Jackyl singer Jesse James Dupree has spoken out against musical artists who publicize their political views, saying that voicing opinions on such issues is “so totally anti-rock.”

During an appearance on “SixX Strings”, Jesse spoke about Jackyl’s two-and-a-half-decade career and offered his theory as to why the band has stayed together all this time when so many others have fallen by the wayside. He said: “The one thing that I know that we’ve done is we’ve stayed honest about who we are and what we do. And I think that’s what’s attributed to our longevity. We celebrate the fundamentals of rock and roll every single night we hit the stage. And I’ll leave it up to Bono [U2] and Bruce Springsteen to write the songs that’ll actually cure cancer — at least they think that it does anyway. I mean, I do my share of charity motorcycle rides and we do our charitable stuff, but some of those guys have holier-than-thou opinions of what the hell they do, and they forget that rock and roll was built on two guitars, bass and drums and a beat. So we just stay true to that.”

To find out what Dupree said about Bruce Springstreen and Bono’s political opinions, click here.