Mumia Abu-Jamal Spoken Word MUMIA ABU-JAMAL is an American activist and journalist and was a member of the Black Panther Party until October 1970. He left the party and became a radio reporter, eventually becoming president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists. Despite evidence pointing to his innocence, he was convicted and sentenced to death in 1982 for the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. After numerous appeals, his sentence was commuted in 2011 to life imprisonment without parole. During his imprisonment Abu-Jamal has published books and commentaries on social and political issues.
Akimbo Hardcore / Punk AKIMBO Akimbo was an American hardcore band from Seattle, Washington and was formed out of a love for DC Hardcore and Punk Rock. Their sound was a hybrid of rock, punk, and metal. All they ever wanted was to play brutal music, as loud as possible...and they did.
Alice Donut Post-Punk / Psychedelic / Punk ALICE DONUT is a punk rock band from New York City. Formed in 1986, disbanded in 1996, and re-formed in 2001. The band's style and lyrics are eclectic. Their music is a mixture of hard rock, punk, and post-punk and typically features melodic, guitar-heavy, odd-metered, and rhythm based pieces and is often punctuated with brass instrumentation.
ArnoCorps Action Adventure Rock n' Roll ARNOCORPS has through their unrelenting mission to restore integrity to Austrian alpine lore and mythology, ArnoCorps have written the most powerful and inspiring anthems in history, becoming international symbols of empowerment through their ballsy defiance of cinematic Austroploitation. Exactly.
Articles of Faith Hardcore / Punk / Thrash ARTICLES OF FAITH is a Chicago-based hardcore thrash punk band originally active between 1981 and 1985. The band's later work is credited with superior songwriting and with foreshadowing the emo sound. AoF reunited in 1991-1992 and more recently in 2010, for an appearance at Riot Fest in Chicago and recorded a new EP.
Judi Bari Spoken Word JUDI BARI was an American environmentalist and labor leader, a feminist, and the principal organizer of Earth First! campaigns against logging in the ancient redwood forests of Northern California in the 1980s and '90s. She also organized efforts through Earth First! – Industrial Workers of the World Local 1 to bring timber workers and environmentalists together in common cause.
The Bellrays Garage / Punk / Soul THE BELLRAYS are an American group that combines garage rock and punk with soul vocal styles. The group, founded in the early 1990s in Riverside, California, prides itself on its independence. Channeling equal parts fury and fragility, The Bellrays have lived and breathed their music since their inception, packing more emotion into one tune than most bands can throughout the course of several albums.
BGK Hardcore / Punk BGK aka "Balthasar Gerards Kommando" came out of the Netherlands in the early 1980s and blazed a hard and fast trail through Europe and the US from 1982 to 1988. Rejecting the then-popular trend to emulate British Oi bands, BGK took their musical cues from American hardcore bands such as MDC, and soon developed an ultrafast style of their own.
