Last night I went to the Alice in Chains/Velvet Revolver concert here in Atlanta. For those of you who don't know, Velvet Revolver is basically a hard rock supergroup made up of Scott Weiland (ex-Stone Temple Pilots frontman) and Guns'n'Roses (without fat Axl Rose). While Alice in Chains is great and all, I was there mostly for the Scott Weiland and Slash sightings.
So I'm sitting there, drinking a beer, rocking out, when Alice in Chains gears up for the last song in the set. All night, the big screens have been rotating different lasers and graphics, but during this last song, the screens became this anti-Bush/anti-war tirade. "Bush lied, thousands died" and "NO WAR" kept popping up, and it made me want to throw my beer at the screens.
It pisses me off that I paid for a ticket to hear music and I was subjected to an impromptu political rally. I rarely talk about politics for one reason: it starts an argument every single time. I vote when I'm supposed to, believe what I want to believe, and I don't force my beliefs down anyone's throat. We elected a leader for our country, and while I don't agree with everything he's done, I feel as an American that I should stand behind the concept of the UNITED States and support my country. He'll be out of office in a year, and we'll get to elect someone new.
Get crazy and divided during election time. Be passionate about a platform then. But once that person is elected, then dammit, stand behind him (...or her) in a show of solidarity for the U.S., not necessarily for the president.
If the Foo Fighters pull out any political B.S. tonight, I will dump my drink on Dave Grohl's head.
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