Independent Music Makes Waves

Political compilations could be the next trend within the independent music scene given the impressive success of Rock Against Bush, Vol 1, which has sold over 60,000 copies in the past few weeks. This just in from punkvoter.com:

In a few short weeks, Rock Against Bush Vol 1 CD/DVD has sold almost 60,000 copies and is currently #115 on Billboard's Top 200 It has charted as high as #54 on the Billboard Charts and has achieved the number one independent record in the country! Rock Against Bush is still gaining momentum on college campuses everywhere and has climbed the college charts to #6 on CMJ's Top 200 this week! It has also achieved the number one spot on other music industry charts including R&R, A&R Worldwide, and FMQB!!

Punkvoter has been featured on:

CNBC's Dennis Miller Live interview with Fat Mike, CNN Inside Politics ran an exclusive story, Howard Stern interviewed Fat Mike and over 25 major radio stations have done their own unique Rock Against Bush coverage. Hundreds of newspapers and magazines have written about this punk-rock effort.including Rolling Stone (Current issue w/ Usher), Alternative Press(cover) and CMJ (Cover).

ABOUT ROCK AGAINST BUSH VOL 1

The Rock Against Bush compilation was released on April 20th and is the first of two volumes. The comp consists of 26 songs (17 are unreleased and exclusive) from some of the most notable bands in punk and rock: NOFX, Ataris, Anti-Flag, New Found Glory, Alkaline Trio, Descendents, Ministry, the Offspring, Social Distortion and several more. The Rock Against Bush comp is accompanied by a bonus DVD that is packed with informative material and music videos from bands like Bad Religion, Anti-Flag, and NOFX. There are also trailers from political films Uncovered, Unprecedented, and No More Enrons, and even a piece from comedian and Grammy nominee David Cross! Suggested retail $8.98

Buy this CD/DVD at music stores everywhere or on-line for $6.00 at Fat Wreck Chords:http://www.fatwreck.com/albumdetail.php3?cat_num=675&sd=QKuKENHRMXIAAHed1x0