Gerry (Useless) Hannah, bass player in Canadian punk rock band Subhumans, opines that violent pseudo-punks who beat on real, sensitive punks are a disgrace to the uniform.

[Y]ou have people who called themselves punk rockers preying on other punk rockers and destroying venues… basically using punk rock as an outlet for their doofusness.”
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“In our songs and in interviews and stuff we’ve always been trying to stop that kind of sh*t, you know? Basically trying to get rid of fighting loogens from our midst.”

“These guys don’t have any idea what punk rock is about.

Mr Hannah has a rather violent past himself.  In the early 1980s, he became involved with the eco-terrorist hooligans "guerilla organisation" Direct Action.

The group, also known as the Squamish Five, blew up an environmentally unfriendly Vancouver Island hydroelectric substation.

It also bombed the Litton plant outside of Toronto, which was producing guidance systems for American cruise missiles.

And it firebombed a number of Vancouver video shops that were selling violent pornographic films.

Firebombing, of course, is a perfectly rational and effective way to combat violence, pornography, and environmental incorrectitude.

Mr Hannah did five years in the slammer for his crime spree.

“In retrospect, our actions were pretty reckless, but our hearts were in the right place,” he said.

You mean, in the middle of your chests?

Subhumans played a club in Whitehorse yesterday evening.  Another show at a different venue is scheduled for tonight (if no one was seriously injured at last night’s gig).

This is probably a typical Subhumans fan.
I heart Subhumans The t-shirt certainly reflects Mr Hannah’s political philosophy.

h/t for graphic image: Webelf Binky

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