‘Blatant extremism’: Pearl Jam slammed for poster depicting Trump as rotting corpse (IMAGE)
Rock band Pearl Jam has stirred the political cauldron with an official event poster which depicts the White House engulfed in flames and the carcass of US President Donald Trump being picked over by a bald eagle.
The image by bassist Jeff Ament and illustrator Bobby Brown was used as promotional material for Pearl Jam’s gig at Grizzly-Washington Stadium, Montana on Monday.
The event was a benefit to urge fans to get out and vote in the Montana Senate election in November, with Ament known to be a firm supporter of current Democratic Senator Jon Tester. The band is currently fundraising for Tester’s reelection.
The eye-catching image has sparked a flood of reaction with many taking umbrage with the depiction of a destroyed Washington, DC and a dead US president.
Montana State Senate Republican candidate Matt Rosendale is one of the objectors to take aim at Pearl Jam by describing the concert poster as “disgusting”. He has called for rival Tester to denounce the “blatant display of extremism”.
This poster from Pearl Jam is disgusting and reprehensible. It depicts a dead President Trump and a burning White House. It's time for @JonTester to denounce this act of violence and blatant display of extremism! https://t.co/nIKTNPOFxX#MontanaFirst#MAGA#mtsen#mtpol
— Matt Rosendale (@MattForMontana) August 14, 2018
Responding online to the poster, some fans even said they would be boycotting the band’s music as a result of the controversial artwork. Pearl Jam and Tester have yet to comment on the illustration.
So disappointed with this. It’s almost impossible to go a week without listening to your music but that all ends tonight. This is pathetic and I choose America and MY President over you. Should have stuck to music. Sickening. As many have said, that’s it for me, no longer a fan.
— John Watson (@nu1ncaa) August 15, 2018
So disappointed with this. It’s almost impossible to go a week without listening to your music but that all ends tonight. This is pathetic and I choose America and MY President over you. Should have stuck to music. Sickening. As many have said, that’s it for me, no longer a fan.
— John Watson (@nu1ncaa) August 15, 2018
Another band that is dead to me. Later losers. #MAGA
— Tim (@Perry_Prowlers) August 15, 2018
#walkaway very disappointed with this. #MAGA stick to music. #noshame
— Duncan MacLeod (@DuncanMacLeod8) August 15, 2018
Eddie V was one of my favorite singer voices of my youth. The into the Wild cd blew me away later in life. A shame. You lost a fan guys.
— Pete rodrigues (@K9UniquePlan) August 15, 2018
It isn’t the first time Trump has been depicted as dead since he was elected president. In May last year comedian Kathy Griffin took part in a gory photoshoot where she posed with a decapitated mock-up of his head. The images prompted the Secret Service to say that it was investigating the matter. Griffin later removed the images from her social accounts and issued an apology.
But will he??? | "Trump's dead cartoon body is reminiscent of the Kathy Griffin incident in particular ... She later apologized, an example that Tester might want to follow." https://t.co/3yPKKEeQAC#mtsen#mtpol
— MT Republican Party (@MTGOP) August 14, 2018
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