Serious question: Who here like Johnny Ramone?

[kellychaos]

That's a good point. If a band is already political, then the fan base is, consequently, politically-minded and it is part of the reason they enjoy the bands in the first place. From there, it becomes a "chicken and the egg" problem. Is the band popular because people already shared their political views and said band is their voice or did the band push their views and the fanbase become tainted or, in the extreme, become the band's voice? Or am I over-emphasizing the political influence of bands? With the preponderance of "Rock The Vote" commercials I've been seeing, I'd say that I'm pretty close to the mark.