Members of 500 Million Society know rocking as hard as The Seeds, Joy Division, Mudhoney, The Hives, Deep Purple and The Dead Boys (with a little Phil Spector thrown in) won’t save the world. But shaking your ass might make life a little better. Art punks Dicky Brooks, Jim Hagstrom, Paul Broman and Tim Nelson formed 500 Million Society more than 15 years ago to fight global elites, unspeakably powerful families, currupt financiers and media overlords with their music. “We should meet darkness with darkness, make it bouncy, deep, epic and fuzzy,” Nelson said. “And confront the inevitable with an extended middle finger.”