- What Motivated Pennywise to Write A song F Authority
(Read All Pennywise Articles) – Pennywise seems like the coolest band coming to the VA Beach warped tour this year and listening to one of their songs on youtube makes me wonder if adults like me shouldn’t have played a better role in being responsible when it comes to raising the youth we now see today. After all dealing with a lot of abuse in many different situations is probably what leads them to write the song:
F— Authority
Pennywise Wants fans to ‘Believe’ in America Again
Punk rockers Pennywise and The Offspring will headline the KJEE Summer Round Up on Sunday afternoon at the Santa Barbara Bowl. Pennywise, named for that mean and scary clown from Stephen King’s “It,” has a new album, “Reason to Believe,” the band’s ninth. During a two-decade career, Pennywise has sold millions of records, influenced thousands to dance, and left scores dazed and confused in the mosh pit.
No more radical than asking fans to think and do the right thing, Pennywise believes that a well-informed citizenry is the basis of a functioning democracy. Then again, according to lyrics from the new single “The Western World,” that part of the world is functioning about as well as a rusting Edsel: “This is the face of our vanity. The tabloid death of humanity. We take the best and we spit out the rest. And always leaving ‘em wanting more (in the Western World).” Hate when that happens.
Pennywise frontman Jim Lindberg, who doesn’t hate America, despite what people say, had a few stories to tell.
What’s the latest in Pennywise world?
We’re on tour supporting our new record. “Reason to Believe” came out about a month ago and we have a new record label. It’s on MySpace Records and we gave it away for free for a couple of weeks, so we’re trying some new things, trying to keep things interesting.
Free CDs? That works?
Oh yeah, it went really well. We got a lot of people that may not have heard of Pennywise before listening to our music.
You guys haven’t played any GOP fundraisers lately, I would assume?
Nope. You know, I’m getting less and less political these days. I don’t really pay attention to the parties anymore. I pay attention to the ideas. What’s best for the country — that’s what I’m into. So it’ll be an interesting race this year, I’m sure.
Is America getting dumber?
The cool thing about the punk scene seems to be that a lot of people are really interested and want to get involved and pay attention to the issues. I’m hopeful that people have the same goals and want the same things — all the ideals set forth by our Founding Fathers years ago. I think that’s what everyone’s interested in.
What about those who say Pennywise is un-American?
Anyone who says that is not paying attention. I’m absolutely pro-American. I love this country and that’s why I get so interested in the issues. The un-American ones are those who are not paying attention to the corruption in government today. I want the best for America.
What about those who say all your songs sound the same?
Well, every blues song sounds the same. We add our own elements to each song and approach different subjects and topics. More and more today, people are haters, and you can’t pay attention to them or you’ll go crazy. So we just do our own thing and let them do all the talking.
Is the mosh pit kinder and gentler, or still the same?
You never know what you’re going to get. It depends on where you are, what’s going on, what day of the week it is and how much beer people have had.
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