The music industry has once again taken an important movement and
commercialized it for the teenybopper masses. Riding the bandwagon of
other bands with anti-Bush politics such as System of a Down, Ohgr,
and many others that were actually honest in their anti-war
viewpoint, the music executives have milked the anti-Bush sentiments
to create their own trendy form or commercialized rebellion. Ohgr, an
underground electronic Industrial band with the vocalist from Skinny
Puppy, created a music video almost a year ago with the exact visuals
that are now used in the Megalomaniac music video. Bush as a tyrant,
the gas pump at the podium, and Bush's transition into a demonic
creature are elements found in both the Majik video by Ohgr and the
Megalomaniac video by Incubus. Sadly, Incubus has none of the talent,
insight, or artistic vision of the bands they're trying to imitate.
What's the point of your message if there is no honesty or
originality?
Here's the Ohgr video:
http://zed.cbc.ca/go.ZeD?
CONTENT_ID=47451&FILTER_KEY=43966&page=content
Here's a link to some sound samples:
Welt
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?
userid=2Y2J51QOIS&ean=670211501728
Sunnypsyop
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?
userid=2Y2J51QOIS&ean=670211504521