EFECTES COL·LATERALS
És trist que es parli més que mai d'un music de talent a partir d'unes declaracions, en comptes de per la seva obra. Desafortunadament per ell, és així, i ara li toca el rebre
Divendres passat, Ian Svenonius es va sincerar i penjava i despenjava minuts després a Instagram, això:
‘Vull utilitzar aquest lloc per dir que
dono suport a les víctimes que estan declarant per erradicar l’abús i dir que
jo també he sigut un dels culpables. Que, a través del meu narcisisme,
egocentrisme i irreflexió, he actuat de forma esgarrifosa. He fet que persones
que m’importen i respecto es sentin malament, he sigut completament inapropiat
amb les dones... A qualsevol que hagi fet sentir malament o incòmode, em
disculpo sincerament i em poso a la teva disposició. Sempre vaig pensar que era
un revolucionari i ara el meu acte revolucionari és la auto-immolació’. Des
de llavors, la seva pàgina a Instagram s’ha fet privada.
amb Chain
& The Gang el 18 de febrer de 2018 a Barcelona
La discogràfica Merge Records ja ha fet saber en un
comunicat que retirarà tot el material d’ell de les plataformes digitals, així
com tot el físic de les botigues. Diuen que les darreres acusacions al voltant
de les bandes de Burger Records el
van fer reflexionar i va desencadenar l’auto-acusació pública del veterà músic
mestre de cerimònies de bandes com Make-Up,
Nation Of Ulyses, Chain And The Gang o més cap aquí amb Escape-ism. Sabem que no passarà ràpid,
però les formes abusives, totes, han d’acabar-se.
La seva declaració completa:
BURN BABY BURN : the trash fire burning through underground
music is long overdue. It is not happening in other spheres of the music
industry. It is unique to the underground rock music scene because this scene
is predicated on the concepts of access, participation, respect, and honesty.
It rejects the capitalist models of hierarchy and exploitation. For all of the
degenerate posturing of the punk progenitors, we exist in a highly moral scene
where accountability is paramount. Accountability takes many forms and faces;
at one time this manifested in fairness of pricing of records and concerts, or
all ages shows where anyone could enter. Record labels that were accountable.
This battle is over; the fans are few and most labels and money are gone.
Now the scene must
address personal behavior. The interactions between people. As a lifelong punk
i am permeated in the myths of rock. While we loathe the rock prescriptions of
misogyny, power imbalance, sexual objectification, et al, we have also lionized
the exploits of the greatest public degenerates (outside of politics, industry
&military), the top sinners, the scum and the perverts and, at times i too
have manifested aspects of their tawdry behavior. I want to use this forum to
say that i support people speaking out for the eradication of abusive predatory
modes and also that i am absolutely one of the guilty parties. That, through my
narcissism, egotism, and thoughtlessness, i have acted the creep. That i have
made people i cared about and respected feel terrible, have been completely
inappropriate to women. While this may seem like virtue signaling, its not. We
are interested in creating an accountable world where this kind of dialogue
isn’t necessary . To anyone i have made feel bad or uncomfortable, i sincerely
apologize and throw myself at your mercy. I always believed that i was a
revolutionary and now my revolutionary act is self immolation. If rock ‘n’ roll
behaves like its mortal enemy — the imperial war machine and the capitalist
consumer cannibal factory, then it must be eradicated, burned, destroyed. So it
can be borne again, free of the pollution that has infected it since its inception.
...i l’acció de Merge Records:
