Massachusetts has a rich history of giving the middle finger to tyrants and bloated politicians, and the Dropkick Murphys have been providing the backing track to Boston’s anti-authoritarianism since the 1990s. Already an outspoken critic of Donald Trump , frontman Ken Casey is calling for the punk artists and musicians to “never take shit from a bully,” and to “stand up and push back” against the president and his agenda.

“I by no means think that punk should be uniformly one thing,” Casey tells Rolling Stone in an exclusive interview. “But the punk that I was raised to listen to, it should be speaking up against abuses in the government.”

“Obviously something that’s near and dear to our heart is workers’ rights,” he adds. “At every level, Trump will turn his back on working peo

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