Within the newest weird collaboration information, vocalist Karl Buechner and guitarist Scott Crouse of legendary straight-edge vegan metalcore crew Earth Disaster teamed up with Chuck D of Public Enemy, Craig G of hip-hop collective Juice Crew, and producer Krohme to create a brand new 7” single referred to as “Stay Free” with proceeds going to profit Punks for Autism. That final sentence gave the impression of a Mad Lib.
The mix of Earth Disaster and Public Enemy members sounds positively wacky whenever you first hear about it, but it surely’s actually not. It’s not the primary time that Chuck D has teamed up with rock musicians, having famously partnered with Anthrax for the 1991 model of Public Enemy’s single “Convey the Noise,” and in addition having fashioned Prophets of Rage with members of Rage Towards the Machine in 2016. Equally, it might be argued that Earth Disaster flirted with rap-metal on their 2000 album Slither when that type of factor was changing into popularized in mainstream metallic. Nonetheless, when you didn’t have an Earth Disaster/Public Enemy team-up in your 2024 bingo card, no one might blame you.
In accordance with a 2022 interview with Kerrang, Punks for Autism was began by punk scene veteran Steve Lombardo who has two youngsters on the spectrum. The group’s motto is “Be completely different. Be free. Be punk rock. Be you.” The group creates merch to lift cash for autism charities and lift consciousness about autism. There doesn’t appear to be any recognized connection between Punks for Autism and extra controversial autism charities like Autism Speaks.
Lombardo defined in that interview that his son Vinny’s autism reminded him of the punk rock ethos:
“Vinny marches to the beat of his personal drum, like a punk rocker. I began seeing parallels between autism and the ethos of the punk rock neighborhood. Everyone seems to be accepting of people who find themselves the black sheep, or those who don’t slot in in mainstream society. Autistic individuals are form of much like punks in that they don’t match within the mainstream. I noticed the parallel and the connection.”
The Stay Free 7” is obtainable now from Bitter Melody Information.
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