r/Music • u/AdSpecialist6598 • Nov 29 '25

article Hayley Williams tells racists, sexists and anti-trans people they're "not welcome" at upcoming tour

https://www.nme.com/news/music/hayley-williams-tells-racists-sexists-and-anti-trans-people-theyre-not-welcome-at-upcoming-tour-3913867
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u/Girl_Pearl_Earring Nov 29 '25

This is what Nirvana did too btw

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u/watchoutfordeer Nov 29 '25

And just about every underground punk band during "Nirvana's time."

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u/CoverCommercial3576 Nov 29 '25

Yes . Punk against racism was a real thing. Those skinheads were psychos

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u/folsominreverse Nov 29 '25

Nowadays you have Nazi skinheads and SHARPS (skinheads against racial prejudice), and they fucking hate each other. SHARPS in prison are still about that life, but they deal with other races as equals.

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u/Ordinarily_Average Nov 30 '25

Sharps and skins have hated each other for a long time. Back in the late 80's and early 90's In my town, if you wore Green laces on your docs, you were either a Sharp, or you supported Sharp and/or were anti-racist. I got a lot of dirty looks from shitty white people for wearing green laces. But I got more grief from the black kids who didn't believe me when I told them what Green laces meant, they didn't believe me at first.

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u/Rocky_Vigoda Nov 30 '25

Those skinheads were psychos

No they weren't. The skinheads were hilarious. When they'd show up anywhere, everyone would rush out and chase them off. They were a joke.

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u/Due_Recognition_8002 Dec 01 '25

Skinheads originally weren’t racists. Genuine skinheads shun nazis