Protest Songs from the 80s, 90s, and Today

[Shattered Glass]

I was wondering about some of the protest songs from the 80s, 90s and today. I know the 60s and 70s had tons of protest songs but i was wondering about some of the stuff that came later. If you could help me out that would be great!

[IWasaCamera]

Seun Kuti released a wonderful album last year with his father's old band Egypt 80 entitled Many Things. Should work.

[eliselovesmusic]

Green Day's American Idiot album could probably pass a protest album.

Also, John Lennon released Double Fantasy in 1980, so he just scrapes in as an '80s artist.

[pointofgravity]

Black Flag. Rise Against. Rage Against the Machine, missing anything here? Although Black Flag are 90s though.

[bobby runs]

P.o.s.

[UnderMyDreams]

Anti-Flag

[Montauk1222]

I'm going to say the whole album Aggression by Verse

[Anderson]

Black Flag. Rise Against. Rage Against the Machine, missing anything here? Although Black Flag are 90s though.
Public Enemy. Oh and Black Flag formed in the late '70s.

[holyballs]

"Born In The USA" by The Boss

[pointofgravity]

Public Enemy. Oh and Black Flag formed in the late '70s.
my bad.

[chipdip18]

Seun Kuti released a wonderful album last year with his father's old band Egypt 80 entitled Many Things. Should work.

Would you have any Funk/Afro-beat rec's aside from the Kuti family?

[El_Jeffe]

Would you have any Funk/Afro-beat rec's aside from the Kuti family?

the problem with afro-beat is that fela kuti started it all, so pretty much any other african afro-beat artists takes a very very heavy influence from kuti, to the point where you often find yourself listening to a sub-standard copy

just out of curiosity, are you listening to the skatalites at all mate? there's a lot of american funk & jamican reggae/funk out there, that's just fantastic, if it's ya thing?

[chipdip18]

the problem with afro-beat is that fela kuti started it all, so pretty much any other african afro-beat artists takes a very very heavy influence from kuti, to the point where you often find yourself listening to a sub-standard copy

just out of curiosity, are you listening to the skatalites at all mate? there's a lot of american funk & jamican reggae/funk out there, that's just fantastic, if it's ya thing?

Well the thing is that summer is rolling around and Funk is becoming my summer jam. I've listened to my James Brown, Sly & the Family Stone and Meters records a lot, and been feeling more. I'll scope out the Skatalites.

[IWasaCamera]

Would you have any Funk/Afro-beat rec's aside from the Kuti family?
the problem with afro-beat is that fela kuti started it all, so pretty much any other african afro-beat artists takes a very very heavy influence from kuti, to the point where you often find yourself listening to a sub-standard copy
This. However, there are still enjoyable acts around. Yorubeat (fusion of various African styles including the one in question) artist Tunday Akintan is one of the more interesting ones in my opinion. Rock outfits have long been influenced by afrobeat as well, Remain In Light being an obvious example.

Fela's former drummer Tony Allen has also released decent tunes under his own name.