rock club question

[manny at telerama.com]

always been a streak of totalitarianism/fascism in industrial going back
to TG appropriating the SS symbol (which was picked up later by Marilyn
Manson), Laibach (at least in appearance) and so on. of course there are
plenty of lefties from the start as well (eg Test Department).

Yes I know rivetheads in the army doesn't automatically mean rightwing.
But it don't exactly mean hippies either ;)

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Brian J. Parker wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 manny at telerama.com wrote:
> 
> > > It's certainly of interest; it's safe to say that most Pittsburgh
> > > goths are both political leftists and have some interest in
> > > "independent" music.
> >
> > I wouldn't assume the former necessarily, Brian.
> > A lot of rivetheads in the army nowadays ;)
> 
> That would be a lot of rivetheads.  I won't say "all," but I still expect
> the majority of goths to be leftist.  Of course the "Pittsburgh" is as
> significant as the "goth," since my experience tells me that goths in a
> given city will still reflect the city's culture in some way.  Pittsburgh
> in general (the "metropolitan" part at least) is pretty left.
> 
> And although military are generally right, there are lefties too, probably
> heavily among the former goths!  My evidence of this is more anecdotal
> (Air America's interviews with such servicemen, my own brother's accounts)
> but army need not always imply right-wing.
> 
> 
> Brian
> 
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