Versurile Five Finger Death Punch folosite intr-un articol ce critica Statele Unite

Unul dintre consilierii lui Vladirmir Putin, Vladislav Surkov, a scris un articol pentru canalul de stiri RT in care sunt citate versuri din piesa celor de la Five Finger Death Punch, 'Wash It All Away'.

Surkov scrie urmatoarele: "The line 'Done with all your hypocrisy' sounds like a prophecy, a verdict, and as the motto of a new era."

In plus, Surkov este de parare ca "A strong hand will lead the confused crowds from 'all of the chaos and all of the lies'."

Zoltan Bathory, chitaristul formatiei a declarat urmatoarele cu privire la editorialul lui Surkov.

"We love our Russian fans just as much as they love us... They are at the airport when we arrive, follow us all over Europe, all the way to America, even to South America... We see their faces and we see their sewn-together half-Russian-half-American flags everywhere... We are family... Music unites.

I can tell you, between the people there is NO hate, there is NO cold war here," he continued. "So let's NOT make one.

I grew up on this side of the Iron Curtain in communism... so I have actual memories of the cold war. Even back then, though we were told by the communist media that America was the 'enemy,' nobody, and I mean nobody sane, actually believed that. We loved American music, American culture and the American people. We understood the difference between propaganda and reality.

Just as I ran into some Iranian kids in the elevator as they were taking photos, they actually said, 'Please don't believe the media. They are lying to you! We don't hate America.' And they tried to explain that regular, especially younger people don't feel that way whatsoever.

The media needs to be responsible with their words — choosing ratings over peace is irresponsible.

So let's tone down the hysteria and try harder with that dialogue."