Blatant Propaganda : recommended political artists:

2002: Our favourite political artists and selected albums (in no particular order)

Of course, our most favourite political music is the stuff we release ourselves :-) However, here is a list of some of our many other favourite and widely available artists.

Click the links (album-titles) to read reviews, see track-lists, and if you so desire, to purchase them.

Laibach (industrial / electronic from Slovenia (former Yugoslavia), famous for their mock parodies of fascism and state totalitarianism, often brutally powerful and innovative music and unique mutations-mockery of Western pop) If you like Rammstein, then listen to Laibach's 1986 album "Opus Dei" and hear where Rammstein got their sound (10 years later) ::: Rekapitulacija (1980-84) | Opus Dei | Kapital | NATO | Nova Akropola | M.S. December 21 1984 (Live) | Occupied Europe Nato Tour 1994 (Live) | Laibach [ROIR]

Midnight Oil (from Australia, masters of surf-punk, heavy-rock, electro-industrial-rock through to melodic-pop, they've helped greatly to bring issues such as environmentalism, corporate power and corruption and the plight of native people's into public consciousness all over the world ::: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 | Place Without a Postcard | Diesel and Dust | 20,000 Watts R.S.L.: Greatest Hits | Blue Sky Mining | Red Sails in the Sunset | Species Deceases (EP) | Scream in Blue Live | Redneck Wonderland | Earth and Sun and Moon | Head Injuries | Bird Noises (EP)

Test Dept (industrial/house/dance/tribal, from the U.K. this innovative and brilliant group have explored so many sounds, styles and issues around their solid and brilliant live percussive base ) ::: The Legacy (1990-1993) | The Unacceptable Face of Freedom

Negativland (electronica/collage, from San Francisco, this unique group pioneered sampling, audio-collage and using it to make poignant comments on the media, corporations, guns, patriotism, government and nonsense in general) ::: Escape From Noise | Free

Dead Kennedys (punk, well-known American group fronted by the outspoken Jello Biafra) ::: Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death | Bedtime for Democracy | Frankenchrist | Plastic Surgery Disasters/ In God We Trust Inc. | Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Pink Floyd (progressive-rock from the UK, I'm sure you know who they are.These are our fave albums featuring Roger Water's most explicit and cutting socio-political commentary)::: The Final Cut | Animals | The Wall (Remastered Deluxe Packaging)

Consolidated (industrial/rock/hip-hop, from San Francisco, this group has explored (in-depth) many diverse musical styles and many issues ranging from corporate power, vegetarianism, wars for oil, gay rights, sexual and gender equality, animal rights, the music industry and more. If you like politically explicit industrial-heavy-rap-hip-hop, their best albums are the first 2 listed, but we haven't found an online shop yet that stocks those. Otherwise, the other albums predominantly have a progressive-rock-pop musical feel ::: Friendly Fascism | Myth of Rock | Business of Punishment | Consolidated | The End Of Meaning | Play More Music | Dropped

Snog (electro-industrial, from Australia, with a large dash of sarcasm, explores corporate power to conspiracies to advertising and the media) ::: Buy Me...I'll Change Your Life | Remote Control | Third Mall From the Sun | Lies Inc./Dear Valued Customer (2ble)

Insurge (industrial-punk-grunge-rock from Australia, explores environmentalism, anti-capitalism, globalisation and politics) ::: Power to the Poison People

Gary Clail (techno-dance-dub from the UK, explores war, propaganda, 3rd world issues, corporate power and more) ::: Emotional Hooligan | Human Nature: Very Best of | End of the Century Party

Skinny Puppy (harsh electro-industrial-cyberpunk, from Canada, in an abstract, and some would say, somewhat incoherently demented (though compelling!) way, they expose vivisection (animal research), medical disasters, political abuse, chemicals in the environment) ::: Vivisect VI | Too Dark Park | 12" Anthology | Rabies

KMFDM (electro-industrial-metal-dance, originally from Germany, they have some great songs about political/corporate power and the media (TV)::: Angst | What Do You Know Deutschland? | Symbols

SPK (from Australia, one of the very first of the late-70s "industrial groups", they were very shocking (not for the faint-hearted or those easily offended), and explored issues to do with body politics, lookism and fascism) ::: Auto Da Fe

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