{"id":575426,"date":"2021-06-28T13:05:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T17:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=575426"},"modified":"2021-06-28T13:05:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T17:05:48","slug":"7-rock-stars-whove-stood-up-to-the-pc-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-rock-stars-whove-stood-up-to-the-pc-police\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Rock Stars Who\u2019ve Stood Up To The PC Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F7-rock-stars-whove-stood-up-to-the-pc-police%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=575426&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-521490550.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Remember when rock stars trashed hotel rooms, inhaled groupies like so much pot smoke and said things like, \u201cWe\u2019re bigger than Jesus?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rockers once lived lives we feared, pitied and envied \u2014 all at the same time. They were raging Ids who spiked their music with hedonistic delights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It wasn\u2019t pretty, nor did we want our sons and daughters to emulate them. They still represented a cultural rebellion, the sense that they couldn\u2019t be controlled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That\u2019s rarely the case now. Today\u2019s rockers are more polite, less willing to offend. Mumford &#038; Sons\u2019 Winston Marshall <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/06\/24\/winston-marshall-quits-mumford-sons-to-speak-freely\/\"><span>literally quit his band<\/span><\/a><span> after daring to recommend a book critiquing Antifa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Who\u2019s Keith Moon hasn\u2019t stopped spinning in his grave.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Meanwhile, the erstwhile \u201cBoss,\u201d Bruce Springsteen, is yukking it up with President Barack Obama on their dual podcast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The following rockers are different. Sure, some are well into their 70s, but each clings to a semblance of their rock personas. They won\u2019t get fooled again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Roger Daltrey<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The Who\u2019s thunderous voice isn\u2019t ready to retire any time soon. He\u2019s 77, but he made waves earlier this year when he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-whos-roger-daltrey-woke-generation-creating-a-miserable-world-for-themselves\"><span>mocked today\u2019s woke g-g-generation<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s just getting harder to disseminate the truth,\u201d Daltrey said. \u201cIt\u2019s almost like, now we should turn the whole thing off. Go back to newsprint, go back to word of mouth, and start to read books again. It\u2019s becoming so absurd now with AI, all the tricks it can do, and the woke generation,\u201d he said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s terrifying, the miserable world they\u2019re going to create for themselves. I mean, anyone who\u2019s lived a life and you see what they\u2019re doing, you just know that it\u2019s a route to nowhere. Especially when you\u2019ve lived through the periods of a life that we\u2019ve had the privilege to. We\u2019ve had the golden era. There\u2019s no doubt about that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Just try to cancel a rock god like Daltrey. Plus, he previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-whos-roger-daltry-says-brexit-wont-affect-british-musicians-as-if-we-didnt-tour-europe-before-the-f-eu-2462954\"><span>supported Brexit<\/span><\/a><span>, a stance that put him at odds with the creative community here and in Great Britain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ted Nugent<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Where does one start? Pro Trump, hunting, free speech and a willingness to offend everyone within earshot. Even more outrageous, by rock star standards? He\u2019s a teetotaler.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s one thing to be right of center in the overwhelmingly liberal music field, but Nugent takes his anti-groupthink ways to a nuclear level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sometimes he goes too far, at least for some right-minded souls. It\u2019s the price to be paid for being a rebel, one who hasn\u2019t slowed over the years. Oh, and he\u2019s also chums with socialist rocker Tom Morello, a credit to both men given their disparate views.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Van Morrison<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The ageless troubadour became an unlikely hero for anti-lockdown critics. Morrison penned several songs last year detailing his objections to the draconian measures, worried they would cripple live music (they did) and leave a dramatic wake of damage in its wake (yes, again, as we assess how helpful said lockdowns were).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The music industry, including the press, didn\u2019t take kindly to Morrison\u2019s warnings. They couldn\u2019t stop his rebellious nature, nor his willingness to ignore the COVID-19 groupthink.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Agree? Disagree? It\u2019s hard to do the latter when Morrison is exploring the erosion of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/van-morrison-blames-lack-of-free-speech-for-backlash-against-anti-lockdown-songs-2928581\"><span>free expression in the western world<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJust as there should be freedom of the press, there should be freedom of speech, and at the minute it feels like that is not in the framework. If you do songs that are an expression of freedom of speech you get a very negative reaction.