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LOVE MUSIC HATE RACISM & NME JOIN FORCES AGAINST GWR.
Here at GWR we don't waste our time on spin or confrontations, however after reading various articles in both magazines and websites we thought it appropriate to do a one off response for those who bragg about how correct they are in their political ideology.
Well, if you have bought the October 2007 edition of NME, you will find the cover story....Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR)
The first page you open, you find the heading 'The bands behind the campaign'...five drunken bums, one holding probably a vodka ‘n’ orange, one with a bottle of wine, one with a beer and one in the background with probably a joint (its hard to tell given the poor quality print of the comic!!)
NME devote numerous pages highlighting the growing concern of GWR’s and the BNP’s popularity and obviously go to ridiculous lengths explaining why GWR’s and the BNP’s increase in support is such a bad thing!
Artists such as Kyle Falconer of the Indie band ‘The View’, are highlighted who recently created a storm after critics compared their song ‘Same Jeans’ to the ‘Cornershop’ hit ‘Brimful of Asha’. Tom Clarke of ‘The Enemy’, a very poor Paul Weller wanabee, whose recent song ‘Well Live And Die In These Towns’ is embarrassingly like Weller’s ‘That’s Entertainment’.
They even go to the lengths of a free CD as promoted by ‘Love Music Hate Racism’. It is an embarrassing mix of amateur music.
Upon listening to the free CD I find it nothing more than studio cast-offs or B sides as they used to be known.
The article seems to focus on a strange tale that GWR is distributing cd’s outside schools, which is absolute nonsense. If this sounds like a UAF inspired tale, then you would probably be right; or possibly their source for this is an outdated Tv programme which aired before GWR was even formed as an independent company. NME also seem to make the common error of confusing GWR with the BNP as a single body, whereas in fact GWR is a wholly independent company formed in December 2005. But hey, never let the facts get in the way of a good story.
Even drug-addict Pete Doherty appears quoted in the magazine. If that is the calibre of support LMHR can muster, the future doesn’t look bright. And it isn’t just GWR who thinks that, many LMHR supporters also feel that Doherty is an inappropriate role model for young people.
Music is indeed a powerful emotive creation of this wonderful human species. It allows all forms of expression, from tribal dance and ritual, to full on mayhem at thrash metal concerts. (caught in a mosh by anthrax comes to mind), but why is GWR being targeted by the Marxist left? Isn’t art allowed in this democratic country, art being the ability of the individual to express readily his or her views via the medium of music? Two baffling quotes that emerge from the article; one is a quote from self-confessed drug user, Kele Okereke of ‘Bloc Party’, “I was told about the situation with the BNP handing out racist music outside schools, and I thought that was a really abhorrent thing, because young minds are impressionable”. Nice quote Kele, how about this one from Kele’s interview with Uncut magazine, “The drug I do enjoy taking is ecstasy, which gives a real sense of euphoria." Nice people NME and LMHR are associating with, not great role models for their young readers.
Equally baffling, this was followed up by Drew McConnell’s comment, “We make music that young people listen to”. So to conclude, it is perfectly ok for these musicians to promote their own political agendas, but not for a patriotic-independent record label to promote music which people are buying, and we suspect that is what is really irritating these groups, the fact that people are buying GWR music!
So why are we immediately hit with the racist card? It's because this label exists the monopoly of artistic indoctrination is slowly dissolving. The left can no longer sit happily thinking that only their ideology reaches the impressionable minds of the young.
GWR has gone from strength to strength. This clearly irritates the self-righteous liberal fascists.
LMHR joined forces with NME to create four full pages of political opinion......it read like an election leaflet. NME was once a fantastic paper but now it has downward spiralled into the crap that it is. (Bernie Taupin and Elton John met through NME in June 1967 remember!)
One of the main thrusts and aims of GWR is the right to artistic expression. GWR upholds these principles and is a proud defender of free speech. It is a shame NME, LMHR and other assorted politically funded anti-democratic groups do not share these same values.
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