Silly White Kids
Boycott Warped Tour until..Brokencyde is removed from the bill.
http://www.loudhawk.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=a%20rticle&id=205:editorial-a-plea-for-punk-protest-brokencyde-on-warped-tour&catid=1:editorial&Itemid=54
“BrokenCYDE on the other hand obviously have no intentions beyond getting attention and making a few bucks along the way. The fact that their “music” is horrendous is essentially a given, but there are a lot of terrible bands out there. This is the Myspace-era after all. What is more unsettling is the fact that a band with their offensive lyrical content would be included on Warped Tour 2009. At the beginning of the BrokenCYDE song “BREE BREE” (Listening to the band for the first time based on this Senses Fail post), the band says the ‘N’ word. Don Imus was suspended from the national airwaves for a similarly racist remark (at least refraining from the N word). How could Kevin Lyman allow four suburban white kids to say this word and still be booked for this Summer’s Warped Tour?
Does the underground music community now have less backbone than mainstream America? Loudhawk.com is asking everyone to go here:http://www.warpedtour.com/warpedtour/contact.asp and write Kevin Lyman to tell him you will not attend Warped Tour this year as long as BrokenCYDE is on the bill. Something like the following would work just fine (please remember a respectful, well-thought out letter is much more effective!):
Dear Mr. Lyman,
I was planning on attending Warped Tour ‘09 this year until I was made aware of the fact that a band BrokenCYDE that uses racist, offensive lyrics was included on your bill. Certainly, every person has the right to free speech. However, I have the right not to attend as well. I plan to spread the word about this. It is sad to see that this festival that I grew up loving, that once stood for inclusion through its punk roots, has now sunk to this low in an effort to sell tickets (or perhaps you weren’t aware, I hope). I will make every effort to see that this will hurt your ticket sells, not help them. I’m sorry to be so blunt, but there is no place for music like this in our community. They are spreading all the wrong messages and I believe you know it. Please do the right thing and remove them from the bill and I along with many others, will be happy to attend Warped Tour 2009.
Sincerely,
(Your name)”
