Southpaw FLHC Deny Nazi Allegations, Cancel Tour After All Support Acts Drop Off

When you have to make a public statement about how you're not a Nazi, that's a good sign that things are not going well. That's happening right now with Southpaw FLHC, the Jacksonville heavy hardcore band who just released their full-length debut The Standard. In the band's social media posts earlier this year, drummer Harrison Linder was seen wearing clothing from Curb Stomp Manufacturing, a California company that sells clothes with Nazi symbols like Totenkopfs and SS lightning bolts. After all the opening acts dropped off Southpaw's upcoming tour, the band has canceled that tour and put out a statement about how they're not Nazis. Southpaw, who released their first EP in 2020, have always apparently claimed to be an apolitical band, which is its own kind of political statement. Harrison Linder was wearing those Curb Stomp clothes in social media posts as far back as January, and things appeared to fall apart for the band in the comments of a recent Instagram post from their own merch store. On Saturday, one commenter wrote, "so are you guys going to be collabing to release n*zi merch like the ones that your members like to wear and promote?" In response, the band wrote:not a sin...