A Plea For Purging Drummer Goes On Twitter Warpath Against The Great Commission & Leaders
A Plea For Purging drummer Aaron Eckermann had some vitriol to spew at The Great Commission and Leaders earlier this week via his Twitter. Targeting The Great Commission he tweeted:
“hey young california mexicanish musicians: please stop helping Ang and Justin make money in the revolving membership of The Great Commission”
“my band is breaking up and i don’t care to further my “career” in music so now I’m saying whatever I want behind the safety of twitter : )”
“but seriously though, how do people not know they’re such a complete joke?! EVERY dude in EVERY band knows it! wake up kids! stop it!!”
He later revealed that his issues with the band appear to stem from their alleged lack of faith, stating:
“…they don’t care about the gospel. they care about being cool and making money and playing in a band and selling merch”
“total turd dads. I’m only referring to Justin and Ang though. the rest of the dudes are replaced every tour”
Leaders guitarist Sam Campagna then stepped into the fray to criticize Eckermann‘s attitude and remarks, and was served some heated retorts, including:
“what band are you in again? what tours have you done? who cares? NO ONE. that’s why we turned down your band for our final tour”
“dude @SAMLEADERS you’re kinda mexicanish. you should audition for @TheGreatCommish. then ignorant kids would actually care about your band.”
“@SAMLEADERS oh yeah let calculate how much respect I have for you for leaving your wife to do what “God” called you to do = goose egg”
“@SAMLEADERS every dude in every band knows that they’re a joke. you just don’t know that cause you’ve never been on a real tour before”
“@SAMLEADERS oh and keep meatriding them. hopefully they’ll see your tweets and put your band on your with them. that’s all you care about”
When Campagna threatened to put Eckermann “6 feet under” for his comments, Eckermann replied:
“@SAMLEADERS come to Nashville on your festival style local band tour and hit me. please do.”
Eckerman later clarified his outbursts against accusations of racism with the following:
“I hope you guys won’t lose respect for my band because of the stuff I said. just lose respect for me. they’re a lot better people than I am”
“I’m FOR race, not against it, you guys! more race!”
COMMENTS
Twitter fighting….we have become a world of pussies.
Twitter Beefing is so much fun
Christian shit bands fighting via twitter. Lol. Aaron is a fucking faggot.
I was going to say this makes Draiman’s tweets seem intelligent, but then I thought better of it.
Who?
My thoughts exactly.
Ditto.
this is the result of one “joke” band being taken serious and the other one not. Aaron sucks.
…so lemme get this straight? christian band member says vaguely racist and narrow minded things in a forum where they’ll never be held responsible for them? …well THAT never happens.
I TWEET FOR CHRIST!
Stoked. I have no idea who these bands are.
none of them are any good, you’re not missing out on anything, Schuler.
Good to know. Honestly, I wasn’t running for their websites or anything anyway.
But good to know.
Yea! Because Scream the Prayer tour is a “real” tour. You stupid fuck. Playing in a venue with a 500-1,000 people is not a real tour. The Plea for Purging guys have played the same fucking venues YOU are playing on this “real” tour you’re talking about. I have done a REAL tour. With 7 semi’s, 8 buses, and playing venues that held 14,000 to 20,000 people. So go have fun on your “real” tour.
Did you get to watch the show from the side after setting-up the stage?
Oh, the horror.
Good Lord, this is so stupid. looks as tho aaron is getting his kicks in now that he is going to be without a band. getting the last word. this is literally the dumbest thing i have seen in a long time. this is not Christ like at all. Solid Gossip. this is the kind of thing that is ruining Christian music. the only legit bands anymore, seems to be, is the main stream guys and most of them are corrupt too. this is a complete waste. totally pathetic.
I don’t think Aaron gives a shit about what christian fan kids think.
In fact most christian bands don’t give a shit either. These dudes are 20-30 somethings. Not Quicksilver wearing 14 year olds that just transitioned from Veggietales at vacation bible school to going to a “heavy metal” show with their parents as chaperones.
These band dudes that they look up to ARE typical band dudes. (pray about it if you don’t know what that means)
They drink beer. Go to bars. (what up Oh Sleeper/Impending Doom.) They’re horny. They have girlfriends. They’re on tour. They want to make money. They want to sell merch. They love that tons of kids love their shit. Actually I would say that’s the fuel to most of the tainted little fire that goes on in the christian metal scene. It’s not always the pretty little packaged message that For Today seems to pull off every time they make a kid float in mid air and tell him that god’s going to help him open a Chuck E. Cheeses when he’s 36 and he’ll be able to provide for his entire broke family and all his cats. “Fuck you Devil!” Right? Ain’t gonna keep me from opening a child molesters pizza paradise.
Now I’m not saying ALL of this goes for The Great Commission (considering they’ve got a “band chick” in their band) or ALL christian metal bands, BUT this band HAS and WILL do whatever it takes to make money for their band or what some “underground bands” like to call “business decisions”.
Even if that means they’ve got to change their music style to fit with what’s hip with the christer kids, copy art direction of more successful non-christian bands’ merch (but put a little Jesus spin on it), virtually kick out every band member for every other tour (except if you’re Justin and Angie) in order to stay relevant or “better synchronized” in bouncing/headbanging/knee squatting/more bouncing/hardcore dancing/crab-walking/floor groping/etc. on stage.
The Great Commission is like the Nazi band of Christian metal.
Can’t remember your dance routine for the show? You’re fucking out!
Forgot to promote our merch table on stage? Peace be with you bro!
Your denim/black/vest/biker/fake california gang outfit is still in the wash? You’re fired!
So if you have any questions/comments, please refer back to mom and dad (Angie and Justin). They will make sure to put that ass back in place and if you’re lucky enough, kick you out of the band you’ve been a part of for a whole life altering 3 weeks!
Alright so I’ve ranted a little too much.
Moral of the story is:
1. Stop taking yourself so seriously (christian band/fans)
2. Jesus probably doesn’t care about this shitty genre of music
3. The Great Commission just installed a revolving door in their van to make it easier for members to enter/exit.
4. A Plea For Purging keeps it real. So should you.
Oh, @Trevoredenton is my twitter if you want to talk Dale Earnhardt memorabilia or about this post I just made.
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