turned off by both the station and Classic Punk in general, since the soundtrack only had Classic Punk songs... Plus Keith Morris did a great job as the station's DJ.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_V_soundtrack#Channel_X
But their ideology remains the same and i think that is more important than their music
I've been thinking this shit recently. Why should we keep trying to improve the economy and trying to get jobs for people. Wage slavery needs to die. The economy needs to die. Btw, It was pretty messed up seeing Anti-Flag playing warped tour in Missouri around 8 years ago, performing "you gotta die for your government", while there's a US Marines booth there trying to get kids to sign up. It was fucking bizarre. I just stopped going to Warped after that. Enjoyed seeing anti-flag though.
The Warped Tour allowed the military to put up booths there? That's disgusting
Oh yeah, dude. In MO they did. >:/ That's how you know an anti-establishment event just went establishment.
oh yes. Especially when this was 8 years ago when Warped Tour was at least way more of a punkrock event than it is today
William Sophistos they had little or no choice ibet just trying to get angry young men to join a dying cause
fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2022 signing in! let the economy die!!!!
this song is a bomb......
vi adoro...siete magniifici
great video, great song, great band!
5* ;-)
Awesome!
yep ... just let it die!
2020 this song seems fitting
wow!! they like always said it best.
I recognized the riff and realized it's very similar to 'ban the tube top' by reel big fish.
Kurt Guenther good call!
Another great song!
if you here the song 100 times you can´t hear it anymore^^ but the lyrics are great!!!!!
Know the feeling, man. Know the feeling.
01:56 LOL drummers face
I LOVE ANTI FLAG
This songs need to be remade to "the environment is suffering" we're so fucked.
NOW MORE THAN EVER
Very well said Ben Pyle. It really pisses me off when all these posers who have never been in a band, never mind play an instrument, starts with this elitist crap that a band sold out. Do any of you "punk rock purists" ever think about how hard it is to make a decent living playing in a band. Let me just tell you it isn't easy. It's not too bad when your in your teens and 20s eating ramen noodles everyday and sleeping on floors but who would want to do that shot in their 30s and 40s. This band is and always has been about spreading the word about how the average person gets fucked by the government and the powers to be. So, them going on a major or signing with veevo or whatever it's called is just another way to inform and wake up the masses. All these posers that want to judge them I have one sentence for you. Unless your out there touring and grinding and trying to get your message out then just shut the fuck up because wtf have you ever done?
Teacher: What is Exploitation? Student: Capetalism!!
@VayleGW
nice!
yep, anti-flag... still great
FeelTheBern
Fuck yeah.
just a question: what are "rip offs"??? i can´t find the word anywhere
w00t, me can play this song at guitar, its AWESOME!
@g4aaaa you've never been to court? what are you doing listening to anti flag? :P
fuck yea this song fuckin rocks
fucking love ANTI FLAG
My band might cover this song in May at a festival, if we do, I'll definitely post it as a video response.
This would have 93872000 views...
What about the "apartheid" system in south africa?
@wofli654 a rippoff is an incident where someone overpays for something.
@ownagegast thanks:)
Sitting in school. Listeneing to a playlist. The press corpse comes on. One of the other students talks of some over-hysteriated bullshit they blew up on the radio. Almost started my own one-man riot right there. :D
Well, then would you please be so kind and explain it to me?
Suffering? Nonono. Someone's never been to Michigan. Suffering doesn't describe the economy well enough. :P
all*
Anarchy Is order
@g4aaaa Dude that is fucking genius!
great :D love Anti-Flag :P
Fuck - N - Roll O. k.
They have always stayed true to their original sound. I don't give a fuck what anyone says. Just listen to their 1st E.P. to the new stuff and you'll see for yourself....Were so fucked, And were don't give a fuck!
I hope they´ll come to Germany again this year :(
1:20 EPIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiic
Is anyone else thinking that the singer of Anti-Flag looks like the Son of John Oliver? :D
Justin Sane is legendary.
exactly! the system is broken and cannot be fixed, the damage has been done, let's not try too contineu
I agree with you, but you forgot to mention canada, its a good place to be
@thequeernews I doubt that he was serious...
if u hate the gov. listen to Immortal Technique..
Woodstock 2012 ♥ xD
This is better than sex.
Let. It. Die.
Sadly, after what Justin did, Anti-Flag is hard dead.
we're so fucked...
It looks as if they are singing something completely different
wwtchrsinmusic well it's lip singing, not an actual live thing
I mean lip sync appears to be very badly synced. Which is disappointing enough
as the song is awesome and at the same time the video itself is not bad too
Yea I get what you're saying, sometimes they sync it up horribly
Wat.
were so fucked
actually, everywhere is fucked up.. there's no one single country that's fine... there're tons of ppl who starve in us and europe. now imagine africa, middleast, poor regions in south america.
we're so fucked
I dont think you understand me xDD
Upset the system, gonna burn it down! :D
if u hate the gov. listen to Immortal Technique:The Cause of Death...
"When the cities burn down,we'll all be warm.
When the cities burn down,we'll all keep warm".
That thing fuckin' killed me first time I heard this.
Makes ya feel like startin' a riot downtown..Or it's jus' me?
just anarchysm....
I dig the band, I just call them The Orwells since they bring a certain amount of corresponding panic, anxiety and political agenda to the table as ex: "1984" and a Orwell-esq puls. Not saying that Orwell had a political agenda but "1984" defiantly had an political impact....
@Drasherofbananas Or Ohio!
no. its not.
Dude this song is about anti-capitalism and the financial system. These lyrics have a meaning. There's nothing sex-related here.
i remeber antiflag 6 yrs ago so much better than this, take this from sum 1 who seen them live has thier sticker on his guitar, they not antiflag anymore there bubblegum punk rock for bairns :( bring back captain anarchy
Why communism and why capitalism?
Look on youtube for Thezietgeist moving forward and watch it bro we dont need a system we dont need money all we need is our love , faith and peace ;)
anthem of trump
Government is all the same just with a different name and someone to blame.
WTF this song has nothing to do with sex!
Yeah i mean look at south africa. It used to be ruled by the white people who put presure on black people. (Sorry for my spelling i'm from argentina)
homeless people ask me for money all the time in tulsa ok but i cant even afford to help them but a couple bucks
Ww4 leftover crack see you there real punk rock loc
Don't forget that the almighty USA did a great job in destroying communism. e.g.: the cold war: buying weapons. The USA as a capitalistic system had the money to buy weapons and bullets and weapons and bullets... communism tried to defend itself and tried to keep up buying weapons, but it didn't have that much money as a capitalistic system, you see where this ends?
An example of it is Cuba, All of they are poor except the president not too much peole is happy (sorry for my bad english i am colombian)
duude capitalism, imperialism and statism is three diffrent things. you've got it all wrong. Anarcho-Capitalism ftw
notice these guys were so quick to rag on Bush yet they won't say shit against OBOMBER....
I was born in Czech Republic and there wasn't no freedom while communism was here. People tried to emigrate from here, but russian army were everywhere. So they lived in fear for many years. I hate them. Sorry. :-(
Communism is evil, but this song is great.
you'd lose... They won't even speak out against OBOMBER
Thanks Obama
I was quite shocked by that, I like anti-flag but that is ridiculous. Singing a song about letting the capitalist economy die whilst advertising a corporate capitalist brand!!
Comunism is a great idea + capitalism is shit, but it doesnt work, there´d been enough tries,,,