The Doomsday Clock, which has been ticking for 77 years, attempts to gauge how close humanity is to destroying the world. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which created the clock in 1947 says that Midnight represents the moment at which humans will have made Earth uninhabitable. Recently the clock was set at 90 seconds to midnight – the closest to the hour it has ever been.
Driven by selfish uncaring acts of humankind, planet Earth is at the start of a Sixth Mass Extinction. Overpopulation, pollution and deforestation are accelerating natural climate change, causing soil erosion, poisoning the air we breathe and making ever more scarce natural sources of water undrinkable.
I was recently invited to talk on Profiles in Music, with Sean St. Heart
Can music amplify the reach and impact of a social movement?
We recently played this great gig at L’Engrenage in Toulouse, one of our favourite bars – check it out if you get a chance.
This song is about waking people up to the efforts of Gates and Co. to turn us into androids and the importance of love and being human. If we don't resist, this could be the end of the human race.
This is a song about people toeing the line and risking serious damage to their health, sometimes with devastating consequences.
This song is about a guy I observed at Bristol train station, a ticket clerk who lost his job to a machine.
“Tear down these walls dividing us all as one people. No Religion no State sowing dark seeds of hate among people. Break out a Black Flag.”
It’s time to take back power we have surrendered to 'governments' who have ceased to make decisions in our best interests.
It’s 1979, The Pretenders have just released Brass in Pocket and I'm totally in love with Chrissie Hynde.
“This song has been an amazing journey for me.”
The Cides founder and lead vocalist Paul Hayward
