Post by noreen sobczyk on Jan 17, 2006 0:04:47 GMT -6
On Wednesday, former Minor Threat/ Fugazi frontman and Dischord Records founder Ian MacKaye spoke to students at President George W. Bush's alma matter, Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Standing before a packed house, MacKaye discussed the purpose and meaning of punk rock and independent music, as well as the ways in which art can be used to challenge authority. "I was raised to question authority," MacKaye told the crowd, according to the Yale Daily News. During the lecture, MacKaye also criticized the music industry, and blasted major-label acts who seem to erroneously own the punk classification — true punk rock, he challenged, focuses on challenging convention, not earning profits. ...
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