hmm, becuase the drive for some great music is rebelion, and it's power and rawkus nature does fit the message... it's not to do with being cool, but the actaul music in it self... Listen to Amen's song "too hard to be free" or "coma america", these songs are just plain angry, and they can make this emotion sound good... if they were to maintain this same style and start to promote being a vegitarain in thier lyrics, it just wouldn't work as well... the are problem's with contradicting your music...
You dont have to actually BE rebelious, but that idea has to come across well for it to work...

I'm not sure if i agree completely with bardsly, I do see where he's comming from, but have you heard of Paul Robson? The bass singer who was also very pro communisim during america's most sensitive period to communisim (he was also black), and he wasn't a punk rocker or anything, but it was reblelious, and has inspired marxist bands.
I'll continue this later, i can smell food :D

[Edited by educatedfilm on 05-06-2002 at 11:27 AM]