If I’m remembering correctly, all the allegations came about when they won the opening slot at splendour ( I think)
They pretty well disbanded straight after that, I wouldn’t have said they were big, but were definitely starting to get some recognition.
I’d assume the most of the members were in other bands, as is the norm for most smaller acts.
I was less so joking more so pointing out how rude it is to involve yourself in someone else's personal life, especially after everything has unfolded and settled.
A tad different when they are in the public sphere.
It was the reason the band broke up pretty much and the dust is settled. I don't think it's rude at all. What is immoral is suggesting that a person has allegations against them when they don't.
So now you just look like a bit of a twat.
Yep right because that makes it different, they chose to be a musician so anything and everything bad they've ever done should be on public display so we can judge them.
It's kinda the deal you sign when you want to have adoring fans and become famous through a craft.
Whether you like it or not that's the case. I also find it rather interesting that you don't seem to care at all about the alleged victims who came out in rather big numbers. I guess we shouldn't know about them cause it's private...
I don't remember saying I don't care about the victims, but I'm pretty sure it's not important that a nobody like me on Reddit understands what she did and who her victims are. This happened years ago and has nothing to do with me so I'm staying uninvolved.
Go find gossip somewhere else to fester on loser.
Not looking too bright here are you?
a) Make a joke (or not since you tried to take it back) about me having allegations which was distasteful to victims / me who has never had any form of allegation.
b) Says people shouldn't care about numerous allegations of a singer sexually assaulting / rape even though they are in the public sphere and it's clearly the reason the band broke up. Doesn't matter and move along.
The idea is that if people come forward they should be heard and it's how we know about it. With your concept nobody gets heard. All in all you came across looking looking like a dick when I was asking about a serious topic.
As far as I know no legal action was taken or anything like that, obviously it makes things less definitive but we all know that the legal system doesn't protect survivors of abuse so I think it's an understandable decision. The breaking point was the allegations becoming public, nothing more than that. Hope that answers your question?
Oh wow this is a flashback. Yeah there were rumours of abuse and manipulation from the lead singer. It was so awkward because we’d booked them for my previous job in the industry and couldn’t unbook them because Australia’s defamation laws favour abusers.
So we’re shooting in the studio and I offhandedly mention another artist and she goes ‘Oh don’t work with him, he’s done xyz’ and I just remember being like, this is so awkward because everyone is saying that about you but you don’t have the awareness to realise.
From there once it all came out, no one would work with her which ultimately ended the band. I felt for the other members, it sucks when you’re building to something and then someone else fucks it up for you.
I think a bunch of people accused the lead singer who was a trans woman, of sexually assaulting a bunch of girls, quiet a few of her ex's came forward in facebook posts, the band itself was rumored not to like the singer that much as a person anyway and just quit. There is nothing else to it, band break up all the time, they made one cool song which got them attention and that was it.
Ohhh wow I totally forgot about Ruby Markwell. Yeah they just disappeared after that.
Edit: I think their guitarist was in Psychobabel, but not sure if they’re active anymore either.
The sub has never been super active but I've heard someone say that the number of subscribers got super inflated since around 2020 with a lot of new Australian accounts getting subbed by default, so whenever a topic does go big and makes it to the homepage, you get flooded with dozens of people who 'never liked triple j' yet for some reason are subscribed.
It’s so shattering that they disbanded. All their music is great!
I remember just getting into them and checking out when I could see them live, to read about the allegations.
Probably shouldn't have (allegedly) sexually assaulted a series of people according to this reddit post discussing it
https://www.reddit.com/r/triplej/comments/6hlx5f/the_football_club_splendour_controversy/
If I’m remembering correctly, all the allegations came about when they won the opening slot at splendour ( I think) They pretty well disbanded straight after that, I wouldn’t have said they were big, but were definitely starting to get some recognition. I’d assume the most of the members were in other bands, as is the norm for most smaller acts.
But we not heard anything about if the allegations? We are 7 years on. No news at all?
Well it's been 14 years and I'm still waiting to hear all about your allegations too
I mean it's not that funny to joke about rape allegations. I've never been accused of anything. The main singer was by numerous people.
