After Phil Anselmo (ex-Pantera) raised his arm in a Hitler salute on stage at Dimebash in Hollywood on January 22nd and shouted "White Power" to the audience - supposedly a reference to the white wine he drank backstage - Machine now has it Head frontman Robb Flynn posted a video message online. In the video, Robb calls Anselmo a "great tyrant" whose actions were "damn wrong."
The Machine Head singer, who has shared the stage with Anselmo countless times and often covered Pantera songs live, goes into more detail: “I was at the Dimebash and can assure you that there was no Chardonnay or Pinot Grigio backstage. The only thing you drank, Phil Anselmo, was Beck's, German beer. Maybe that's where the joke came from? Did you understand it? German beer! Whitepower! Insanely funny!" In the following eleven-minute video, Flynn also goes into Anselmo's past and criticizes that he himself, but also other musicians, members of the metal industry and the fan scene, would not have spoken out on similar occasions. He no longer wanted to be part of this significant silence. Robb continues:
"And, you know, the crazy thing is that out of all the things that are being said, the majority of people are just, like, 'Oh, give him a bro. Here comes the PC police now and social-justice team.' And, 'You all just need to thicken your skin and stop being such pussies when somebody screams out 'white power' and 'sieg heils.' 'Liberal this' [and] ‹liberal that.› […] Only in the metal community is something like this so, so brushed off. If this was Chad from Nickelback, if this was Justin Bieber, if this was Tom Brady, if this was Lars f—ing Ulrich ...heads would roll."
If such behavior as that of Anselmo at Dimebash is tolerated for years, yes even beyond that, a climate of fear to address grievances continues to dominate the metal scene, he no longer wants to be a part of it. In his video, Flynn also criticizes the metal scene as a whole: in no other genre of music would it be conceivable for fellow musicians and members of the scene to remain silent about such incidents, or for a large number of fans to actively demand it. This reluctance to criticize an "icon" for fear of being branded a killjoy or a nuisance must stop. Robb concludes his statement with the words: “Enough is enough. There's no place for that in Metal [...]. Goodbye Phil Anselmo! I will never play a Pantera song again in my life!"
Robb Flynn - Racism In Metal
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