For Jkb fans there will also be a new White Static Demon cd,a new Transitional cd and a new Final cd all in the avalanche store tomorrow along w/ the new jesu…
Oh Justin.
There’s a new Final album coming out every few months, it seems. I’ll probably end up getting it, eventually. And hell yeah for more WSD.
Looks like they are about to announce that the GF tour will be postponed due to a delay in visas cuz of the furlough…great timing for a fucking idiot like me who purchased plane tickets a while back…day and weekend fucking ruined…[pirate][pirate][pirate][pirate]
Are you serious? I bought my ticket for the show in advance, too. I might not have been able to make it out there anyways. Bart (Bay Area Rapid Transit) is on strike, and I’m not sure if I would’ve had a ride otherwise.
Are you serious? I bought my ticket for the show in advance, too. I might not have been able to make it out there anyways. Bart (Bay Area Rapid Transit) is on strike, and I’m not sure if I would’ve had a ride otherwise.
I bought plane tix to NYC and concert tix for both NYC and Boston shows…what a fucking joke…I’ll get refunds for concert tix but fucked on the plane tix…I’ll still go have a good time with my friends there but it sucks balls nonetheless…
Pissed. This better just be a rumor.
Edit:
[url http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/godflesh-forced-to-postpone-u-s-tour/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter]Motherfucker!
Why do you guys continue to support this horrible band? This is not the first time they’ve screwed over their fans:
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/godflesh-us-tour-cancellation-the-official-press-release/
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/godflesh-split-up/
JB is such a douche bag/pussy. The “health issue” was a nervous breakdown?
Yeah, haven’t been paying attention to the news? That pussy faggot Broad rick shut down the government! Asshole.
Yeah, haven’t been paying attention to the news? That pussy faggot Broad rick shut down the government! Asshole.
What you are too stupid to realize is that this excuse has nothing to do with the government shutdown:
They are the idiots that didn’t get things squared away in a timely fashion.
Yeah stupid me I forgot that Godflesh is from the United Arab Emirates. Good call.
[reply]Yeah, haven’t been paying attention to the news? That pussy faggot Broad rick shut down the government! Asshole.
What you are too stupid to realize is that this excuse has nothing to do with the government shutdown:
They are the idiots that didn’t get things squared away in a timely fashion.[/reply]
That link is wrong. In the event of a government shutdown, visa processing only continues until the funding runs out - which is usually a couple of days at most - and it’s been over a week.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/01/20745618-a-government-shutdown-what-could-it-look-like
http://www.natlawreview.com/article/immigration-consequences-federal-government-shutdown
Yeah stupid me I forgot that Godflesh is from the United Arab Emirates. Good call.
Apparently, you were too lazy or stupid to read the entire article:
“The US Homeland Security department has an estimated 231,117 employees who are charged with keeping US borders secure. According to officials, only 14 per cent of the department’s staff — those involved in training new employees — will be forced to stop work. The rest, more than 85 per cent of the uniformed staff, will be on duty. The lines may be slightly longer — but likely only for those passengers who are leaving the US.”
What about that can you not understand? This issue is independent of the government shutdown. It’s just another case of these assholes letting their fans down.
[reply][reply]Yeah, haven’t been paying attention to the news? That pussy faggot Broad rick shut down the government! Asshole.
What you are too stupid to realize is that this excuse has nothing to do with the government shutdown:
They are the idiots that didn’t get things squared away in a timely fashion.[/reply]
That link is wrong. In the event of a government shutdown, visa processing only continues until the funding runs out - which is usually a couple of days at most - and it’s been over a week.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/01/20745618-a-government-shutdown-what-could-it-look-like
http://www.natlawreview.com/article/immigration-consequences-federal-government-shutdown[/reply]
You obviously do not understand how the visa process works.
Your thesaurus can’t help you now, dipshit.
For once I agree with deadguy. Broadrick is clearly full of shit in trying to blame the Government shut down.
Apparently, you were too lazy or stupid to read the entire article:
“The US Homeland Security department has an estimated 231,117 employees who are charged with keeping US borders secure. According to officials, only 14 percent of the department’s staff — those involved in training new employees — will be forced to stop work. The rest, more than 85 per cent of the uniformed staff, will be on duty. The lines may be slightly longer — but likely only for those passengers who are leaving the US.”
What about that can you not understand? This issue is independent of the government shutdown. It’s just another case of these assholes letting their fans down.
That quote refers to immigration lines at airports and the borders, not processing visas. Homeland Security does not process visas alone. They work together with Citizenship and Immigration. Now, USCIS is still working, too, but that doesn’t mean that there won’t be delays. There are delays even when there’s not a shutdown - I applied for a passport in October of 2003 and didn’t get it until May of 2004. Delays happen.