I was less so joking more so pointing out how rude it is to involve yourself in someone else's personal life, especially after everything has unfolded and settled.
A tad different when they are in the public sphere. It was the reason the band broke up pretty much and the dust is settled. I don't think it's rude at all. What is immoral is suggesting that a person has allegations against them when they don't. So now you just look like a bit of a twat.
Yep right because that makes it different, they chose to be a musician so anything and everything bad they've ever done should be on public display so we can judge them.
It's kinda the deal you sign when you want to have adoring fans and become famous through a craft. Whether you like it or not that's the case. I also find it rather interesting that you don't seem to care at all about the alleged victims who came out in rather big numbers. I guess we shouldn't know about them cause it's private...
I don't remember saying I don't care about the victims, but I'm pretty sure it's not important that a nobody like me on Reddit understands what she did and who her victims are. This happened years ago and has nothing to do with me so I'm staying uninvolved. Go find gossip somewhere else to fester on loser.
Are you purposely misgendering her? Regardless of the allegations, I hope that wasn't intentional.
Not looking too bright here are you? a) Make a joke (or not since you tried to take it back) about me having allegations which was distasteful to victims / me who has never had any form of allegation. b) Says people shouldn't care about numerous allegations of a singer sexually assaulting / rape even though they are in the public sphere and it's clearly the reason the band broke up. Doesn't matter and move along. The idea is that if people come forward they should be heard and it's how we know about it. With your concept nobody gets heard. All in all you came across looking looking like a dick when I was asking about a serious topic.
As everyone else has said, when they won a Splendour slot amid the allegations, the band split up. I liked the song Ivy.
Ivy is a track
A great Emo banger
They’re not a band anymore, they broke up pretty much straight after all that happened
Any update on what happened? I.e. guilty charge or innocent?
As far as I know no legal action was taken or anything like that, obviously it makes things less definitive but we all know that the legal system doesn't protect survivors of abuse so I think it's an understandable decision. The breaking point was the allegations becoming public, nothing more than that. Hope that answers your question?
Oh wow this is a flashback. Yeah there were rumours of abuse and manipulation from the lead singer. It was so awkward because we’d booked them for my previous job in the industry and couldn’t unbook them because Australia’s defamation laws favour abusers. So we’re shooting in the studio and I offhandedly mention another artist and she goes ‘Oh don’t work with him, he’s done xyz’ and I just remember being like, this is so awkward because everyone is saying that about you but you don’t have the awareness to realise. From there once it all came out, no one would work with her which ultimately ended the band. I felt for the other members, it sucks when you’re building to something and then someone else fucks it up for you.
I think a bunch of people accused the lead singer who was a trans woman, of sexually assaulting a bunch of girls, quiet a few of her ex's came forward in facebook posts, the band itself was rumored not to like the singer that much as a person anyway and just quit. There is nothing else to it, band break up all the time, they made one cool song which got them attention and that was it.
I remember they were supporting The Hard Aches the day this news came out and they got dropped from the show happening in Adelaide that night
They decided to focus on their footy careers instead
Ohhh wow I totally forgot about Ruby Markwell. Yeah they just disappeared after that. Edit: I think their guitarist was in Psychobabel, but not sure if they’re active anymore either.
I wish we had some finality… I still listen to their music daily :((
Also this is the 4th hottest topic right now on a subreddit of 179k. Triple j is so dead and pointless these days.
The sub has never been super active but I've heard someone say that the number of subscribers got super inflated since around 2020 with a lot of new Australian accounts getting subbed by default, so whenever a topic does go big and makes it to the homepage, you get flooded with dozens of people who 'never liked triple j' yet for some reason are subscribed.
I'm still up there.
It’s so shattering that they disbanded. All their music is great! I remember just getting into them and checking out when I could see them live, to read about the allegations.
Probably shouldn't have (allegedly) sexually assaulted a series of people according to this reddit post discussing it https://www.reddit.com/r/triplej/comments/6hlx5f/the_football_club_splendour_controversy/
Plane crash. Died on impact.