And even if you make the argument that Surfer Blood isn't as desirable an entity following the charges because fewer fans want to see a band with an accused woman-beater at the helm, that introduces the fact that fewer fans want to see a band with an accused woman-beater at the helm. Sure, maybe players, coaches and GMs are willing to overlook such transgressions because their main focus is on winning, but if Surfer Blood is a commodity, which after their successful debut Astro Coast, they were, a band is forgoing the music equivalent of winning by bypassing a good band as a tour-mate. Can you imagine players refusing to play against or even with other players with a criminal record? Even if you only apply the criteria of charges like domestic abuse which involve harming another person, rather than a drug charge or something of a solely self-afflicting nature, any player objecting seems unlikely. "Though Pitts and guitarist Thomas Fekete, 24, aren't at liberty to say who," Cohen writes, "numerous bands have refused to tour with them." Wow. Pitchfork's Ian Cohen caught up with Surfer Blood recently and discussed the impact the arrest had on the band, and I was just amazed at how much impact there was. The frontman was arrested for domestic battery in 2012, but charges were eventually dropped.
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Unfortunately, some idiots like Peter King and ESPN analysts like Herm Edwards are trying to equate "having too much free time and getting in trouble" with "murdering someone," which is pretty much reprehensible when you consider the result of the latter was at least one dead body and the result of the former is potentially just some burnt herbs.)Įnter Surfer Blood and lead singer John Paul Pitts. When a player gets a DUI or busted for marijuana, not so much. People are rightfully surprised at these allegations. However, "orchestrating an execution" is kind of, thankfully, an exception to this rule. (Writers Note: Writing this in the wake of the Aaron Hernandez arrest is a bit of unfortunate timing on my part, and I suppose this is my punishment for putting this post off for a while.