Tom Gabel discusses “I Was a Teenage Anarchist”

Tom Gabel of Against Me! has posted a blog entry reprinted from Antimusic, discussing the story behind “I Was a Teenage Anarchist” and it covers much of his political development as a teenager in Florida and on early, solo Against Me! releases:

I got into radical politics when I was 15 years old, shortly after discovering punk music. At first I thought punk was just nihilism, misanthropy, self destruction, Sid Vicious. Then when I was 15 I got beat up by the cops; the experience changed my life. […] The experience politicized me. I dropped out of high school. I started doing a zine. I started a distro of political pamphlets and Anarcho-punk records. I started a Food Not Bombs chapter with a group of friends. We met other like minded people across Florida and started a radical activist network.

The real revolution was the political awakening. That initial spark that made me want to change the world. And that’s what I’m interested in, maintaining that fire. That’s what the song is about.

Check out the entire piece here.
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Ex-DIO Bassist JEFF PILSON: I’m Gonna Miss RONNIE In Ways I’ve Never Missed Anyone Else

Bassist Jeff Pilson (DOKKEN, LYNCH/PILSON, WAR AND PEACE, STEEL DRAGON, FOREIGNER), who recorded and toured three studio albums with DIO ? “Strange Highways” in 1993, “Angry Machines” in 1996, and most recently, “Master Of The Moon” in 2004, has issued the following statement regarding the passing of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW): “S
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RONNIE JAMES DIO’s Fall 2009 Interview With Scotland’s 96.3 ROCK RADIO Available For Streaming

DJ Paul Anthony of Scotland’s 96.3 Rock Radio conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) just weeks before he was diagnosed with the stomach cancer which killed him yesterday (Sunday, May 16).
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