Findings
| When | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | During the 2012 Kinetik Festival, the electronic artist Ad·ver·sary used his live stage time to deliver a multimedia presentation explicitly calling out Combichrist (and the band Nachtmahr) for utilizing the Confederate flag and using violent tropes. Andy LaPlegua rejected the interpretation of the material but said Khan was entitled to make the criticism.Frontman Andy LaPlegua was forced to directly address this event in subsequent press interviews, where he defended his work as cinematic "grindhouse" art. | Source |
| 2019 | LaPlegua's later comments are quite unambiguous about the Confederate/rebel flag specifically. In a 2019 interview, he said he was a Norwegian immigrant who "didn't know better" about the rebel flag, thought it was cool, and that he regrets things he did in the past and would not do them now. He also said he needed to take other people's feelings into consideration and "own" what he had done. | Source |
| 2017 | Former drummer Joe Letz performed in blackface during a Combichrist performance. | Source |
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