End It End Banana Costume Feud At Jera On Air

And just like that, the great banana suit conflict of 2026 has ended in a hug.

It all started earlier this month at a Terror show in Toronto, where Baltimore hardcore group End It were one of the openers. A man in a banana costume entered the pit and frontman Akil Godsey called him out for attracting attention with a silly costume. Godsey offered the setlist to whoever peeled the banana man of his costume. Some found this very funny, while others took it personal. The banana man himself called it "the opposite of what hardcore is supposed to be."

Following the incident, commenters lashed out at Godsey. "Thanks for the racism and death threats and dissertations. It’s all been very taxing. I’m gonna go raise my child now," he captioned a video response that addressed people's ignorant assumptions about the banana incident. Needless to say, it sparked a lot of talk around hardcore and what certain fans expect out of whatever "hardcore" means to them. It's an important conversation. But nothing ever warrants racism or any kind of hatred. As Godsey implied in his video, there is so much other heavier shit going on in the world where we should direct our anger.

Now, nearly a month after the citing event, there's been a truce between End It and banana suit wearers. On Saturday, a different banana man made an a-peel for peace at the Jera On Air festival in Ysselsteyn, Netherlands. (I cannot take credit for that sentence. Scott Lapatine penned that beautiful pun.) Although the banana man appeared in a slightly lower caliber of banana costume with the words "WHAT UP, END IT?" scribbled on it, the confrontation ended amicably.

On stage, Godsey and new banana man hugged. “Do whatever the fuck you want at this show, yo I’m just fucking around," Godsey said. He then was handed a banana from another man off stage. “Fuck that banana now,” he said, then tossed it into the crowd.

"Who woulda thought doing something stupid at a show would get me a month of attention?" he continued. "Goddamn. Banana man, it's your stage, yo. Do not say the N-word. You can do whatever you want. Do not say the N-word. Vaya con Dios, señor. Anyway, we’re End It from Baltimore. What the fuck going on!”

Banana man gave him a thumbs up, then they hugged again, and that was it. Peace was reached. You can check out the encounter below in a TikTok titled the Banana Treaty Of Ysselsteyn.

We'd love to know what the original banana man thinks, but he's deleted his Instagram account.