{"id":355997,"date":"2025-11-04T22:24:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T22:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/355997\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T22:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T22:24:16","slug":"john-joseph-bloodclot-ex-cro-mags-slams-activist-bands-for-not-calling-out-the-system-for-the-pandemic-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/355997\/","title":{"rendered":"John Joseph (Bloodclot, Ex-Cro-Mags) Slams Activist Bands For Not Calling Out &#8220;The System&#8221; For The Pandemic Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bloodclot<\/strong> and former <strong>Cro-Mags<\/strong> vocalist <strong>John Joseph<\/strong> has newly leveled criticism towards activist bands for not criticizing \u201cthe system\u201d amid the pandemic lockdown and the intervening years since. <strong>Joseph<\/strong> has long taken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprp.com\/2021\/07\/19\/news\/john-joseph-bloodclot-cro-mags-jm-calls-out-foo-fighters-dave-grohl-for-playing-shows-exclusively-to-vaccinated-fans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a stance against the COVID-19 vaccination protocols<\/a>. He\u2019s also been vocal about what  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprp.com\/2021\/04\/27\/news\/john-joseph-on-recent-packed-nyc-hardcore-show-this-was-a-pushback-against-government-over-stepping-their-reach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he felt was government overreach<\/a> when it came to public safety measures adopted by local authorities to attempt to curb the spread of the aforementioned disease.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to his Facebook yesterday (November 03rd), <strong>Joseph<\/strong> stated the following, while also referencing <strong>Bloodclot<\/strong>\u2018s track \u201c<strong>Souls<\/strong>\u201c:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWhy is it that 99.9% of the bands who made a living putting out records over the years about \u201cfighting the system\u201d didn\u2019t release a single fcking song against the bullsht \u201cthe system\u201d pulled in 2020 and the years that followed? Answer: They were either scared of getting cancelled by the online muppets \u2013 or they backed what \u201cthe system\u201d was doing. As for us we were sneaking into studios during the illegal lckdowns to make a record that spoke truth to power. \u201c<strong>SOULS<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 the opening line of the title track says it all- \u201cCaught in a vicious cycle, ever impending deth \u2013 darkness pushed illusion \u2013 spoken through their breath \u2013 nature holds what they deny \u2013 humans forced to d*e \u2013 madmen at the controls \u2013 for the manipulation of souls.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Since making the post, <strong>Joseph<\/strong> has been active in the comments of it, offering, \u201cthe only dudes who got their panties in a bunch over this post are the ones who drank the kool aid\u2026\u2026..\u201d You can delve into his various exchanges with both supporters and detractors in the comments of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/john.joseph.739326\/posts\/10164177816631255\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">over at his Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>[via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lambgoat.com\/news\/50320\/former-cro-mags-frontman-john-joseph-asks-why-bands-didnt-write-songs-about-the-system-in-2020\/\" target=\"newindow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Lambgoat<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bloodclot and former Cro-Mags vocalist John Joseph has newly leveled criticism towards activist bands for not criticizing \u201cthe&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":355998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[173683,173684,171,173685,975,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-355997","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-bloodclot","9":"tag-cro-mags","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-john-joseph","12":"tag-music","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115493776026788627","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}