This past weekend saw the bands Fear Of Infirmity and Dirty Crumbums clash with platinum-certified alternative rockers Trapt. That incident arose during a show which all three bands performed together at the Guadalajara Night Club in Fort Pierce, FL on Friday, November 06th. As covered in this past story, both Fear Of Infirmity and Dirty Crumbums claim to have had their sets cut short at the behest of Trapt.
Dirty Crumbums commented on social media that their originally planend half-hour set was shortened down to some 15 minutes. When the band continued to perform in defiance of the newly imposed set time, their mics and instruments were unplugged.
In response, Dirty Crumbums and their fans later took to the audience to chant the band’s ‘DCB’ acronym from the audience during Trapt‘s set, leading Trapt frontman Chris Taylor Brown to have them ejected from the venue by security. Dirty Crumbums further alleged on social media that the abbreviated set times were a result of Trapt wanting to go to sleep early that night.
Meanwhile, a member of Fear Of Infirmity alleged in the subsequent footage of the aftermath of the show that Trapt had blown a fuse in his guitar amp. That reportedly happened while Trapt were soundchecking their set earlier in the day with Fear Of Infirmity‘s gear.
Now the show’s promoter Michael Weisneck has taken to his social media to issue the following statement on the show and his perspective of what went down that night:
“Hey everyone. I was not going to speak on this publicly but decided to say a few quick things.
I booked Trapt in Fort Pierce, FL on 11/6/26. Im sure you have seen the internet blow about this the last 48 hours so I am just clearing some air here on a few things.
During the initial load in/set up for the show that started later than we anticipated or wanted to that day, Trapt determined that they needed their cabs & drums mic’d up, we were unable to do so and recommended sound-checking without them first. They wouldn’t. Their touring opener, Syngal To Noise, had the ability, extra gear to make this happen so soundcheck was delayed until they arrived with their gear. One of their guys ran sound for the full lineup – he was paid well and in full, I’ll add. So was Trapt. Everyone got their coin.
As set up/soundcheck was finally in motion again we determined: push back doors from 6PM to 7PM, that locals would use STN’s drum kit so we could save time on changeovers and their set times adjusted from 25 min to 20 min because Trapt did not want to start playing after 1030 (their original set time had them on at 945).
The opener, Limb Breaker kicked off the night as doors opened and people were steady coming in ready and energized for a show. Fear of Infirmity & Dirty Crumbums followed before the touring acts. Then you know the rest of everything that has since gone quite viral on various social medias. Wild!
DCB was told 2 songs left at 9 minutes in, later, the vocal mic was cut at 18:45 – before the 20 minutes allotted. If you know the boys, you know they don’t have long songs. Touring party says Fear Of Infirmity & DCB played longer than slotted which resulted in them being unplugged. Personally, seeing their set length timestamp, I dont think anyone should be turned off before time is up then subsequently unplugged when they’re seconds away from being done.
At the end of the day, I appreciate everyone’s efforts to make the show stay happening despite everything and everyone who came out to see all of the bands. Everyone I met was pretty cool.
Also no, there was no hard curfew/sound ordinance to follow given by myself or the venue. Night club in Fort Pierce, speaks for itself. We good until closing time.”
Trapt themselves went on to say of the show in question later on social media:
“Great show in Fort Pierce the other night, despite a band called “Dirty Butt Crumbs” going viral courtesy of our great friends at FB for making a post about getting kicked out of the venue for being absolute children. PA issues pushed back the start an hour, so openers had 10 mins cut from their sets and Trapt played at 10 as was scheduled. You should have heard the clapping of the 90% of people in there who were trapt fans. Never seen such crybabies in my life.”
However, separate comments made by Trapt shared on their own social media regarding the show saw the band say that Trapt did not personally cut the band’s set short, claiming that the promoter did in order to make sure the show complied with local sound ordinance rules. Weisneck‘s statement above found him denying that was the case.
Meanwhile, Chris Hammill has identified himself as the individual who served as the sound guy for the show. He took to social media to comment on the matter:
“…I’m the sound guy from this show. You know, the one that actually cut the set.
I’m on the road with another band on this tour. On the morning of this show, I got the call saying the sound guy the venue hired was a no show and was asked if I could help. I provided my stage box, microphones, cables, console and Trapt let us use their monitors for everyone, because the venue had none. This show would not have happened without me and the assistance of Trapts crew. Period. The only thing the venue had was a PA.
After donating my time and services to make the show happen, to then see that I’m being accused of “sabotage” is utter bullshit.
I run a behind the scenes YouTube channel with nearly 64,000 subs documenting my work. My reputation speaks for itself. Not once in any of my over 500 videos and streams have I ever unplugged a guitar players amp without A, first asking permission and B, turning off the power switch first. There’s thousands of hours of my work on my channel. Not once did I ever sabotage a bands set or go out of my way to fuck with their sound. Blown fuses happen. I’ve seen it happen tons of times over the years. That doesn’t mean I broke it. Faulty wiring in the amp, bad tubes, bad power source, plenty of other things could have caused it.
If I were to “sabotage” everyone, would I have asked my guys if this band can use their amp so they can play? Would my guys’s drums have been used the whole show if I was sabotaging them? Would I even have done this if I didn’t give a fuck of making sure the show goes on? I sabotaged the show? Get the fuck outta here with that nonsense.
As far as everything else that happened. I won’t speak for anyone or any party. All I will say is this – when you disrespect the tour manager and the sound guy in egregious fashion, refuse to stop playing when your stage time is up, disrespecting the rest of the bands by screaming at them as they try to play their sets and start late playing in the first place, you get everything you deserve and coming your way. At 830, when their set was supposed to be done, I muted the mains, played house music, and the band proceeded to still play despite being told they were done. They even played after I was on stage taking off the drum mics and cleaning up for the next band.
It was nice for that band to come back into the venue, buy merch and even take photos with Trapt. Thanks for the support!
Also, whoever in those two bands stole my Beta 57A, you owe me 150. I accept Venmo or PayPal.
That’s all. I’m gonna enjoy the rest of this tour.”
As reported earlier this year, Trapt have been out this fall performing their platinum-certified self-titled 2002 debut album.
