V/A - Rock Against Bush Vol. 2

V/A
Rock Against Bush Vol. 2
Fat Wreck Records
Grade: A-

Unfortunately, the explicit goal of this and the previous comp and of the organization in general was not achieved this November, but you can still get a crap load of awesome songs and videos from Volume 2. So, Volume 2 is pretty much the same as Volume 1, but with a different group of bands, videos and writings. Standout new songs come from Green Day’s “Favorite Son,” “Necrotism: Decanting the Insalubrious (Cyborg Midnight) Part 7” by the Lawrence Arms, the Dropkick Murphy’s “We Got the Power,” the Unseen’s “Scream Out,” “Like Sprewells for a Wheelchair” by Dillinger Four, “Can’t Wait to Quit” by Sick of it All, Hot Water Music’s “Kill the Night” and “I’m Thinking” by Autopilot Off. On the second disc are videos for Alkaline Trio’s “We’ve Had Enough,” Bad Religion’s “Los Angeles Is Burning,” Flogging Molly’s “Drunken Lullabies,” NOFX’s “Idiot Son Of An Asshole” performed live and the Thought Riot’s “With Love, the Underground.” While the Alkaline Trio’s and Bad Religion’s videos rocks, the most fun is clearly Flogging Molly’s “Drunken Lullabies.” There are also comedy stints by Will Ferrell, Patton Oswalt and Greg Proops. Will Ferrell does his classic Bush impression while pretending to be filming a commercial on his ranch; though it could be funnier. There are all a wealth of political shorts included on the DVD. This includes “Independent Media in a Time of War” with Amy Goodman giving a talk about crap media coverage of Iraq, “Honor Betrayed” by Stuart Sugg about Bush’s relationship with the military, “Fixed in Florida” by Jonathan Levin, “Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War” by Robert Greenwald regarding the move to the Iraq war, “Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election” by Richard Ray Perez and Joan Sekler about the 2000 election and “Unconstitutional” by Nonny de la Pena. So, basically, a boatload of political shorts for your liberal mind. It will be interesting to see whether Fat Mike and friends can keep Punk Voter going for another four years or even another two years (for the midterm elections). Hopefully, they will for if nothing else to keep providing us listeners amazing collections of new tracks.