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That shouldn\u2019t be a rare comment from the rock n\u2019 roll community. It is, though, making Morrison a hero for simply stating it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Eric Clapton\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Mr. Slowhand himself teamed up with Morrison for some of the singer\u2019s anti-lockdown songs last year. Clapton took his free speech campaign further this year after he reported suffering serious side effects from the AstraZeneca vaccine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the rocker, the first dose caused serious issues, but they abated after 10 weeks. The second jab proved far worse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAbout six weeks later I was offered and took the second AZ shot, but with a little more knowledge of the dangers. Needless to say the reactions were disastrous, my hands and feet were either frozen, numb or burning, and pretty much useless for two weeks, I feared I would never play again, (I suffer with peripheral neuropathy and should never have gone near the needle.) But the propaganda said the vaccine was safe for everyone\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Clapton indirectly went public with his thoughts, and he quickly lost some friends in the music community as a result.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Did he back down? No. Instead, his most recent song with Morrison asks, \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zfWl3ijpmrQ\"><span>Where Have the Rebels Gone?<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d It\u2019s a darn good question.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Alice Cooper<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Why would you ask an aging rocker, one known for his ghoulish on-stage antics, for political advice?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cooper couldn\u2019t agree more, one reason he retains some of his rebellious nature into his 70s. The \u201cSchool\u2019s Out\u201d singer once vowed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2018\/dec\/29\/alice-cooper-i-want-my-shows-to-take-you-as-far-away-as-possible-from-politics-\"><span>never to preach from his rock pulpit<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI don\u2019t like to mix politics and rock\u2019n\u2019roll. I don\u2019t look at Bono, Sting and Bruce Springsteen as political. I look at them as being humanitarian. I\u2019ll contribute to anything humanitarian. Helping people who can\u2019t help themselves. But when musicians are telling people who to vote for, I think that\u2019s an abuse of power. You\u2019re telling your fans not to think for themselves, just to think like you. Rock\u2019n\u2019roll is about freedom \u2013 and that\u2019s not freedom.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Gene Simmons<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>No one self promotes quite like the KISS rocker. He\u2019s also good at defying expectations, standing up for Israel and reaching out to the men and women in blue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Earlier this year Simmons <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcvb.com\/article\/gene-simmons-of-kiss-gives-shoutout-to-somerset-massachusetts-police-officer-for-act-of-kindness\/35110734\"><span>praised a Massachusetts cop<\/span><\/a><span> for showing empathy in the line of duty. The former Chaim Witz is a loud and proud defender of the Jewish state. He\u2019s also willing to question the Left\u2019s open borders mantra. He once wondered aloud if allowing wave after wave of illegaly immigrants into the U.S. is sustainable, without giving his direct opinion on the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He also tweaked the Pope on that issue, acknowledging Pope Francis\u2019 call to end \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjnews.com\/perspectives\/gene-simmons-immigrants-us-interesting\"><span>inhumane<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d walls in the Trump tradition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Vatican,\u201d he said, \u201chas a nice, big wall around it for the same reason. They want to keep people out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>John Lydon<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>It takes a thick skin to be an openly conservative musician in the modern age. The former Sex Pistols singer takes that stance to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2020\/11\/johnny-rotten-sex-pistols-trump-good-morning-britian\/\"><span>whole new level.<\/span><\/a><span> He\u2019s publicly bashed the Democrats, excoriated the sorry state of California and threw his unequivocal support behind then-President Donald Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2018nuff said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when rock stars trashed hotel rooms, inhaled groupies like so much pot smoke and said things like, \u201cWe\u2019re bigger than Jesus?\u201dRockers once lived lives we feared, pitied and envied &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281521,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-521490550.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"7 Rock Stars Who\u2019ve Stood Up To The PC Police","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-521490550.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"7 Rock Stars Who\u2019ve Stood Up To The PC Police","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}