Posted on 03/21/2025 5:10:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Three members of the pioneering band were detained and returned to the UK after flying to Los Angeles for a gig
Members of the punk rock band UK Subs have said they were denied entry and detained in the US, according to accounts from the band themselves.
Bassist Alvin Gibbs shared details of the incident in a Facebook post on Wednesday, which comes amid widespread reports of people being denied entry to the US, including a French scientist who said he was barred because of anti-Donald Trump comments he had made.
Gibbs, along with bandmates Marc Carrey and Stefan Häublein, were deported back to the UK following their detainment. Only vocalist Charlie Harper had been allowed entry. Harper ended up playing the band’s scheduled show in Los Angeles with a group of stand-in musicians.
He recounted how after he landed at the LA airport with his partner, he was told he would be questioned after being flagged. He was informed the flagging was for two reasons: first, he was told he had an incorrect visa, but he was also told that there was another reason that the agents would not disclose to him.
“I can’t help but wonder whether my frequent, and less than flattering, public comments regarding their president and his administration played a role – or perhaps I’m simply succumbing to paranoia,” he said
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I seriously doubt these guys were sent back because of their views. Bad-mouthing establishment is a requirement for punk rock so you don't get booked to open for Pat Boone.
The lead singer of the Dead Kennedys has a standing invitation to Thanksgiving dinner any year he can make it because... (wait for it)
there's always room for Jello.
Yes! I love punk, the power that comes out of these songs is unbelievable. I grew up in New York city and later on Long Island and I was totally into punk in the 1980s I constantly went to shows after seeing UK Subs and I could never understand why it was so underground. To me it just utterly blew away heavy metal bands like led Zep, Black Sabbath, and when it did finally catch on in the early 1990s they watered it down and called it grunge.
I was listening to Blitz the other day, this is one of my all time favorites, its like listening to an nuke go off, I love it........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRCMos6yg50&ab_channel=OICROPPA
I don’t know anything about this band, but the admitted drug user Just Call Me Harry is still here, which is not a good look.
I don’t know anything about this band, but the admitted drug user Just Call Me Harry is still here, which is not a good look.
Drug user? He’s also an admitted Nazi, isn’t he?
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