Post by rainbowbrite on Dec 23, 2008 11:12:03 GMT
this was published on my 14th Birthday.
also, rach or foz, can you upload that born against interview again. please. thx!
(stolen from another board)
It's Too Easy to Blame the Music for the World
Published: January 15, 1993
To the Editor:
In a Dec. 28 front-page article about the shooting incident at Simon's Rock College in Great Barrington, Mass., you draw facile connections between Wayne Lo's fondness for hard-hardcore punk music and whatever psychological collapse led him to the acts of violence he committed Dec. 14. Much attention has been drawn to our band because Mr. Lo was wearing a Sick of It All T-shirt when arrested.
Mr. Lo's wardrobe decisions are his own affair; maybe he thought the name of our band expressed his feelings that day, but to link, as you do, our band to senseless violence and reported "fascist attitudes" is shoddy reporting combined with an overeagerness to demonize musicians.
The message of hard-hardcore music is predominated by a strong stance against apathy and complacency. This is the message to which the name Sick of It All relates. The music expresses rage against injustice, dishonesty and discrimination in the world. The political message of punk has always leaned toward idealism and optimism about the possibility of a better future. Our music and message are opposed to the atavistic tendencies of the rightist skinheads grabbing headlines in Europe.
Sick of It All has just played sold-out anti-fascist benefit concerts in Berlin and Leipzig. We have played five concerts in the New York City area in the last few years to benefit Amnesty International. Our lyrics have always condemned violence, promoting instead a message of tolerance and strong exhortation to open one's eyes to unsightly reality.
We would like to express our sincere condolences to the families of the victims of this tragedy. Mr. Lo's problems, no doubt, go much deeper than his T-shirt. ARMAND MAJIDI, LOUIS KOLLER, PETE KOLLER Tarrytown, N.Y., Dec. 31, 1992
It's Too Easy to Blame the Music for the World
Published: January 15, 1993
To the Editor:
In a Dec. 28 front-page article about the shooting incident at Simon's Rock College in Great Barrington, Mass., you draw facile connections between Wayne Lo's fondness for hard-hardcore punk music and whatever psychological collapse led him to the acts of violence he committed Dec. 14. Much attention has been drawn to our band because Mr. Lo was wearing a Sick of It All T-shirt when arrested.
Mr. Lo's wardrobe decisions are his own affair; maybe he thought the name of our band expressed his feelings that day, but to link, as you do, our band to senseless violence and reported "fascist attitudes" is shoddy reporting combined with an overeagerness to demonize musicians.
The message of hard-hardcore music is predominated by a strong stance against apathy and complacency. This is the message to which the name Sick of It All relates. The music expresses rage against injustice, dishonesty and discrimination in the world. The political message of punk has always leaned toward idealism and optimism about the possibility of a better future. Our music and message are opposed to the atavistic tendencies of the rightist skinheads grabbing headlines in Europe.
Sick of It All has just played sold-out anti-fascist benefit concerts in Berlin and Leipzig. We have played five concerts in the New York City area in the last few years to benefit Amnesty International. Our lyrics have always condemned violence, promoting instead a message of tolerance and strong exhortation to open one's eyes to unsightly reality.
We would like to express our sincere condolences to the families of the victims of this tragedy. Mr. Lo's problems, no doubt, go much deeper than his T-shirt. ARMAND MAJIDI, LOUIS KOLLER, PETE KOLLER Tarrytown, N.Y., Dec. 31, 1992
also, rach or foz, can you upload that born against interview again. please. thx!
