"Bellowhead's manager answered this when he pointed out that 11 people aren't necessarily going to share the same political opinions. How can they "spread the message" if they don't agree what the message is or how it should be spread?"- Howard

I do tend to assume that people into the sorts of music I like - folk, free improv, punk, lo-fi indie, avant garde noise, contemporary classical - have similar politics to me. That's becuase they generally DO.

[mudelf snip - 4 paragraphs - so sorry, but please keep the politics out of the music threads!]

It's always gratifying to have a prejudice confirmed, and I'd say that when I find myself admiring someone's music and lyrics, I generally find they are incisive about politics too (even if they might not subscribe to any particular party line).