Colossal scumbags. Unfortunately, there are a lot of secret authoritarians and conformists in our midst anywhere, it’s unavoidable in any group that values a visually similar aesthetic as a way of signaling belonging, this absolutely goes for non-conformist and punk circles too whether we like it or not. Stay safe out there
“What we’ve learned by being excluded for we who are is to form a group that excludes others for not being exactly like us. This is social progress.”
Banana suit joke got old in 2010 or so. It’s annoying and the people wearing them are usually annoying.
Doesn’t mean you have to be a prick about it
Band got dropped from their tour. They also have taken down their FB page if I remember.
Their behaviour was shitty and they deserve having lost their place on that tour.
Also they were supposed to tour Europe on the bill with Hatebreed until Jamey Jasta heard about this.
Oh yeah, The End, is so over.
Make breed, not hate.
Banana bread. Mmmm.
Nazi punks, fuck off!
This band it appears is anti israel, loudly so. I feel that although this incident was bullshit and they should’ve left the banana weirdo alone, the fallout was amplified by Israel because the band criticizes them.
To be clear, Israelis are the Nazis.
No it was amplified cause these guys continue the idea of bullshit culture that you can treat people like shit cause of how they dress.
While I agree, and don’t like the band or their music. The fact of the matter is, they are outspoken against Israel and that’s a good share if not the reason they are being cancelled so hard.
Get fucking real.
I don’t give a fuck what their opinion of Israel is, this shit is not fucking cool and this video alone will make sure I never ever see this band ever
That you don’t recognize how we are being manipulated means you are the problem. You can not like them, but should still recognize the absolute reality I brought up. You are fucking something something.
I agree with you because 99% of our media is owned by hardcore Zionists and they can choose what to sensationalize.
And for the record I am just saying we should recognize their influence, even if we think these guys deserve to be cancelled.
No, you get real. Let people tell you why they are upset at someone and believe it.
They showed who they were. Can something else be true sure but tin foil hat conspiracy after a group abuses one of their fans won’t get confirmed as true just cause you want it.
You don’t recognize Israel’s influence if you don’t like the people involved. You are a fucking tool as such pal. Whether these people deserve the ban or not, actively denying the reality, makes me question your sincerity, and intelligence.
Don’t let a score of half wits convince you otherwise, you lost all credibility by not recognizing reality here.
You are the person here with an agenda. You are the person who can’t be trusted to actually care about others.
Not recognizing a truth puts your motivations into question. You can be against bad behavior while recognizing an undeniable truth.
But you didn’t, you responded to absolute truth with ad hominem, which sullies everything you say or do. You might even be their agent for all we know. You have no credibility. Denying fascism’s effects makes you culpable.
Plenty of racist asshats are opposed to Israel and also virulent anti Semites who assume that anything a Jewish person does is evil.
I don’t agree with your presupposition that “opposed to Israel” implies “admirable” or “worthy of protection”.
You are ignoring reality because you don’t like these guys. I don’t either. But I am not dishonest, why are you?
Don’t let a couple score half wits convince you you are right here, these people would disagree with you if the votes were already started the other way.
You dont realize how your words are nonsense cause you are to used to hearing yourself.
Nah. They did a super d bag thing all on their own. Israel wouldn’t have had to help with this one. You don’t get to be a next to no name band and tell a crowd to kill a guy and strip him of his clothes without getting abandoned by anyone with a reputation. Not since the 90’s, anyhow.
Do you honestly think Israel gives a shit about a random hardcore band from Baltimore? Lol
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Right? All the hardcore people I know are pretty chill and don’t take themselves to seriusly. When you start to act like you’re “sooo trve” you’re doing something wrong.
Maybe it’s a Nazi Hardcore Gig, then I can absolutely imagine that this might happen, otherwise I agree, hardcore people are usually pretty chill, moshpits usually help anyone that fell etc.
In my experience, there are definitely some overlap in the people that show up for hardcore shows. Not saying that fans of hardcore tend to be nazis, more than nazis tend to show up at said shows.
I now want a banana for scale at every metal show I go to (as long as I’m not standing behind him)
I sincerely hope their next concert is filled with fans in banana costumes.
