Continuing the trend of alternative rock relics unnecessarily announcing their political agendas, Stone Temple Pilots' frontman Scott Weiland has endorsed Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Describing his decision Weiland said, "Barack Obama is the leader, the listener and the visionary with international respect to take us from the depths of where we are today and bring us to a new place where dreams are made; that place is called America." America will also be host to Scott Weiland's second solo album, Happy In Galoshes, which will be released November 25. (via Gigwise)
Being hip doesn't make you informed, just as having skin like a catcher's mit doesn't make you uninformed. Using your celebrity to voice your opinions on a national level is something that is normal - not good or bad, just normal. Is Scott Weiland's opinion going to shift the vote? Is he going to lend insight to his listening audience that is going to change their minds on who to vote for with roughly three weeks before the election? I guess, in that sense, I think it's unnecessary.
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Just curious as to whether the political opinions of hipper modern indie acts are more necessary than "alternative relics?"
Being hip doesn't make you informed, just as having skin like a catcher's mit doesn't make you uninformed. Using your celebrity to voice your opinions on a national level is something that is normal - not good or bad, just normal. Is Scott Weiland's opinion going to shift the vote? Is he going to lend insight to his listening audience that is going to change their minds on who to vote for with roughly three weeks before the election? I guess, in that sense, I think it's unnecessary.
Wouldn't call anything Scott does " Indie." Who gives a dam if he voiced his opinion? Not gonna make a difference
Justin