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…

- G.W. Sok

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,…

- G.W. Sok

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…

- G.W. Sok

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 …

- G.W. Sok

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-…

- G.W. Sok

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…

- G.W. Sok

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…

- G.W. Sok

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…

- G.W. Sok

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 …

- G.W. Sok