Justin’s official statement, from Facebook:
Unfortunately we have to now officially announce that the GODFLESH mini tour of the US is now postponed, the rescheduled dates will be announced shortly, the dates will now be in April 2014, we cannot yet confirm if tickets can be retained for the new dates, but we have information that this is in the process, the venues are the same besides one show, this will be confirmed over the next few days, we also hope to have exactly the same roster of supports - Prurient, Nails, and House Of Low Culture.
The reason for all this is once again visa issues; as is often the case with UK and European artists wishing to work/perform in the US, it is a laborious process, and it was stalled by the US immigration office, the USCIS, that reviews and processes these visas.
Clearly, and before the accusations come in, and I have already been made aware of several kneejerk reactions to this news, we, as a band, are not at the helm of this process - we have an reputable and professional agency in the US that worked this tour, and an US based legal team who work on achieving the visas, in tandem with our agency, all done within an extended timeframe which allows for any such problems, the issue here is quite simply that the USCIS stopped responding entirely to our legal team, regardless of how much our team relentlessly taxed the body for the petition/visa response, no response was forthcoming, irrespective of all efforts; the process had ground to a halt - they would not respond to us at all anymore, we had reports that the US govt. closedown was the final nail, but this is unconfirmed. So, once again, we are now going through the process, with even more time at our legal teams disposal to go through this all again and hope for the best.
Please, understand this - it’s bureaucracy to blame here, not the band or it’s agent / legal team, we all wish for the band to perform, otherwise why indeed would we even bother to invest time, energy and money into establishing this tour? Nor is it related to the ridiculous suggestion/assumption of my not wanting to tour; I do not wish to do large extended tours, I already am, and have been doing small tours, this was a small tour; Godflesh did a small tour of Europe earlier this year, and we, and I, have performed consistently throughout the world this year, I, as both jesu, Godflesh and JK Flesh have performed twice in Moscow in the last six weeks, for example, besides countless other performances in many countries globally. So, please do not be ignorant and narrow minded about this situation, and understand that we obviously want to perform, and will perform. We will announce the new dates within the next few days, the tour will be followed by the new GODFLESH album in May 2014. Thank You.
Justin’s official statement, from Facebook:
Unfortunately we have to now officially announce that the GODFLESH mini tour of the US is now postponed, the rescheduled dates will be announced shortly, the dates will now be in April 2014, we cannot yet confirm if tickets can be retained for the new dates, but we have information that this is in the process, the venues are the same besides one show, this will be confirmed over the next few days, we also hope to have exactly the same roster of supports - Prurient, Nails, and House Of Low Culture.
The reason for all this is once again visa issues; as is often the case with UK and European artists wishing to work/perform in the US, it is a laborious process, and it was stalled by the US immigration office, the USCIS, that reviews and processes these visas.
Clearly, and before the accusations come in, and I have already been made aware of several kneejerk reactions to this news, we, as a band, are not at the helm of this process - we have an reputable and professional agency in the US that worked this tour, and an US based legal team who work on achieving the visas, in tandem with our agency, all done within an extended timeframe which allows for any such problems, the issue here is quite simply that the USCIS stopped responding entirely to our legal team, regardless of how much our team relentlessly taxed the body for the petition/visa response, no response was forthcoming, irrespective of all efforts; the process had ground to a halt - they would not respond to us at all anymore, we had reports that the US govt. closedown was the final nail, but this is unconfirmed. So, once again, we are now going through the process, with even more time at our legal teams disposal to go through this all again and hope for the best.
Please, understand this - it’s bureaucracy to blame here, not the band or it’s agent / legal team, we all wish for the band to perform, otherwise why indeed would we even bother to invest time, energy and money into establishing this tour? Nor is it related to the ridiculous suggestion/assumption of my not wanting to tour; I do not wish to do large extended tours, I already am, and have been doing small tours, this was a small tour; Godflesh did a small tour of Europe earlier this year, and we, and I, have performed consistently throughout the world this year, I, as both jesu, Godflesh and JK Flesh have performed twice in Moscow in the last six weeks, for example, besides countless other performances in many countries globally. So, please do not be ignorant and narrow minded about this situation, and understand that we obviously want to perform, and will perform. We will announce the new dates within the next few days, the tour will be followed by the new GODFLESH album in May 2014. Thank You.
Alright now I feel dumb for what I said earlier. He’s being very candid here, clearly.
Damn. That’s gotta hurt.
my favorite statement from this whole debacle so far is
" Godflesh is not ‘tough guy’ music, is not for empty macho posturing and flexing, we oppose these acts of banality"
this is awesome