System of a Down

 New System of a Down: 'Protect the Land' and 'Genocidal Humanoidz' - Rolling Stone

When I was about 10, I was introduced to System Of A Down's album Toxicity. A family friend who was really into progressive metal shared the artist with my parents, and the album ended up on my iPod.

While it would be a while until I listened to Pop Punk like Rage Against the Machine and Green Day, songs like "Prison Song", "Chop Suey!", and "Toxicity" introduced me to topics of the Prison Industrial Complex, the War on Drugs, American imperialism, police brutality, capitalism, and genocide. 

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