I’m reminded of that “Yoshi’s in the pit” clip from a few years ago of an Australian band’s live performance where a dude dressed as Yoshi led a mosh pit and the singer was excited that was happening.
LOL Yoshi standing as a hoard revolves around them and then they join to run in circles… Sweet.
What’s going on with the crowd delivering people to the yellow vests?
Too much Toxic Waltz, maybe?
This type of music is the opposite of what I would consider enjoyable. People are weird.
It’s not for everyone. Personally I didn’t have any interest in hardcore until I went to a concert for one. Especially nowadays, it’s one of the few genres that get people moving regardless of venue. It has the energy that so many live concerts heavily lack.
People are weird. We like what we like, and no one can really understand why some people’s brains gravitate towards some things other brains are repelled by.
I’m sure I have some music tastes you and others in this thread would consider weird or off-putting (Peaches, the Canadian producer, comes to mind immediately for her overtly sexual songs and themes).
If I was a singer of a band and people showed up in costumes. I would get them on stage, celebrate their whimsy, and encourage more fans to show up in costumes.
A most pit with a bunch of people in costumes, that sounds like fun.
Hmm. I don’t care about conformity or people wearing costumes, and I also don’t support assaulting someone and tearing their clothes off. But it’s a dick move to wear something that adds an extra foot of height at a concert. It’s already hard enough to see at a lot of shows and I’m not even a short guy.
I doubt it was seated, and it sounds like he was at the back until he was called forward.
It’s hard enough to see at a lot of standing shows. Maybe he wasn’t on the rail but I doubt he was in the back. People who do stuff like this are there to be seen, they’re gonna be at least in the middle of the crowd if not towards the front.
just look at the picture mate; there’s like 12 people there and you can see some giant dude in the back left there.
While End It has not responded to the public callout, they have quietly gone missing from a few corners of the internet. Their Facebook page has allegedly been taken down, and they no longer appear on the posters and social media posts for Hatebreed and Life of Agony’s European Tour.
May they vanish
Not only are the bullies but they’re cowards as well.
Anybody who follows a “hardcore” band like that is the worst kind of little pissant fuckweed. Then again the little shit fucks at that show who beat up a guy in a banana costume in order to get a fucking set list are exactly the kind of people I would expect to follow this kind of bullshit.
Indeed
Agreed!
With their act of bullyism, End It has effectively - and inadvertently - brought about their own end.
I’m glad the gentleman in the banana outfit is standing up for himself.
I’m also grateful for the comments by other Lemmies here.
What kind of metal concert is it if there isn’t a guy in a silly costume moshing?? One of my most treasured memories is being in a moshpit and getting decked by a guy in a chicken costume, absolutely folded, only to get dragged to my feet by several others before I even realized I was on the ground. Community, people, community!!
A person in a banana suit is basically a prerequisite of any ska show. We used to have inter-punk solidarity; these guys must have not gotten the memo.
What a shitty band, I’m glad they’ve been kicked out of the punk scene.
Way to End It.
Most musical genres have some level of gatekeeping, but hardcore is one of the worst.
Maybe they should stick to Taylor Swift covers if they’re so afraid of anything different
Hardcore bands and shows and fans are the fucking worst.
Sounds like the band read the room wrong. It’s kind of weird to call out someone for wanting attention while on stage too.
The fan later took to Instagram Stories to reveal that the costume was destroyed after the End It gig, per a report from The PRP. “People have been trying to dim my sparkle my entire life. It sucks, but I’m used to it,” he wrote. “I’ve surfed hundreds of people in this suit, all genders, all ages, safely. Especially, a lot of first timers that felt safe to approach me for their first surf.”
“[End It], two of your band members crossed the line…and I’m obligated to speak on it,” the fan continued, addressing the band directly. “F**k the police? While policing what people wear?”
He added, “The message last night; Conform or get called out, exactly the opposite of what hardcore is supposed to be. I was an unwilling participant, attacked and clothing removed at the direction of a band I paid to see.”
Then, the End It frontman offered the setlist to anyone willing to successfully “strip the banana.”
Offering a reward for beating up a fan is insane. Glad they were dropped from the tour.
And a bunch of morons accepted. The hardcore scene is unfortunately filled with morons who go to shows so they can punch and kick people.
