In February of 2016 The Elected Officials, an American Anarcho punk band from Austin, Texas and Santa Fe New Mexico will tour Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. The bands lyrics include corporate funded politics, biased news, the cold war in Pakistan, International political prisoners, religious war and others. The bands vocalist, Sophie Rousmaniere owned a punk bar in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 2000 to 2004 called Chaos City; which helped spawn the vibrant punk scene Thailand has today.

Punk rock in some of these countries has met with some resistance - In Indonesia kids have had their mohawks shaved off by police and were sent to reeducation camps, in Malaysia you can be arrested for wearing the wrong black metal shirt, in Singapore it has been illegal to slam dance (Mosh) and lyrics need to be reviewed by authorities before booking and in Thailand freedom of speech is not part of the program. The Elected Officials

The band includes former members of Systema Nervioso, 32 Fingers, Atomic Influx, Bootleg, Our Mother of Sorrow, Courtesy Flush and at least 15 other bands. Alyssa Leigh, touring bass player also plays in Punks on Parade. The Elected Officials delivers ripping punk rock reminiscent of The Dead Kennedys, Bikini Kill, DOA, and DRI. With lyrics about corporate money in politics, big box stores, religious pundits of oppression and other modern woes the Elected Officials is truly a Political Punk rock band for our modern times.