Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys is not happy about Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker using their cover of Woody Guthrie’s “I’m Shipping Up to Boston,” as an intro for his Iowa Freedom Summit speech this past Saturday.
The band tweeted:
@ScottWalker @GovWalker please stop using our music in any way…we literally hate you !!! Love, Dropkick Murphys
— Dropkick Murphys (@DropkickMurphys) January 25, 2015
The Journal Sentinal wrote: “The Murphys’ reaction isn’t much of a surprise. In 2011, they released a single, “Take ‘Em Down,” dedicating it to Wisconsin unions that were protesting Walker’s state budget plan, and created a limited edition shirt, with proceeds from sales benefiting the Workers’ Rights Emergency Response Fund. And as the A.V. Club pointed out Sunday, the band in 2012slammed Wisconsin State Rep. Jeff Fitzgerald on its Facebook page for using “Boston” as his entrance music at the Wisconsin GOP Convention.” Both conservatives and liberals weighed in on Twitter:
I'm a fan of both @DropkickMurphys and @ScottWalker. Sad to see you guys (DKM) feel the need to help make (or keep) politics so divisive.
— Ian Graham (@veilofcivility) January 25, 2015
.@DropkickMurphys @ScottWalker @GovWalker Wisconsin stands with you, DM..we aren't all sheep in Wisconsin blindly following a flunk out gov
— Brad_Deuster (@Brad_Deuster) January 27, 2015
@DropkickMurphys Wow, all respect lost for DM. That's proof you're brainwashed by media, and don't research truth. @ScottWalker @GovWalker
— nextinstinct (@nextinstinct) January 25, 2015
@DropkickMurphys You must "literally hate" about half your fans then. Damn, you jackasses are uptight. @ScottWalker @GovWalker
— jon gabriel (@exjon) January 25, 2015
When a punk band supports collectivism and government oversight they cease to be punk. @BobbyBhoy26 @DropkickMurphys @ScottWalker
— Chris Loesch (@ChrisLoesch) January 27, 2015
Either Scott Walker has a funny sense of Irony, or he missed that the Dropkick Murphys are really Pro Union artists. #utpol #fail
— Shon Harris (@swharrut) June 6, 2012
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