Singer of the Russian band Slaughter to Prevail, Alex Terrible, has published a video through his social networks to categorically deny the accusations of homophobia and Nazism that have arisen in his against.
“I met some guys and they were right-wing, you know? But I didn't care, I just loved them because they went to the gym like me and tried to take care of their bodies. They were right-wing and of course, when you surround yourself with people something rubs off on you and I began to consider myself a member of that subculture, but being a Nazi? I have never identified as a Nazi. I have never been racist to anyone, nor have they. They only had their political visions and I didn't care. At that time I was 20 or 21 years old,” he says.
“At that time I was an idiot and I got the Black Sun tattoo [a Nazi symbol] because I wanted to look tough, dangerous. I dressed punk. Now that I'm 30 years old, I still see myself as a stupid teenager and that's okay for me, but at the same time it's not okay because I'm trying to build my image on the internet and I have a lot of followers. And I have all that responsibility and I accept that it's my fault that people think I'm a fucking Nazi, for having that tattoo. But he was a stupid teenager.
I don't regret anything, because those experiences made me who I am now. But because of that, we haven't been able to do shows in Europe for ten years. We will be there in January and I hope everything goes well. Fortunately, Sumerian Records hired us and had us do shows in the United States and I thank them very much for that help.”
He also commented on the alleged accusations of homophobia.
“I recently made a joke on my Instagram about being a “real man,” licking vaginas, eating food with your hands and all that shit. It was just a joke. But people on the internet start blaming me like I'm homophobic or something. “What do you mean by real man? What if I'm a real man but I'm gay and I don't want to do that?” People took it seriously. I understand it because I have a huge platform.
We are all different and a lot of people don't understand jokes or people don't understand this type of humor. And I should probably be careful with everything I say. But man, I don't want to lie to myself and I want to be a real man. I want to be myself. And I start to get nervous, like 'what the fuck is wrong with you guys?' 'I just told a joke, it's just a joke. It's funny, isn't it?"
You can watch the video below.
