It seems strange, but musicians write about everything and anything, including school shootings. They have a voice and an audience that listens. Music can be extremely influential. Whether or not you agree with their messages, here is a list of some of the songs about school shootings.
- “The Kinslayer” by Nightwish
- “The Ballad of Charles Whitman” by Kinky Friedman
- “New Hope” by Five Iron Frenzy
- “So Long” by Everlast
- “Sniper” by Harry Chapin
- “The Homecoming Queen’s Got a Gun” by Julie Brown
- “Jeremy” by Pearl Jam
- “Rival” by Pearl Jam
- “I Don’t Like Mondays” by The Boomtown Rats (also covered by Bon Jovi, Ron Sexsmith and Tori Amos)
- “A New Hope” by Five Iron Frenzy.
- “Youth of the Nation” by P.O.D.
- “Educated Hate” by Rorshack
- “Stole” by Kelly Rowland
- “The Anatomy Of a School Shooting” by Ill Bill
- “Ticking” by Elton John
- “To the Teeth” by Ani DiFranco
- “Classtime Horror” by Madd Maxxx
- “Vengeful Possesion” by Madd Maxxx
- “The Nobodies” by Marilyn Manson
- “Ronnie” by Metallica
- “Cassie” by Flyleaf
- “April 20” by Yellowcard
- “Weisses Fleisch” by Rammstein
- “Monday” by The Living End
- “Rock the 40oz.” by Leftöver Crack
- “Lullaby For Wayne” by Weezer
- “She’s Anti” by Home Grown
- “Hero” by Superchic[k]
- “Black Shadow Symphony” by Westworld
- “Columbine High Blues” by Countess
- “Columbine Killing Machine” by Ressurrector
- “In Praise of School Shooters” by Pink Eye
- “This Is Your Time by Michael W. Smith (also covered by Five Iron Frenzy)
- “Friend of Mine” by Jonathan and Stephen Cohen – survivors of the Columbine School Shooting
