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Various Artists - Release Date: August 10, 2004
- Type: Collection (various artists), Lyrics are included with the album, Enhanced CD-ROM, Contains explicit content
- Genre: Rock
Review
While Fat Mike of NOFX has never been known as one of the more emphatic and articulate political voices in punk rock (let's face it, NOFX have been more about high punk goofiness than making a "statement"), he's certainly been making up for that in 2004, having started the Leftist activist group Punkvoter.com with the expressed goal of voting George W. Bush out of the White House in that year's presidential elections, and releasing not one but two Rock Against Bush compilation albums on his Fat Wreck Chords label. Designed to raise money for Punkvoter.com and awareness about the upcoming election, Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2 offers up 73 minutes worth of circa 21st century punk with a decidedly anti-authoritarian slant; if you're looking for specific anti-Dubya anthems, there aren't a lot of 'em here, though No Use for a Name's acoustic reworking of "Fields of Agony" actually features the voice of the man himself thanks to the magic of sampling, and Bad Religion contribute "Let Them Eat War" from their virulently anti-Republican The Empire Strikes First. Along the way, you get solid new stuff from Green Day, Sleater-Kinney, Foo Fighters and the Dropkick Murphys, hard-to-find tunes from No Doubt, Jawbreaker, and Yellowcard, and generally cool rock from the Lawrence Arms, Flogging Molly, Rancid, Operation Ivy, and the (International) Noise Conspiracy. In short, a good, pissed-off time is had by all, and anyone with a taste for the current state of punk rock and a healthy disgust for the Bush administration will consider their money well spent on this album. The CD is accompanied by a bonus DVD that adds major value to the package, featuring six politically oriented short subjects (including extended previews of Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War and Unconstitutional), five music videos (including NOFX's ridiculous and sublime "Idiot Son of an Asshole"), and some genuinely funny topical humor from Will Ferrell, Patton Oswalt, and Greg Proops. Register to vote, and pick this up on the way home. ~ Mark Deming, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Favorite Son [#] | Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong | Green Day | (2:13) |
| Let Them Eat War (Lyrics) | Bad Religion | (2:58) | |
| Unity | Operation Ivy | Operation Ivy | (2:14) |
| Necrotism: Decanting the Insalubrious (Cyborg Midnight), Pt. 7 [#] | The Lawrence Arms | (1:48) | |
| We Got the Power [#] | Dropkick Murphys | Dropkick Murphys | (2:45) |
| Drunken Lullabies (Lyrics) | Flogging Molly | (3:49) | |
| Doomsday Breach | Only Crime | (2:15) | |
| Gas Chamber [#] | Foo Fighters | (:55) | |
| Status Pools [#] | Lagwagon | (2:36) | |
| What You Say | Sugarcult, |
Sugarcult | (2:36) |
| 7 Years Down | Tim Armstrong, |
Rancid | (2:33) |
| Off With Your Head [#] | Sleater-Kinney | Sleater-Kinney | (2:26) |
| Scream Out [#] | The Unseen | (2:48) | |
| Violins [#] | Yellowcard | (3:33) | |
| Like Sprewells on a Wheelchair [#] | Dillinger Four | (3:41) | |
| Chesterfield King [Live][#] | Jawbreaker | (4:03) | |
| Born Free [Live][#] | The Bouncing Souls | The Bouncing Souls | (1:45) |
| No Hope [Live][#] | Mad Caddies | Mad Caddies | (1:41) |
| Kids Today [#] | Dwarves, The A.K.A.s (Are Everywhere!), The Matches | (1:25) | |
| Can't Wait to Quit [#] | Sick of It All | (2:09) | |
| Comforting Lie (Lyrics) | Gwen Stefani, |
No Doubt | (2:52) |
| State of Fear [#] | (3:12) | ||
| I'm Thinking [#] | Autopilot Off | (2:50) | |
| My Star [#] | The (International) Noise Conspiracy | (2:35) | |
| Time's Up [#] | Donots | (3:24) | |
| Kill the Night [#] | Hot Water Music | (2:42) | |
| You're Gonna Die | (2:36) | ||
| Fields of Agony [Acoustic][#] | No Use for a Name | (2:45) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Independent Media in a Time of War [Political Short][Multimedia Track] | |||
| Honor Betrayed [Political Short][Multimedia Track] | |||
| Fixed in Florida [Political Short][Multimedia Track] | |||
| Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War [Political Short][Multime | |||
| Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election [Political Short][Multime | |||
| Unconstitutional [Political Short][Multimedia Track] | |||
| We've Had Enough [DVD] | Alkaline Trio | ||
| Los Angeles Is Burning [DVD] | Bad Religion | ||
| Drunken Lullabies [DVD] | Flogging Molly | ||
| Idiot Son of an Asshole [DVD] | NOFX | ||
| With Love, The Underground [DVD] | |||
| Bush Straigt Talk [Comedy][Multimedia Track] | |||
| Greg Proops [Comedy][Multimedia Track] | |||
| Patton Oswalt vs. Bush [Comedy][Multimedia Track] | Patton Oswalt |
