The Brian Jonestown Massacre's Anton Newcombe Breaks Silence On Rape Comments At Sydney Gig
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The Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman Anton Newcombe has broken his silence on comments he made about rape during a show in Sydney last week that resulted in some punters walking out of the gig.
In a series of tweets posted this morning, the US songwriter claims he "never made light of rape culture" and was being attacked by two men in the audience.
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It comes after a petition was launched calling for the band's Australian tour to be axed following Newcombe's comments, in which he told an audience member, "Whatever, you're a dickhead. Your mum probably screamed like that when she was being raped and that's how you were born".
The tour wrapped up in Melbourne last night.
I never made light of rape culture — so fuck you all and your fascist pc trap and trial by internet. looking forward to this -
— anton newcombe (@antonnewcombe) June 14, 2018
Also love how the main voice behind it besides the provocateurs ...would be the Australian and Murdoch owned media pic.twitter.com/O2oodCyi0E
— anton newcombe (@antonnewcombe) June 14, 2018
That’s an invite for what would have been the morning after I was attacked to debate all the conservatives on the cable news tele show
— anton newcombe (@antonnewcombe) June 14, 2018
And by all means ignore 30 years of interviews of me sticking it to the man. And believe fox tv - but seriously- fuck fascism
— anton newcombe (@antonnewcombe) June 14, 2018
All of this says more about where we are as a culture and in this new fascist hybrid than where I am as an individual among changing culture
— anton newcombe (@antonnewcombe) June 14, 2018
For random illiterate hostile faces to use Murdoch media and the internet to shout down my perceived obscenities when they are shooting kids
— anton newcombe (@antonnewcombe) June 14, 2018
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