Unfortunatly, it seems to put the fans on the defensive, though I'm not sure it's really a fan board where an in depth discussion would float much, no matter what the issue (like trying to discuss politics in Random Ramblings, I suspect).
I've been more about ignoring the Foos since everything after their first 2 albums, well, wasn't nearly as good as the first two albums, but I shall be informing people I know who are fans of the issue, so at least they *know* what they might be supporting by proxy.
The link to alive and well is on this page: http://www.foofighters.com/community_cause.html which also features a bunch of pro-left wing groups, which I kind of approve of in theory, but the blurbs seem to set out and "anti-right wing" stance, rather than a "pro politcs/pro discussion" one. I mean, I may not agree on their politics, but not all ring-leaning people are Nazis :-s
I suppose this breaks into the wider issue of whether bands should support, or get involved in political and quasi-political campaigning. Most everyone supports projects such as LiveAid/Eight, Free Tibet et al, but what about when the issue is more controversial? Can you really sustain a "love the band, hate the opinions" stance when a band supports things you don't agree with?
As an aside, I remember going to a Rage Against the Machine gig a fair few years ago. Outside the venue there were (I assume band supported) people with petitions to free, among others, Mumia Abu-Jamal. I refused to sign seeing as I didn't know enough about the issue to form an opinion for myself (for a start I had no internet in them days). I wondered how many people *did* sign just because they were asked to and liked RATM. It might have been "right" to sign, but they didn't *know* that, y'know?
Apologies for disjointed rambling, I've only had one cup of tea so far ;-)
http://bbs.foofighters.com/showthread.php?t=45512
Unfortunatly, it seems to put the fans on the defensive, though I'm not sure it's really a fan board where an in depth discussion would float much, no matter what the issue (like trying to discuss politics in Random Ramblings, I suspect).
I've been more about ignoring the Foos since everything after their first 2 albums, well, wasn't nearly as good as the first two albums, but I shall be informing people I know who are fans of the issue, so at least they *know* what they might be supporting by proxy.
The link to alive and well is on this page: http://www.foofighters.com/community_cause.html which also features a bunch of pro-left wing groups, which I kind of approve of in theory, but the blurbs seem to set out and "anti-right wing" stance, rather than a "pro politcs/pro discussion" one. I mean, I may not agree on their politics, but not all ring-leaning people are Nazis :-s
I suppose this breaks into the wider issue of whether bands should support, or get involved in political and quasi-political campaigning. Most everyone supports projects such as LiveAid/Eight, Free Tibet et al, but what about when the issue is more controversial? Can you really sustain a "love the band, hate the opinions" stance when a band supports things you don't agree with?
As an aside, I remember going to a Rage Against the Machine gig a fair few years ago. Outside the venue there were (I assume band supported) people with petitions to free, among others, Mumia Abu-Jamal. I refused to sign seeing as I didn't know enough about the issue to form an opinion for myself (for a start I had no internet in them days). I wondered how many people *did* sign just because they were asked to and liked RATM. It might have been "right" to sign, but they didn't *know* that, y'know?
Apologies for disjointed rambling, I've only had one cup of tea so far ;-)
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