I never heard of that until now, thank you for bringing attention to it.
Is this what you're referencing?:
Steve Knopper of Newsday.com eports that AVENGED SEVENFOLD wants to warn liberals about something. The metal band's song "Blinded In Chains", which begins with the line "And we're at it again — I turn around another -- war, man," has absolutely nothing to do with the war in Iraq. Or any other war involving guns and bombs. "If I read it, I'd probably get that interpretation, too. I could probably have done a better job," says singer and lyricist M. Shadows, sheepishly. "I've definitely looked at that song and seen where people are coming from."
In fact, "Blinded In Chains" is about the philosophical war between Republicans and Democrats. The former are excessively closed-minded, says Shadows, 24, and the latter are "a bunch of -- idiots where everyone looks at Michael Moore and does what he says." If from that statement you can't glean the band's politics, consider that AVENGED SEVENFOLD sells American-flag T-shirts proclaiming, "Love It Or Die".
"Most people know we're kind of one of the only bands around right now that will admit that we're Republican," says Shadows, who performs at Saturday's Ozzfest on Randall's Island. "When we went on the [punk-rock] Warped Tour last year — all of those bands, they're not only anti-war, they're anti-everything our country stands for. We were like, ' -- this.' We're going to wear our America shirts.
The 2005 Warped Tour lineup they were referencing?
THE OFFSPRING, TRANSPLANTS, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, ALL AMERICAN REJECTS, THE STARTING LINE, SENSES FAIL, THE BLED, THE EXPLOSION, DROPKICK MURPHYS, THRICE, MXPX, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, SOMETHING CORPORATE, STRUNG OUT, HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS, ATREYU, FALL OUT BOY, MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK, TSUNAMI BOMB, THE MATCHES, HORRORPOPS, UNDEROATH...
Interesting, the way that he was talking, bands that are so "anti-everything" I was expecting to see Crass in the lineup. Hah.
Who exactly was he referring to? Such a generalization. I wouldn't identify a single one of this bands as being anarcho-punk, to be honest. I would say there are some bands that are heavily liberal, pro-union, pro-working class American, and whatnot, if that's what he's bashing. Just because they have those beliefs, doesn't make them any less American and proud of it. In that case, he can go ahead and kiss my Liberal American ass.
In that case, I do have a rational reason to dislike him.