I was at warped tour one time and was a huge Anti Flag fan. I went to meet the band after the set with my bf and while I was getting a photo he kept saying how attractive and hot I was- then when I checked the photos in front of him he was like “wow we look so good together!! We’re so cute! We need to hangout!” My boyfriend quickly took me away but I’ll be honest it was flattering for a teenage girl. Now I understand it was highly inappropriate.
Their open letter addressing the accusations seemed like one of the most genuine responses I have read regarding something like this but you still have to take it with a grain of salt.
They basically say the same thing as you are getting at. They blame themselves for not seeing it all and really iterated how fucked it up is to write and perform songs and grandstand about having principles only to have your lead singer be a piece of shit all along.
The other three members say they were blindsided, some of the women said they were around and at least knew of the age gaps/that they were under the age of 18.
Even if it was normalized in the 90’s (which I agree is barely arguable at all, let alone an excuse), I do think situations like this highlight how important it is to continue to condemn sexual harassment and manipulation in contemporary spaces. Maybe the rest of the band grew and had better morals as they aged than they did when they were young, I think most of us do, and maybe they were blind or willfully ignorant or complicit to the things that went down. I hope they’re not just washing their hands entirely of the situation, but if they are as genuinely remorseful of the whole situation as I hope they are, then I’m glad they condemned the shit out of him the way they did.
He was so creepy with me; it all makes sense now
Story time?
I was at warped tour one time and was a huge Anti Flag fan. I went to meet the band after the set with my bf and while I was getting a photo he kept saying how attractive and hot I was- then when I checked the photos in front of him he was like “wow we look so good together!! We’re so cute! We need to hangout!” My boyfriend quickly took me away but I’ll be honest it was flattering for a teenage girl. Now I understand it was highly inappropriate.
Damn, does he really have money like that? Also, what a fucking piece of shit loser
Didn't he flee to Ireland? Should probably find out where and warn them.
i find it incredibly unlikely that none of the other members had an inkling of an idea that he was doing something was wrong
Their open letter addressing the accusations seemed like one of the most genuine responses I have read regarding something like this but you still have to take it with a grain of salt.
They basically say the same thing as you are getting at. They blame themselves for not seeing it all and really iterated how fucked it up is to write and perform songs and grandstand about having principles only to have your lead singer be a piece of shit all along.
The other three members say they were blindsided, some of the women said they were around and at least knew of the age gaps/that they were under the age of 18.
Even if it was normalized in the 90’s (which I agree is barely arguable at all, let alone an excuse), I do think situations like this highlight how important it is to continue to condemn sexual harassment and manipulation in contemporary spaces. Maybe the rest of the band grew and had better morals as they aged than they did when they were young, I think most of us do, and maybe they were blind or willfully ignorant or complicit to the things that went down. I hope they’re not just washing their hands entirely of the situation, but if they are as genuinely remorseful of the whole situation as I hope they are, then I’m glad they condemned the shit out of him the way they did.
Rolling Stone Article covering the rest of the band’s response
Is he going to do a Russell brand?