Best Anti-War Rock Songs

The Top Ten
1 Civil War - Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II

Whoever wrote the lyrics to this song has got to be one of the greatest lyricists, at least in rock

Greatest band ever. really good lyrics and great guitar work by Slash

2 B.Y.O.B. - System of a Down
3 State of the Union - Rise Against
4 No War Without Warriors (How Do You Sleep?) - Anti-Flag
5 Sweet Child in Time - Deep Purple - Deep Purple in Rock
6 Hiroshima - Wishful Thinking
7 Rooster - Alice in Chains - Dirt
8 Killing in the Name - Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
9 Imagine - John Lennon - Imagine
10 One - Metallica -... and Justice for All

This is metal not rock.

The Contenders
11 The Longest Day - Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death

This is an awesome song and has a straight forward anti war message.

12 Gunslinger - Avenged Sevenfold - Avenged Sevenfold

Such a underrated song, it deserves more attention.

13 Machine Gun - Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys
14 War Pigs - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
15 Peace Sells - Megadeth - Peace Sells... but Who's Buying
16 Zombie - The Cranberries - No Need to Argue
17 21 Guns - Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
18 Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
19 War - Bob Marley and the Wailers - Rastaman Vibration
20 Scream Aim Fire - Bullet for My Valentine - Scream Aim Fire
21 Holiday - Green Day - American Idiot

As Billie Joe says:

This song is not anti-America
it is anti-WAR!

22 English Civil War - The Clash
23 Hero of War - Rise Againt - Appeal to Reason
24 Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
25 Wooden Ships - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
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