CKY’s Chad Ginsburg claims self-defense in alien ant farm brawl

CKY’s Chad I Ginsberg is talking about the recent drama with Alien Ant Farm’s Dryden Mitchell, which resulted in the West Chester rock band being canceled from their UK joint tour.

Just hours before the tour kicked off at Margate’s Dreamland on November 9, the Alien Ant Farm frontman announced he was firing CKY over an alleged row in which he blamed Ginsberg “Treated multiple staff members and opening band members like garbage,” and claimed the matter was ultimately resolved with Ginsberg. He was allegedly punched in the face.

On November 9, Mitchell wrote on social media, “After all these years, Chad from CKY still doesn’t know how to live with someone else.”

Mitchell added: “After Chad punched me in the face earlier today, they will no longer be performing on Alien Ant Farm Tour and other UK shows. “I have witnessed first hand how he was treated on European shows. “Multiple staff members and opening band members were treated like garbage and caused general drama at our campsite.”

Later in a statement, he explained, “We had business to take care of today and I verbally told his manager what the problem was and that he messed up other things on the bus every day. People came to clean up.” …Well, he hit me in the face and ran away, just like I imagined he would do for all his future problems.

“I hope these shows can continue and apologize to all CKY fans for Chad’s behavior. We have zero affection for Jess and Elvis at CKY and we are sad to see them go, but I would never knowingly put myself out there Got into a precarious situation, so this thing had to end.

Mitchell concluded the lengthy post by claiming that if Ginsburg sought treatment, “maybe in 25 years… we could shake hands.” Since then, CKY’s UK tour appearances have been covered by INME, Rat’s Nest, The Fear and Replaced by bands like The Nocturnal Affair.

Ginsburg initially responded harshly to the accusations, urging fans to get their money back: “UK CKY fans get your money back!!! I have no choice and no good reason for what happened. I will always defend myself. You know me better than I do!

He added: “More information coming soon. Apologies to fans.

Now, Ginsburg has once again elaborated on her story on social media, calling the incident “self-defense.” In a series of stories on Instagram, Ginsburg told fans: “There is nothing wrong with protecting yourself from bad people. If you are attacked or feel truly threatened, don’t be afraid and do what you can to stop the threat.

He continued: “I had to protect myself. This was a split-second reaction to a very angry guy muttering and then yelling #*%! Rushing at me from 10 feet away, into my personal space! Coming at me . He was attacking me! I felt physically threatened and if I hadn’t tried to avoid the attack, I would have been attacked.

“There’s a lot more I could say. But the situation is terrible for everyone! I want to stop. Instead of taking it all in. It’s no one’s business. It’s not news. As unfortunate as the whole situation is .

Alien Ant Farm will continue on for the remainder of the tour, and CKY fans are holding out hope for future shows. Both bands have been lined up to perform at Download 2025, but it’s unclear if they will perform on the same day.

Despite the incident, the band’s Australian tour, currently scheduled for February, will go ahead as planned, according to promoters.

“We are aware of a dispute between a member of Alien Ant Farm and a member of their support group CKY,” the promoter said Phoenix wrote in a statement on November 10. “It is best to cool tempers at this time and trust that a solution/compromise can be found over the next few days that will allow the shows (all of which are selling out quickly) to go ahead as planned.”

Phoenix also responded to claims that the incident between Ginsberg and Mitchell would affect the Australian tour, stating: “We are working with both bands to calm the situation and keep the tour intact. In the words of Descendants, we They may have to be separated…”