Through the music and words we, as the band The ex, express our thoughts and opinions and ideas. It is not always totally necessary for our audience ….

We care about equality and democracy within the band and outside the band. For us life is about cooperation and solidarity, not about egotism, greed,….

In the 1960s, people like Bob Dylan, his music and words were a threat to the society and mainstream of the time. It shook people alive, and directly….

After 9/11, we had this "terrorist-Muslim-threat" in the US but at the same time, next to that, in Holland we had this growing awareness that the so-….

Punk, and rock in general, is often very myopic. When people sing about "the world," they're generally focused almost entirely on the west and Europe….

I think that the sheer fact that music can raise certain questions or put topics on the agenda has in itself already an effect. Just like any other a….

From what I see, nowadays punk and anarchy are still connected with "fast loud music by smelly drunk chaos-people" and, yes, I know I'm over-generali….

To me, the main idea of punk was do-it-yourself, which meant that you could basically do anything that you would wanna do. You don't have to wait to ….

We strive towards a better world, but one can never do it without compromise. We can all change the world for the better, starting in your own little….

Ever since 9/11, the mood has changed quite a bit, and for the worst. The main cause for this change are the merchants of fear, who want to make us b….

I believe in freedom of speech, and at the same time I think that sometimes it can be worth it to not say something. In my opinion there is a sort of….