On a rainy November Thursday, a familiar suburban scene is playing out in a Mill Valley basement: Three blonde boys are bashing away on guitar, bass and drums, working on a new song called “Mr. America.”
You can’t call this the land of the free
If you’re only free if you look like me
Justice is a joke and you can never win
You can’t call this the home of the brave
Too many guns, too many graves
We shouldn’t have to fear that the end is always near
Heady stuff from three kids who aren’t even close to being able to drive.
Knights of Molino are a new punk band composed of middle schoolers Erik and Tommy Birmingham, 11 and 13, and Rowan Campbell, 12. They recently reached moderate viral fame for another track in which they didn’t shy away from speaking their minds. In October, their sc

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