If you look at their past work, you could see all the signs from miles ahead, but everyone conveniently ignored them. Of course, Jones has denied all the allegations against him.Īll this sounds very familiar, and this is a story we have heard many times before, a successful band – Die Antwoord really has millions of fans – and an out-of-control jerk for a frontman. There was also an episode with ‘Swastika Girl’ Dionna Dal Monte, also nicknamed ‘the Miley Cyrus of Nazi punk,’ and Jones praising her tattoos and Hitler. Since that time, other women have accused Jones of sexual assault, Some of the other incidents were witnessed by their long-term manager, Jay Savage, and their former filmmaker and art curator, Benjay Crossman. He drugged her and convinced her to come to Africa – that’s what Sparkes later called ‘trafficking to Africa.’ Then, drugs helping, things accelerated, she claims that Jones had aggressive sex with her against her will, choking her while behaving violently. Let’s just say they had an email communication that she found quite overwhelming, he sent her explicit photos of himself, he offered to travel to Australia to meet her, and she agreed. In 2019, Australian musician Zheani Sparkes, who looks like a more gothic Grimes, accused Jones of sexually assaulting her in South Africa in 2013 you can read all the details of the story here. This is not even the first time this is happening, as, In 2019, they were also removed from the bills of major festivals, Riot Fest and Life Is Beautiful.Īrtists Bob Vylan and ZAND have been calling for Die Antwoord’s removal, claiming they have been abusive ‘towards young people, towards vulnerable people, towards gay people, and people of color.’ I’m publicly asking for ALT+LDN to remove Die Antwoord from the bill,’ Bob Vylan declared in a video posted on Twitter, ‘and if not, I and other acts I’m sure will protest their presence with our presence, and make it extremely fucking uncomfortable for them to be there, I can guarantee that.’
They were supposed to play a UK festival, ALT+LDN, along with big names like Playboi Carti, Lil Yachty, Machine Gun Kelly this summer but they were just dropped by the organizers due to alleged abuse. Die Antwoord was part of the music world, recognized by their peers. As a matter of fact, Manson had a cameo in another of their videos, ‘ Ugly Boy,’ along with a bunch of celebrities including Jack Black, Cara Delevingne, and Flea. The first Die Antwoord video I saw was this ‘ Fatty Boom Boom’ one in 2012 and it was just too weird for the mainstream: this goofy South African neighborhood, these colorful rap-Zulu dances – Yolandi Visser would not get away with this full-body black-face today – this giant cricket extracted from the vagina of a fake Lady Gaga… it was a freak horror show, a funhouse for weirdos and they were the Marilyn Manson of South Africa (bad sign). It shouldn’t come as a surprise, right? They have always been controversial.
Die Antwoord (Watkin Tudor “Ninja” Jones and Yolandi Visser) has been canceled.
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