WHAT THEY SAID
“Practice your stage show before you deliver it,” Banana Man told The Beardo and Weirdo podcast after hardcore band End It directed a Toronto crowd to shred his costume without warning.* The 6’4″ fan was called to the front at an all-ages show where he’d come to see Five Finger Death Punch, not the opener.*
THE DETAILS
– End It offered their setlist in exchange for the audience destroying Banana Man’s suit — no heads-up, no conversation beforehand.*
– Someone yanked his back hard enough to restrict his neck, forcing him to swing back while trying not to hit younger fans at the all-ages event.*
– The costume was destroyed; Banana Man walked away with minor scrapes.*
– Five Finger Death Punch bassist Chris Kael, who co-hosts the podcast, invited Banana Man to meet up at a future show and called the incident outrageous.*
WHO IS RIGHT
Banana Man is right. End It ambushed a fan who showed up in good faith, turned the crowd on him without consent, and put him in a position where defending himself made him the villain at an all-ages show.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
End It has not publicly responded to Banana Man’s account of the Toronto incident.*