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I heard that Zach from the minneapolis pop punk (now-defunct) band Rivethead is now playing with The Queers. Can anyone else substantiate that? Xsxex 14:17, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I took out the reference to The Queers being homophobic. The last paragraph of the liner notes for the album "A Day Late and A Dollar Short" say "Having a song called "I want cunt" doesn't mean we're sexist, homophobic, racist assholes.". Unless someone can show otherwise they shouldn't be labeled homophobic. Eod punk 22:58, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=88165 http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=3530822107858654405 http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=118062

The song "Homo" is actually gay-positive. Plus, they're on Asian Man Records, who only sign bands who are anti-racist, anti-sexist and anti-prejudice. Don't take any song the Queers write too seriously. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.190.209.142 (talk) 10:55, August 25, 2007 (UTC)

Dropkick Murphys, Oi, Rancid etc

I like this band but why do they talk so much shit about bands I like better then them? I've been to DM shows and there has never been any violence except for usual drunken bullshit that happens every once and awhile. And I haven't seen any huge explosion of violence ever since the DMs came out.

-the queers are pretty apolitcal and don't take anything very seriously. i think they (and ben weasel) take issue with music that they see as inciting violence in the scene. the queers just wanna have fun

Ya but the Queers went WAY to far with their criticism of the Dropkick Murphys and Street Punk and Hardcore punk acts all together. I mean yes the Dropkick Murphys sing about real and serious things, but thats because this is a serious world in which we live in. They might come across as a bunch of "working class toughguys" or whatever to pop-punk fans, but do you think punk rock really has it's roots in the apolitical, careless, middle class?? Hardly. It's not like the Dropkicks advocate or encourage violence either, they have written songs that involve around violent stories but they are either covers of traditional songs or recanting real events. I mean would they criticise punk rock acts like The Clash and the Sex Pistols as being violent? They weren't apolitical, middle class, Americans "who just wanted to have fun" and some of their songs included violent references.

I think the big problem is that it's bad enough when you have artists and than entire genres (like Pop Punk) that are so commercialized and apathetic in comparison with practically every other strain of punk rock. Artists (like the Dropkick Murphys for example) who handled serious issues both political and personal in their music, but than to have these pop "punk" artists criticizing these bands for expressing themselves. Ugghhh, not there is a bourgeois attitude at it's most arrogant!

Besides, it's all jealously, The Queers could NEVER hope to attract the kind of fan base bands like the Dropkick Murphys and Rancid enjoy :)