Trail of Dead to
Rally Against Tea Parties with
October Tour
10/27/2010 -- by merlin
  AUSTIN,
Texas (AP) -- Politically-motivated independent rockers ...And You Will Know
Us by the Trail of Dead are issuing a progressive caterwaul ahead of next
month's United States midterm elections by doing what they do best: hitting
the proverbial Texas road.
Facing a rip tide of fringe
conservatism, Trail of Dead frontman and small business magnate Jason
Reece is setting out with the goal of asking a weary electorate a
question he believes poses an immediate threat to modern American
society: "How old
is too old to have a make believe tea party?" His query comes with
genuine concern clearly evident in his voice. "I've seen groups of
people, regular-sized adults mind you, having tea parties on their front
lawns, in parks, and in Wal-Mart parking lots. What sort of
message does that send to our children? That it's alright to live
in a dream world? That it's alright to be crazy well into your
fifties? Someone has to take a stand and say, hey, what's
happening to my country? When did we all get sucked down a rabbit
hole? I don't know how it is for other people, but I stopped
having tea parties when I was nine years old."
Despite maintaining a lower musical profile over the past several years,
Trail of Dead has remained profoundly active in various political causes
spanning the length of the globe. "We played Moscow a few
years ago to protest injustices against Chechnya and about a month ago we headlined a
major Communist Party festival in China," said Reece proudly. "I would like
to believe that we've had a similar political impact to people like [Bob] Dylan or [Pete] Seeger in the 1960s, or John Philip Sousa at the turn of the century."
Reece, stressing his band's positive domestic campaign
credentials, insists he's simply working for the greater good. "We worked closely with bands like [the] Arcade Fire
during the 2008 election to
ensure George W. Bush didn't get a third term as President and I think it
worked."
Trail of Dead's string of tour dates starts tomorrow night in Dallas and
ends with a Halloween rally in Austin.
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