Credit: Shervin LainezIf you take just a brief glance at Highly Suspect's Twitter, it's pretty easy to tell that Johnny Stevens and his band mates are not fans of Donald Trump. However, Stevens doesn't see Highly Suspect as a "political band," but rather a "band that's got a political conscience."
"I don't want to be labelled as a political band," Stevens tells Kerrang! "Rage Against the Machine are a political band. We're just a band that has opinions about politics."
When Highly Suspect played their song "Bloodfeather" on Conan last year, Stevens began the performance by saying, "What's up America? Anybody but Trump, please." Stevens has continued to criticize the president-elect, and he's not concerned about losing any fans because of his political opinions.
"The people who don't vibe off me saying those sorts of things aren't the type of people I want coming to our shows in the first place," Stevens says. "I want to help provide a voice for those people who don't have one. For those people who aren't even expecting support at this point."
"But at the same time, we're not trying to be that political band," he continues. "It's just that we have opinions that are important to us, and it's important that they get brought up with the platform we have. It could help -- to some degree -- to help sway the minds of people in this country, in this world, that's going through some weird s*** right now."
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