Daytona Beach, Florida — (AmmoLand.com) – Madison Rising, “America’s most patriotic rock band,” performed their version of the National Anthem for Nationwide at NASCAR on Saturday. They are taking heat from some “news” sources on their performance. USA Today says, “Unfortunately, Madison Rising went ahead and performed the most ridiculous version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” since Roseanne Barr committed a crime against the song however many years back.”
Play the video above to hear their version of the song. The performance at NASCAR on Saturday was identical to the recorded version that appears on their album, American Hero.
Madison Rising’s lead singer, Dave Bray, explains their version of the National Anthem; “Yes, we took some liberties,” lead singer Dave Bray said before the performance. “But we were already taking some liberties with it musically and melodically. We wanted to make it a rock song people could sing and enjoy. The reverence is still there, but it has sort of taken on the death march in a way. It’s very sullen and sung in a very sullen way. We thought it should be more of a celebratory rock anthem.” (Quote from ABC).
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