The Levellers

The Nineties are hardly shaping up as vintage years for idealism in rock. Today's younger
artists often seem too jaded for grandiose aims; there is little that is empowering, for
instance, in the brooding petulance of Nirvana or the fear and loathing of Guns n' Roses.
One band that avoids this cynical trend is the Levellers. On its second album, Levelling the
Land, this British group offsets its fierce disdain with altruism in the way that earl... More >