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Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey has been one of the most vocal musicians when it comes to condemning the Trump Administration, including the recent actions by ICE across the country. The singer is hoping more bands will join the fight against social injustice, insisting there’s “nothing to be scared about.”
In Consequence‘s new video interview feature with Casey (watch below), he offered his thoughts on why more bands aren’t speaking out, telling us, “From some of my conversations with bands who aren’t speaking out, you could have anything from a portion of the band doesn’t wanna lose fans, doesn’t wanna get caught in the controversy. You could have some of the older bands, in particular, that are just like, ‘I don’t want to bring the potential of violence on my home in my family.’”
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He continued, “Another reason Dropkick Murphys are speaking out is I think it’s important to say, ‘Hey, we’re all in, we’re getting trashed, trolled, losing fans, and guess what, the water’s fine. Come on in. Nothing to be scared about. No one’s stepped to me in public yet. It’s just trolls on the internet.’”
That said, Casey is encouraged by the bands that are taking a stand, including Rise Against. In fact, he told us exclusively that he and former Washington, D.C. police officer and outspoken activist Michael Fanone are spearheading a new initiative, and that Rise Against have already jumped aboard.
“We’re in the process of launching something called ‘Down for the Cause of Saving Democracy,'” Casey revealed. “We asked Rise Against and they were right in. So, at the moment it’s Michael Fanone, Dropkick Murphys, Rise Against, and we’re building a platform that we can take to other bands, and hopefully get a lot of other bands to sign on and join in… I feel like the motivation behind this is there’s strength in numbers. One loud voice accomplishes more than a voice that’s not unified.”
Casey added, “And also some of these bands that are thinking about it, but don’t want to take the leap, maybe they say, ‘Oh, okay, well doing it within a larger movement is less scary.’ So, hopefully when we roll this all out in the very near future, it’ll grow into something larger where we can all be proud of what we did in this moment.”
Dropkick Murphys are in the midst of their annual “St. Patrick’s Day Tour.” The outing continues tonight, February 13th, in Port Chester, New York, and wraps up with five hometown shows in Boston in mid-March (pick up tickets via Ticketmaster or StubHub).
Watch the full interview above, and see Ken Casey’s thoughts on more bands joining the fight against social injustice below.
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