Well I was listening 2 an Eric Clapton cd of mine the other day while I was on the computer reading an article on the wikipedia. Out of curiousity I just decided to check the page on Eric Clapton since I don't really know much about the guy other than he has some pretty good songs and plays a mean guitar.    Imagine my surprise when this is what I read:    Controversy   http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...px-Clapton.jpg   Clapton performing live at the Eishalle theater of  Wetzikon , Switzerland,  19 June 1977       On  5 August 1976  Clapton was placed the centre of controversy when he spoke out against  increasing immigration  during a concert in  Birmingham . Visibly intoxicated, Clapton voiced his support of controversial political candidate  Enoch Powell .  [32]  In a 2004 interview with  Uncut magazine , Clapton called  Enoch Powell  outrageously brave. [33]  He also stated that My feeling about this has not changed really. We have always been up to some funny business in this country, inviting people in as cheap labour and then putting them in ghettos. [34]   Clapton has also stated that Theres no way I could be a racist. It would make no sense. [35]  In his autobiography, he called himself deliberately oblivious to it all and wrote, I had never really understood or been directly affected by racial conflict... when I listened to music, I was disinterested in where the players came from or what colour their skin was. [36]   In an interview with  Melvin Bragg  on  The South Bank Show  broadcast on  2 December 2007 , Clapton reiterated his support for Enoch Powell and denied that Powell's views were racist. [37]     It seems Eric Clapton is er..was a big supporter of the deceased British nationalist, Enoch Powell. Then this is what it says about Mr. Clapton on the page for Enoch Powell:   In 1976, a drunk  Eric Clapton  voiced his support of Powell onstage during a concert in Birmingham, also stating that England had become overcrowded and was in danger of becoming a black colony. As a result, Clapton did not play in Birmingham again for a decade, and his remarks were a major factor in the eventual formation of  Rock Against Racism . Powell himself apparently claimed to be only vaguely aware of who Clapton was although he indicated that he was pleased to receive public support from a rock star. However Powell supposedly then distanced himself from Clapton when he learned that the guitarist had used openly racist language during his onstage speech, such as referring to immigrants as  wogs  and chanting the National Front slogan Keep Britain White, behaviour which Powell allegedly stated was unhelpful and somewhat neanderthal in my view.     So it would appear that Eric Clapton is one of us??? I had no idea. I figured he would be all for the immivasion like the rest of the liberal rock stars. Guess not. Just thought it was interesting maybe someone else on here will. :cool: