Paul Bearer, vocalist for long-running tough-guy hardcore act Sheer Terror, caught some flack on social media yesterday for what many perceived as him insulting beatdown hardcore.
Yesterday, Bearer posted two reels on Instagram airing some grievances about live performance promoters, which makes me surprise if maybe Bearer celebrates Festivus. It’s that point of 12 months to embellish the pole in any case. The primary video was Bearer complaining about promoters who pull band pictures off the Web to make use of on live performance flyers, notably those that pull band pictures with people who find themselves now not within the band. That one was fairly tame, however the second reel he posted prompted such a stir that it has since been deleted, however not earlier than Lambgoat transcribed probably the most controversial a part of his assertion the place he begged promoters to cease pairing Sheer Terror with beatdown bands, saying:
“We’re not a beatdown band, and beatdown followers don’t take pleasure in Sheer Terror.”
Now, technically, that’s probably not a slight towards beatdown hardcore bands, it’s only a assertion that they’re totally different sorts of music. However apparently sufficient individuals took offense to it that Bearer needed to delete the video. Contemplating that beatdown bands like Knocked Free, Kublai Khan, and Velocity are all the fashion proper now, maybe some individuals had been feeling protecting of the style.
In the meantime, Sheer Terror are heading out on their “Snowbirdin’ 2025” U.S. tour subsequent month which has a tour flyer with Bearer alone on it, so you possibly can make certain that he has no complaints about that flyer. The entire listing of dates is beneath.
1/9 – Richmond, VA
1/10 – Charleston, SC
1/11 – Wilmington, NC
1/12 – Columbia, SC
1/13 – Atlanta, GA
1/14 – Gainesville, FL
1/15 – Tampa, FL
1/16 – Pensacola, FL
1/17 – Birmingham, AL
1/18 – Nashville, TN
1/19 – Memphis, TN
1/21 – Raleigh, NC
1/22 – Knoxville, TN
1/23 – Chesapeake, VA
1/24 – Philadelphia, PA
1/25 – Albany, NY
