Fishbone calls out Donald Trump on new song ‘Racist Piece of S–t’

You can add ska– the punk legends fish bone to the growing list of musicians who are not fans of Donald Trump. The veteran band released a scathing book against convicted felon Trump on Thursday (October 31), just days before the November 5 presidential election.

“Proud to release this new song…it was actually written in 2017 but not recorded until now. The sad part is it just got worse,” the band wrote on Instagram of their verbal takedown of “Racist Piece of S–t” (also labeled as “RxPxOxS” to apparently beat the censors).

“Here’s the thing, this song pulled no punches…if you’ve been a fan of this band since the beginning, you know we’ve never been shy about telling the truth,” they wrote on Instagram of the track, whose lyric video features a waterfall of the headlines about the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol by Trump supporters.

And indeed, the lyrics to the two-tone takedown are precise and concise. “I see you coming down the street/ With tiki torches and hate speech/ You’re not a proud boy/ You’re just a F$@k Boy/ Drinking the kool aid of a mad king of oranges,” singer Angelo Moore spits in reference to the rally white supremacist Charlottesville in 2017, where neo-Nazis hurled anti-Semitic and racist speeches at an event where Trump said there were “very good people on both sides.”

The track continues with lyrics that take aim at one of the former reality star’s famous supporters, before reaching the sharp chorus. “Another Kid Rock/ With all the hate speech/ Crisis Crisis Global crisis Coup vanilla isis/ Ohhhh… you’re just racist bullshit,” Moore sings, adding, “The power zombies said/ Come on put this lie to bed/ Here’s an ignorant pillow for your empty racist head.”

“As artists, this is our platform, whether it’s music, art or words. If you don’t agree, that’s fine,” Fishbone said in their statement. “Don’t come in here and tell us to shut up and dribble, you’re talking to the wrong brothers. We’re speaking our reality and if you’re still ‘undecided’ well maybe this song and perspective will open you up with a direct call to what’s at stake.”

The Los Angeles group has long made fighting racism and fascism part of their brand, combining uptempo party tunes with self-conscious lyrics on their beloved 1988 sophomore album, Truth and Soulincluding the punk blitz ‘Subliminal Fascism’ and the funk rocking ‘Ghetto Soundwave’.

In an email interview with Rolling Stonefounding keyboardist/trombonist Christopher Dowd said he knew he had to write a song about Trump a decade ago, when Trump first announced his run for the White House. “The timing of this launch couldn’t be more perfect,” Dowd told the magazine. “Five days from Election Day, maybe hearing this song, if you’re ‘undecided’, will trigger your subconscious to think about who might win and what that would look like for the country and the world.” A person in a position of leadership can automatically make you guilty by association. So, will you want to be associated with and represented by a person with unapologetic racist tendencies or a person who doesn’t?

The post ended with an urgent plea to vote Tuesday (Nov. 5) in an election that polls continue to say is close to a tie between Vice President Kamala Harris and the twice-fired Trump.

Listen to “Racist Piece of S–t” below.