{"id":401638,"date":"2026-03-24T16:24:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T16:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/401638\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T16:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T16:24:21","slug":"randy-blythe-urges-musicians-staying-silent-in-current-political-landscape-to-grow-a-spine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/401638\/","title":{"rendered":"Randy Blythe Urges Musicians Staying Silent in Current Political Landscape to “Grow a Spine”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lamb of God<\/a> frontman Randy Blythe has opinions. He kind of has to have them in his line of work, given the fact that he and his band have for decades written about the very real political ramifications of what\u2019s going on around them. So it\u2019s kind of ridiculous that people are up in arms online about a recent Substack post<\/a> he wrote criticizing the Trump administration, its use of ICE, and the American descent into fascism.<\/p>\n

While speaking with Consequence<\/a> on their YouTube channel (as transcribed by Metal Injection<\/a>), Blythe was asked what caused him to write such a politically charged post. HIs answer, as you might guess, stems from his upbringing and the fact that people need to get angry and act if they want real change in our current political situation.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou know, read the essay. That explains everything. I think people are just beaten down now, a lot of people feel as if their voice doesn\u2019t matter, and their vote doesn\u2019t matter, and they\u2019re becoming ground down by the daily insanity that is life here now. I mean, everything is constantly exploding, it seems like not just here in America but everywhere, and if people want things to get better, they have to remain engaged. Tweeting, and having this online outrage and stuff is not enough. You have to become politically engaged. Sometimes you have to protest, sometimes you have to go to the ballot box.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the selection of candidates presented from both parties is less than ideal to put it mildly, so I think people have to start reading up on issues, they have to start reading on candidates, they have to start looking at candidates and asking where is their money coming from. Ever since Citizens United and the where basically corporations are given personhood legally as far as donating to political campaigns, our electoral process has just been corrupted.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For our readers that aren\u2019t from the U.S., Citizens United was a decision passed down by the Supreme Court in 2010 that said the First Amendment (that\u2019s the free speech one) prohibited the government from limiting independent political donations made by corporations, unions, and associations. Basically, it allowed for legalized bribery, as insanely rich corporations were given carte blanche to make massive donations to candidates of either party, usually through the use of organizations known as Super PACs.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a massive issue ever since, with lobbying firms like AIPAC and the NRA putting the American political system into a stranglehold of money and coercion, as politicians do everything they can to secure their re-election. And if they were given a fuck ton of money from an organization, guess what policies they\u2019re going to favor \u2014 the ones that help the corps and not so much the ones that help out every day citizens.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe need candidates who are not beholden to corporations and special interest groups. It\u2019s time for people to start looking deeply at their local politicians, at their Congress people, to become engaged, to act like they give a fuck, rather than just sitting here and hand-wringing silently or in some weird social media echo chamber.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Dude is spitting facts here. I don\u2019t care what side of the political spectrum you find yourself in, you should be able to agree that there\u2019s too much money in politics, especially from special interest groups. There\u2019s a reason why Americans are so disillusioned by their government, after all.<\/p>\n

After railing on the fake nature of social media, Blythe laid the gauntlet in the interview, effectively urging artists to take a stance for once while explaining why he puts his neck out so much these days.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m not Taylor Swift\u2026 I\u2019m not a mass entertainer. I don\u2019t care about appeasing the algorithm, or streaming numbers, or any of that bullshit. I come from the underground music scene, that\u2019s just the way it is, the world I come from has always come from a political background. I think there\u2019s this false feeling of disaster will unfold if you lose your opinion, you\u2019re going to lose this or that. Get over it. Grow a spine.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If you\u2019d like to catch Lamb Of God live, you can do so by hitting up one of the shows on their current tour with Kublai Khan TX, Fit For An Autopsy, and Sanguisugabogg. You can find the full list of dates below.<\/p>\n

Into Oblivion North American tour dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n

March 24 Minneapolis, MN Armory
March 25 Chicago, IL Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
March 27 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
March 28 Salt Lake City, UT The Union Event Center
March 30 Portland, OR Theater of the Clouds
March 31 Seattle, WA WAMU Theater
April 1 Vancouver, BC PNE Forum
April 3 San Francisco, CA The Masonic
April 4 Inglewood, CA YouTube Theater
April 5 Phoenix, AZ Arizona Financial Theatre
April 7 Albuquerque, NM Revel Entertainment Center
April 10 Austin, TX Moody Amphitheater
April 11 Irving, TX The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
April 12 Houston, TX 713 Music Hall
April 14 Nashville, TN War Memorial Auditorium
April 15 Atlanta, GA Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre
April 16 Raleigh, NC Red Hat Amphitheater
April 18 Reading, PA Santander Arena
April 19 Virginia Beach, VA The Dome
April 21 Buffalo, NY Buffalo RiverWorks
April 23 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Paramount
April 25 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
April 26 Boston, MA MGM Music Hall at Fenway<\/p>\n

Additional 2026 tour dates:<\/p>\n

May 9 Daytona Beach, FL Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival
May 17 Dayton, OH Welcome to Rockville
May 20 San Juan, PR Coliseo de Puerto Rico
July 24 Istanbul, TR Bonus Parkorman
July 25 \u2013 27 Plovdiv, BG Hills of Rock
July 27 \u2013 31 R\u00e2\u015fnov, RO Rockstadt Extreme Fest
August 1 Wacken, DE Wacken Open Air
August 3 Leipzig, DE Haus Auensee
August 5 Lisbon, PT Vagos Open Air
August 6 \u2013 9 Kortrijk, BE Alcatraz Open Air
August 7 Walton-on-Trent, UK Bloodstock Open Air
August 11 Copenhagen, DK K.B. Hallen
August 12 \u2013 16 Dinkelsb\u00fchl, DE Summer Breeze
August 13 \u2013 15 Sulingen, DE Reload Festival
August 14 \u2013 16 Eindhoven, NL Dynamo Metalfest
October 30 \u2013 November 3 Miami, FL Headbangers Boat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe has opinions. He kind of has to have them in his line…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[264],"tags":[18,117,19,17,23802,337,182144],"class_list":["post-401638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-lamb-of-god","tag-music","tag-randy-blythe"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116285083772548116","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}