Liberal Musicians Target Bush

This article in the Arizona Republic highlights the efforts of a number of musicians in their quest to get rid of President Bush. Mike Burkett of the politically charged punk group NOFX is leading the charge with his website Punkvoter.com.

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"He's (Bush) divided the country, but he's united the Democrats more than anyone in history," says Mike Burkett of NOFX ... Burkett is passionately trumpeting his cause on CDs, DVDs and the Internet, as well as at his band's shows. He has recruited more than 100 bands, including Mesa-based Authority Zero (also a Warped Tour act), to get the word out both onstage and during meet-and-greets with young fans.
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Conservative musicians are getting in on the act to, although their efforts are more limited in comparison.

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A right-leaning agenda is laid out on the www.conservativepunk.com Web site, formed in January to "educate, inform and increase the little-known demographic of the conservative punk," according to an introduction written by Nick Rizzuto, who works for a New York radio station.
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And where there's music and voting, you'll find Rock the Vote.

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"We're looking at the next five months as (a time of) unprecedented organizing and attention," says Jehmu Greene, president of the non-partisan Rock the Vote, whose registration bus is visiting the National Council of La Raza's conference, a gathering of Hispanic activists, today at Phoenix Civic Plaza.
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