The Boston hardcore band Bane, who reunited for a spate of comeback exhibits that started of their hometown this month, apparently angered a concertgoer with their passionate onstage speak on Sunday (June 18) that went towards that concertgoer’s beliefs.
The Twitter person @LoriKauffman13, evidently additionally from Boston, reported that she left the present early after a Bane member “praised trans” folks and criticized the U.S. authorities, she stated. Some replies to her submit questioned if she was acquainted with hardcore and punk.
One might deduce the Bane member she was referring to is Aaron Bedard, Bane’s lead vocalist who has fervently spouted his beliefs from the stage for the reason that band began within the ’90s.
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Bane returned to performing final weekend at Boston’s Roadrunner venue for 2 exhibits on Saturday and Sunday (June 17–18). They had been the group’s first concert events in seven years, aside from a 2021 profit for the late Bane bassist Brendan “Stu” Maguire, who died that yr.
On Sunday, seemingly whereas Bane’s second Boston present was nonetheless ongoing, the disgruntled concertgoer tweeted, “Guy from Bane just praised trans for 2 minutes straight and then said he hated the U.S. government and THEN SAID HE WANTED TO WIPE HIS ASS WITH THE AMERICAN FLAG. Bye Bane! Leaving early.”
The angered concertgoer continued in a follow-up tweet, “Find G-d.” She added in one other, “Some of us are religious. Some of us have family that have fought for this country.”
Several replies to the concertgoer’s tweets spared no castigation. “Being very very dumb is becoming cool,” one commenter remarked. “LMAO have you never been to a hardcore show you dumb bitch,” one other replied. “Good thing you left now don’t ever come back,” another said.
Another commenter replied, “Lol you went to a Bane show and thought you’d hear conservative talking points? Feel free to move to Florida.”
Yet one other commenter said, “do you know where hardcore came from,” sharing a screenshot from the Wikipedia web page for Punk subculture that reads, The punk ethos is primarily made up of beliefs resembling non-conformity, anti-authoritarianism, anti-corporatism, a do-it-yourself ethic, anti-consumerist, anti-corporate greed, direct motion, and never “selling out.”
Below, below separate footage from Bane’s June 17 present, see the band’s upcoming tour dates.
Bane Play Comeback Show in Boston – June 17, 2023
Bane 2023 Tour Dates
June 25 – Manchester, U.Ok. @ Depot Mayfield
Aug. 6 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ This Is Hardcore
Sept. 24 – Birmingham, Ala. @ Furnace Fest
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