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Good Charlotte, Green Day Get Ready To 'Rock Against Bush'
09/23/2003 6:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
LAUNCH Radio Networks
(9/23/03, 6 p.m. ET) -- Good Charlotte, Green Day, Sum 41, and several other punk rock bands will contribute songs to an album titled Rock Against Bush, which will be released through indie label Fat Wreck Chords next April or May. Green Day will donate a new song, but the other bands have not announced yet whether they'll submit new or previously released material.
Fat Wreck Chords president Fat Mike--who also sings for the punk band NOFX--says he wanted to use his influence in the punk rock world to campaign directly against George Bush, telling MTV.com, "I think it's our responsibility as citizens and musicians to do so. He's wrecking the country and the world...I'm planning on losing a lot of money, but I don't care. This is something I really believe in."
Two tours--one around the release of the album and the other closer to next year's presidential election--are also in the planning stages, most likely to consist of free concerts on college campuses. The tour will probably be named Punkvoter, after Fat Mike's political awareness organization.
Money from sales of the album will go into print and television ads encouraging young people to vote Bush out of the White House. Fat Mike told MTV.com he hopes to have "one or two famous punk rockers" appear in the ads.
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