Satan's Fashion Police.

[Eoin McLove]

I'm delighted. I was just about to leave the house to go in and see Grave Upheaval and Cemetery Urn play in the city and I found out the gig has been cancelled. Some delightful character complained that one of the support bands, Haste (who???), had a distro that sold right wing records and got the plug pulled. How scary- How truly awful, shocking and appalling. I am relieved that this do-gooder has so rigorously policed the dangerous viper's nest that is the local metal scene and spared me from the danger of being brainwashed into a Far Right cult. I'll never leave the house again.

[Eoin McLove]

I can just picture this wonderful cornerstone of society, concerned for my very own well-being, delighted with this important victory. I offer my most sincere thanks.

[hellfire]

Sorry to hear that. There is a certain firebrand of loser who thinks the planet should be run their way. People in every walk of life shouldn't have to suffer because of a few narcissistic weirdos.

[Snare]

Shame that pulling Haste wasn't an option seeing as the issue had nothing to do with 2 main bands. 

[jpm4]

That's interesting - where was this?

[spiritcrusher]

Think House of Atreus had a gig or two pulled recently in ye US due to rumours of them being associated with racist movements or the like. As far as I can tell though their only association with that kinda stuff is that they sound like Arghoslent!
Ridiculous carry on.

[Necro Red]

Is it not down to the promotor though? I mean if I had booked the gig I would have told yer man to feck off and then ignore the situation. Why are promotors pandering to these unnecessary complaints?

[Pentagrimes]

Might be the venue rather than the promoter or bands

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Presumably whoever wanted it cancelled went to the venue rather than the promoter, that's usually what they do.

I'm not down with cancelling of gigs or exhibitions or book launches or whatever; it's an immature, proto-authoritarian approach to societal improvement. But then labels who do releases in limited runs of 88 and sign bands who, seriously or otherwise, openly declare they want to kill all Muslims, etc., that's all at least equally immature. So the end result is adult kids mutually riling each other up when they should all know better. It's obviously a shame when more serious acts and their fans end up suffering the consequences, but yeah: act like an evil child, you're likely to cause a child do-gooder to throw a tantrum.

[Pentagrimes]

Pretty much this. We're not talking about some clandestine neo nazi fest being cancelled (which arguably does fuck all as well in real terms),it's one band, and could have been dealt with far more cleverly.

[Eoin McLove]

Haste, the band with the dodgy link so to speak, was removed. And then the entire gig was pulled. Bullfukkinshite!

On a more positive note, I ended up spinning over to one of the dude's gaffs instead and he gave me a heap of old, and new, CDs that he didn't want.

Peste Noire- La Sanie des siècles – Panégyrique de la dégénérescence CD
Peste Noire-  L'ordur a l'ètat pur CD
Turbonegro- Apocalypse Dudes CD
My Dying Bride- Turn Loose the Swans CD
Gospel of the Horns- A Call to Arms CD
Psychic Mass- Arrival of the Church of Psychic Mass EP

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

L'ordure à l'état pur is a great album. Might stick it on myself.

Edit: Careful that somewhat contextually ironic list of albums he gave you doesn't end up as "evidence" sometime in the future   

[astfgyl]

"Well if I don't like it then I don't think anyone else should either"

Great.

[Eoin McLove]

L'ordure à l'état pur is a great album. Might stick it on myself.

Edit: Careful that somewhat contextually ironic list of albums he gave you doesn't end up as "evidence" sometime in the future   

Ah sure, nothing much to cancel here haha.

[Circlepit]

By all accounts it's a constant thing in America. It's doesn't seem to take much to have the cancel warriors at the door either.
How does it work with venues losing the nights earnings?
Do they blacklist the band , the promoters? Obviously the band lose out.

I imagine Ye(Kanye) will be lucky to get a gig in the local town hall at this stage.