Melbourne Band Fuming Over The 'Sooks' Who Caused Their Aussie Tour To Be Cancelled

Rancid Eddie should have been absolutely cheering after their song 'Dry' became a hit across Australia.

They booked in venues all over the country to perform the track and were gearing up for their 'Opposite of Wet' tour.

However, the Melbourne band copped some heavy public criticism from a 'small group' of people who thought the lyrics in the song were problematic.

They sing in the track: "Sex doesn't feel very nice no more/And our kiss don't taste like it did before/ I can't get it up when I'm all out of love/ And I'm always drunk cause I hate you so damn much."

Some people took to Twitter to vent their concern over the messaging behind the song.

While this happens to artists all the time, it's had real-world effects for Rancid Eddie as several venues have cancelled the band's performances due to the criticism.

Rancid Eddie has hit back at their naysayers and explained how this is another example of how cancel culture can be damaging.

"We've had to cancel a tour because a small group of people feel very strongly that we don't deserve a platform to the point that they will pressure venues and streaming services to drop us, with the underlying threat that they too will be labelled 'problematic' if they choose to associate with us," they tell LADbible.

"We believe people are within their rights to do this, but that it's a disgusting case of suppression in an industry that should be all about the music and not about someones socio-political agenda."

They said they wrote 'Dry' during a bender and thankfully remembered how it went the next day.

It's become their biggest hit and has been streamed millions of times on the likes of Spotify and Apple Music.

But the song has now been become their poisoned chalice.

They said: "We expected the lyrics to get some backlash and we were advised to be cautious with using that sort of language.

"But we didn't expect it to get us blacklisted, and we think that's pretty silly when people enjoy our music and want to see us play. With most of our followers being predominately women that don't find the songs misogynistic.

They added that there are plenty of people who like their music and these fan should be able to get a chance to see them live if they don't have a problem with the lyrics.

Rancid Eddie has promised new music is on the horizon and are hoping 'once the sooks have moved on to their next target, we can start playing some shows again'.

Topics: Australia

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie is a Trending Journalist at LADbible. His first job was as a newsreader and journalist at the award winning Sydney radio station, Macquarie Radio. He was solely responsible for the content broadcast on multiple stations across Australia when the MH17, Germanwings and AirAsia disasters unfolded. Stewart has covered the conflict in Syria for LADbible, interviewing a doctor on the front line, and has contributed to the hugely successful UOKM8 campaign.

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