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Wavves to Racists, Homophobes, Trump Supporters: We Don’t Make Music for You

San Diego surf punk foursome Wavves have hit out against hate and intolerance today. In a series of notes published to their social media, frontman Nathan Williams pulled no punches in bluntly uninviting racists, homophobes and other anti-social people from any future Wavves shows.

“In light of the constant rape, murder, racism, homophobia and misogyny that goes on seemingly every day I feel the need to make clear who I personally make music for, and who I don’t,” the note leads off. Williams then lists six types of fans he no longer wishes to attend a Wavves gig, including anybody who has supported the #AllLivesMatter movement, anybody who has gone out of their way to defend American police, rape apologists, homophobes, racists and Donald Trump supporters (who, Williams says, are already three or four of the aforementioned).

Williams concludes the note by outright dismissing the idea of any lost fans as a result as anything to be concerned about, stating “I’d rather have a room half filled with good energy than one filled with hate”. Read the full note below:

Though Wavves fans were mostly united in supporting the message, Williams has also been publishing and replying to some of the negative reactions to the original post on their Twitter:

https://twitter.com/wavves/status/750817209178394624

The note comes just a few weeks out from Wavves’ summer tour of the United States, including a stop at Chicago’s iconic Lollapalooza.

With so much hate and ignorance flying around all corners of the globe of late and the negative consequences of this thinking time and again rearing their ugly heads, it’s always positive to see artists use their platform to preach a message of love and tolerance and a rejection of hate in all its forms.

Even if they do lose a few fans, the band have almost certainly won over twice as many more new ones today.

Image: Twitter