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The Dickies, a band that played a select amount of shows on this years Warped Tour, have been called out for their disrespectful stage presence. The scene was quick to call out the Dickies on their unacceptable stage presence. Though recently the band recently took to Facebook to post this statement.
"While doing our show a handful of people took it upon themselves to express their ire with my routine--a routine that includes apish antics, a penis puppet, and often ends with me saying, "You're a great looking bunch of kids. We'd love to go down on each and every one of you but we just don't have the time.”Apparently this group thought I meant it literally as they were holding a sign on the side of the stage (which was then thrown at me) that read: “Our teenage girls don’t need to be subjected to derogatory jokes by a disgusting old man” “Punk isn’t predatory”... I wasn’t there to “prey" on anyone’s child. In all honesty, as fine as most of my audiences are, I'll pass on having oral sex with each and every one of them. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to affix my groovy new “I *heart* Beaver" magnet (that I picked up in Beaver, Colorado) to the refrigerator and listen to “Beat On The Brat” by The Ramones. If some of you kids haven’t heard of them yet, check 'em out! They’re pretty cool." Safer Scenes posted scenarios of what should have happened in this instant to their Twitter page. "What should have happened: 1 The sound people could have cut his mic 2 The security people should have looked out for the target of the mob" and "Another good way to keep misogynist rants off your stages: don't book artists that have attacked women fans, don't book misogynist bands." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'd love to know your opinions regarding the situation that took place last weekend on Warped Tour, so be sure to leave me a comment down below! This is a talking point that we should really consider in our scene. Until then, See you in the pit! 🤘 Mari SOURCES http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/the_dickies_warped_tour_controversy
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