The Word Alive singer Telle Smith and Funeral For A Friend are the latest to speak out against The Story So Far singer Parker Cannon for dropkicking a selfie taking fan offstage. Their thoughts on the matter can be found below:
The Word Alive‘s Telle Smith:
Fights security standing up for fan… Hailed hero. I back that.
Later drop kicks female fan in the back off stage ?? Can’t back that.
— DARK MATTER TELLE (@tellesmith) April 12, 2016
Yes fans put themselves in danger by being on stage too long. But it’s not supposed to be an intentional drop kick that discourages that.
— DARK MATTER TELLE (@tellesmith) April 12, 2016
If you ever see me drop kick a fan off our stage male or female I encourage you to beat the shit out of me. It’s not punk rock, sorry ????
— DARK MATTER TELLE (@tellesmith) April 12, 2016
“Dear friends,
After reading and viewing the events around the incident at The Story So Far show and the commentary that followed from various other sources I think we feel the need to sound our opinions on the matter.
We’ve been a touring band for a long time and during that time we’ve had many enthusiastic, friendly people join us on stage to dance, sing, stage dive etc. We’ve always respected the well being of the people that come to our shows regardless if they pop onto stage and take a selfie or dance with us (yes, we’ve had it happen on our stages before and we make sure they leave the stage safely as possible).
Acting like an asshole and kicking someone because they’re taking a selfie is not acceptable behaviour (regardless of your personal feelings on the matter) and is a shame on this whole scene. If any band out there actually thinks that this behaviour can be justified in any way then that saddens us beyond belief.
Set a positive example, not a negative one.
FFAF x”
