Since popular Christian hardcore/metal act Underoath droppped off the Warped Tour at the end of the last week, there has been much speculation about the reasons behind it, among the rumours reasons was that NOFX vocalist Fat Mike was somehow involved.
Mike offered us a statement explaining the situation.
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"Sorry folks, as much as I do like controversy, there really isn*t any to report on this subject. Underoath have left the Warped Tour, and as much as people want to give me credit for that, the truth is they just really needed a break apparently. Some people have suggested that they bailed because I made too much fun of them (I kinda did). Problem with that theory is that I have made fun of plenty of bands on this tour i.e. Against Me, the Blackhearts, Anti-Flag, Sherwood, The Acadamy Is, Thursday, Less Than Jake, Rise Against, etc. I have also taken plenty of jabs at Christians, Jews, Buddhists, and Muslims.
I feel I am an equal opportunist when it comes to getting laughs from an easy target. One thing I really try not to do is make fun of bands that Im not friends with. Thats why two days into the tour, I introduced myself to the Underoath guys and we have been friendly ever since. Of course we have some differences. They tend to not believe in evolution, dinosaurs, reproductive rights, premarital sex, or gay marriage. Some of them dont even like looking at porn (thats just crazy). The point is, at some point I sat down with most of them and had quite a few discussions about a lot of these issues.
Every talk we had was civil and respectful and no matter how wrong I think a few of those guys are, there were never any hard feelings between us. They*re actually really nice dudes. Maybe on their summer break they could spend some time reading some other books, instead of just the one." - Fat Mike
En plus Thomas, ta phrase n’est même pas à prendre au figuré…
Je vois bien Fat Mike en train de parler aux mecs d’Underoath de sujets super sérieux avec les gars trop accrochés à leur convictions « oui mais non tu vois, parceque Jésus à fait ça pour nous alors on doit pas le décevoir »…
Bah je pense qu’il a parlé de trucs sérieux, sur la religion (ont-il vu le clip de triple rock machin ?..), la politique etc… et puis qu’il a pas pu s’empêcher de parler de porno, ce qui pour lui paraît être aussi commun que d’aimer le baseball ou les ballades en barque.
Bah en même temps dans un pays aussi grand et j’dirai débile, si tu t’acharnes pas un peu , les messages que tu veux faire passer tombent vite à la flotte.
Nan ça me parait juste logique … Pour la débilité ce n’est qu’un avis personnel … mais pour ce qui est de faire passer un message à une foule, le taux de réussite dépend de la taille de la foule à convaincre et de ta persévérance.
fat Mike est un héros, tous les groupes du style underoat, from first to caca, ces vieux bands qui sentent la marde, faut leur faire comprendre qu’ici on est les rois
El Jey, plutôt que de faire le cynique, toi qui as vécu là-bas un moment, dans la même ville que NOFX si jme trompe pas, tu veux pas nous donner ton avis de quasi-local?
ton expérience sur place quoi…