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The russian Psychobilly-Band THE MEANTRAITORS is touring through europa. The „2017 Spring-a-Bily-Tour“ started in Latvia on March 3rd and will be finshed in Krakow on April 9th. The first seven concerts were be played. But since some activists recognised who is coming to their cities and their clubs more and more concerts were cancelled because of the involvement of the band into the selfproclaimed unpolitical rock scene in Russia whic his well connected to the Rock-Against-Communism (RAC) and also the Blood & Honour network in Russia and Europe. It is really disturbing that a Band with very good contacts to rightwing subcultures and with rightwing fans is playing in alternative (White Trash / Berlin) or even communist (ARCI Camalli / Italy) and leftwing locations. It is aweful that a band like MEANTRAITORS which since the 90ies has no problem with RAC bands and fans can eash their brown attitude as unpolitical.

The background of the band MEANTRAITORS is in Russia well known. Since the late 90ies the band was involved into different controversial debates. The band played 1997 together with the RAC bands Sturm and Vandal in Moscow. Soon after that gig a concert with the russian Blood & Honour Band Kolovrat was planned. The leadsinger Stas Bogorad knew the nazi-band Kolovrat from the early 90ies, when he was one of the organisers of a concert for Kolovrat. The connection to rightwingers continues until today. In 2014 the band played a concert with the russian racist metal band Korroziya Metalla. The singer of this band was involved in different activities connected to nazis since the 90ies. But even more disturbing is that this band is using the nazi-symbol‚ black sun‘ in their band-logo. In december 2015 the MEANTRAITORS played with the right wing rock band Via Sboi from Sankt Petersburg which is part of the RAC movement in russia. So, the band MEANTRAITORS has no problem to party, to play and to organise concerts with RAC, Blood & Honour and other rightwing bands.

Another important detail is that the singer Stas Bogorod sold clothing of the german nazi-label Thor Steinar and Erik & Sons in a Online shop on vkontakte at least until December 2016. In the last days he deleted the site. But via google-Cache or the WayBackMachince of archive.org you can check that the site was active until 2016 and also his homepage fightback.ru was still Online until 2016. The connection to the nazi-label Thor Steinar and Erik & Sons of the Band and Stas is also proved by dozens of flyers and pics were you can see Stas or other band members wearing Thor Steinar clothes. They even used a pic were Stas is wearing a Thor Steinar muscle shirt to promote their crowdfunding campaign to produce their new album in 2016. And even on the pic to promote their gig at Wild at Heart in Berlin Stas is wearing Thor Steinar.

But another detail is much more disturbing. Because it emphasizes why its so important to cut any contacts to rightwing subculture, to nazi networks like RAC and Blood & Honour and to stopp to play for rightwing fans. It is well known that since the 90ies on the concerts of MEANTREATORS are many nazi-skins. These fans were also in Sankt Petersburg in February when they played as the support of the band EXPLOITED. This group of nazi-skins showed permantly the nazi-salute. After that gig outside the club some „Sieg Heil“ screaming nazis attacked a young punk with knives. He died few minutes after the attack.

So, collaboration with rightwingers, nazi-skins or RAC and B&H is not just awfully stupid and excludes people, in consequence it also can kill people. That is why every collaboration with rightwingers should be stopped. And because MEANTRAITORS are so well connected to rightwing networks, because they have no problem to party, to play and to organise concerts with RAC, Blood & Honour and other rightwing bands they should not play in alternative or leftwing locations.

Here are some links to still known events of the tour after at least four cancellations:

Dordrecht, 19. März hxxps://www.facebook.com/events/1138520632911949

Languedoc-Rous, 29 März hxxps://www.facebook.com/events/141425806336353

Clerment-Feraund, 30. März hxxps://www.facebook.com/events/1651770411794786

Barcelona, 2. April hxxps://www.facebook.com/events/641016909432622

Madrid, 3. April hxxps://www.facebook.com/events/224787897928262

Berlin, 7. April hxxps://www.facebook.com/events/1075688629226829

Praha, 8. April hxxps://www.facebook.com/events/1162930450486229

Krakow, 9. April hxxps://www.facebook.com/events/1860946547524149