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The Nightwatchman
The Nightwatchman


Background information
Birth name Thomas Baptiste Morello
Born May 30, 1964
Born place New York City
Origin Los Angeles, California, United States
Genre(s) Folk
Folk-Rock
Acoustic Rock
Alternative Rock
Anti-folk
Years active 2003—present
Label(s) Epic Records
Associated acts Serj Tankian
Axis of Justice
Street Sweeper Social Club
Rage Against the Machine
Audioslave
Lock Up
Electric Sheep
Shooter Jennings
Perry Farrell
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Jarvis Cocker Clarifies Conservative Government Comments

April 29, 2009
Jarvis Cocker Clarifies Conservative Government CommentsJarvis Cocker has acted quickly to clarify comments he made about a possible future conservative government.

Earlier this week, the former Pulp frontman was quoted as saying that a Tory government was “necessary” because there was “no alternative”.

It was assument that he had suggested his support for the conservative party.

But in a statement released yesterday, Cocker said: "In no way am I supporting or suggesting that a Conservative government is a good thing, far from it.

"Rather, what I intended to get across was that, in the absence of any real alternative, a Conservative government at this point unfortunately seems inevitable."

Cocker raised the potential for a future conservative government when asked by GQ magazine about the current financial crisis.

He said he couldn’t understand why British government was trying to save “a banking system that obviously doesn’t work”.

Cocker, who described Gordon Brown’s actions as a “mockery”, added: “Why don't they say, 'Well, sod that, let's do something else?'"

Cocker is understood to have been a Labour supporter during the 1990s – a period when both the party and British music enjoyed a renaissance.

(by Jason Gregory)



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