Greg Hetson of Bad Religion Launches Black President
Greg Hetson of Bad Religion has launched his new project, Black President. Included in the lineup are Greg Hetson, Jason Christopher, Wade Youman (Unwritten Law), Christian Black (Dee Dee Ramone) and Charlie Paulson (Goldfinger).
Looks like this has been in the works since early June, 2005, and it seems as though they used to be called Shithead. Either way, Im sure some kickass music, wild times, and political craziness is around the corner.
Heres what they have to say about it:
BLACK PRESIDENT is a band founded on the belief that the human race is angry, greedy, simple & ugly. we believe in educating ourselves, treating the world & people around us with the same respect we would take from it (and sleeping with your ex-girlfriend). we are not "politically correct", we're just not ignorant.
BLACK PRESIDENT started out as a bunch of friends in different bands getting together to play (ruin) some of our favorite old-school punk rock. we called ourselves SHITHEAD. it was just something to do between tours, court appearances & jason's paternity suits...it was never meant to be anything more than an obnoxiously loud cover band.
we played legendary shows (...to 6 or 7 hollywood drunks) for about a year when charlie was asked to write a song for a movie soundtrack. who else was he gonna call to play on the song but his poorly-tattooed, fellow SHITHEADS? as history has shown the song came out better than the awful movie it was written for.
realizing we were a better band in our sleep than 99% of the bullshit people listen to we figured we owed it to the world (...or our egos) to see this thing through...hence BLACK PRESIDENT
we're currently writing & recording the album which should be out by next summer.
...until then vote, keep an eye on the bastards & use protection.
I can't promise it won't be cheesy.
Punk Rock for Boobs
October is usually think pink or breast cancer awareness month, and thanks to wise punk rock photographer Mark Beemer, there are fun ways to to keep awareness alive. As chairman of the board for the Syrentha J. Savio Endowment, Beemer has worked to develop programs which ensure that underprivileged women with breast cancer are treated.
One of my favorite programs is The Shirts for a Cure Project. Various punk bands such as Against Me!, Anti Flag, and Bad Religion have all contributed a special t-shirt design exclusively for the cause. Proceeds from every shirt sold go directly to women in need. Not only do you support a great band, but you get to help a little lady out. Pretty damn cool, dont you think?