Anti-Flag instantly introduced their breakup through Patreon on Wednesday evening and proceeded to delete their web site and all of their social media pages.
“Anti-Flag has disbanded. the Patreon has been switched right into a mode the place it can now not cost the month-to-month payment,” the announcement reads. “I’ll start to course of refunds to all patrons within the coming weeks. As soon as all refunds are processed the Patreon web page will even be eliminated.” The band has but to launch an official assertion outdoors of the Patreon.
Following the information, followers on Reddit identified that the latest episode of the sufficient. podcast, which is devoted to sexual assault within the music enterprise, featured a narrative from a lady about being raped by a singer in a political punk band from the East Coast. Although she doesn’t title the band or singer, she did point out a March 2022 publish on a Tumblr known as The Business Ain’t Protected, which reads, “Justin Sane from Anti-Flag. Am I actually the one individual this has occurred to?” In accordance with a screenshot shared on Twitter, not less than two individuals commented on the publish.
The podcast episode describes the main points of the evening of the incident in graphic element. The story begins across the 16-minute mark. Hearken to it under.
Sane, born Justin Geever, based the unique model of Anti-Flag in 1988 with drummer Pat Thetic. The band’s debut album, Die for the Authorities, was launched in 1996 following their 1992 17 Songs demo. Within the early aughts, they emerged from the underground after signing to Fats Wreck Chords, the label owned by NOFX’s Fats Mike, and moved on to RCA within the mid-2000s.
The band launched their thirteenth album, Lies They Inform Our Kids, earlier this 12 months. They have been slated to tour with the Bouncing Souls in October.
In case you are questioning why Anti-Flag fell off the face of the Earth at the moment… pic.twitter.com/k68Idt8Qwx
— Scotty Ok (@phoenix_person7) July 20, 2023
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