Famous Vegans - Sean Brennan

Sean Brennan in Germany, 2008.

Sean Brennan

Born on July 17. He's the founder, songwriter and musician of the band London After Midnight (LAM). He does vocals and plays guitar, bass, cello, violin, keyboard and drums. The band was formed in 1990 and describes itself as dark political left leaning rock. Click here to check out their music. Sean Brennan's blog can be found at this link.

Quotes by Sean Brennan:

"Image is just an unfortunate bother when you're in this business. But, one running theme through my clothing is I don't wear leather or fur, because I'm a vegan. And most of my clothing is fairly worn and tattered. I guess that's my statement that I reject people's obsession with wealth, ego gratification, and vanity. My statement that you have to look past the surface and value what's inside rather than what's outside."

"I am vegan, I don't consume or use any animal products. A vegetarian may sometimes consume dairy, eggs, or use other products with ingredients derived from animals. Vegan implies a total absence of animal products, and that is actually a pretty important distinction because even consuming dairy contributes to the meat industry (since the dairy industry is reliant upon the meat industry). I have always had a respect for animals and the environment."

"animals do have emotions and sense of self, so killing them for food is unethical"

"I think more emphasis should be placed on factual education to stop all this animal abuse. When people understand that animals have emotions, a sense of self, the identical qualities that many people think are uniquely human, then perhaps people will begin to see how cruel eating animals is and how cruel it is to do experimentation on animals that is unnecessary."

"being vegan is not just a choice to do no harm to animals. It's a choice I've made because science PROVES that farming meat is unsustainable and is a major contributor to the destruction of our planet, creates global warming and contributes to causing war. A 2006 United Nations report showed that the worldwide meat industry produces more global warming gases than all the cars, trucks, ships, trains and planes on earth, combined."

Quotes are from his 2010 interview with Alliance for Animal Rights and his 2005 interview with Gothic Beauty Magazine. These interviews can be found on the London After Midnight website.