sexual assault

YouTuber Austin Jones, who is known for his acapella covers of scene bands, was charged in federal court in Chicago on Tuesday with two counts child pornography after allegedly asking underage female fans to send him sexually explicit videos, according to The Chicago Tribune. The Chicago Sun Times reports that the singer was taken into […]

Ask a female friend of yours if she's ever been groped at a concert, and the answer will most likely be yes – either she’s faced having hands on her body without consent, or she’ll know someone who has. The same anonymity of a crowded gig that makes an audience feel like home also enables […]

In recent years, SENSES FAIL frontman BUDDY NIELSEN has become one of the scene’s most prominent proponents of equality, an outspoken critic of a culture rampant with sexual aggression and bullying, and of musicians using their position to take advantage of fans. Nielsen has a long history of activism—his mom used to take him to […]

MIKE FARR has served as a sober living coach on Warped Tour for the past six summers, working on the tour as a representative of the foundation MusiCares. It’s an organization that helped him get his own addictions under control years ago, and now Farr is a trusted ally to those struggling with similar problems […]

On his LinkedIn profile, EDDY BURGOS describes his job as “Punisher Control.” The jokey vibe is demonstrative of the friendly charm known to bands, tour managers and fans who know him better as Eddy Numbskull, punk promoter for over 25 years. His company, Numbskull Productions, is named after a comic book character Burgos came up […]

For the past several months as scandals unfolded, as our leaders spoke out and the fans came together, as excuses and apologies tumbled out in equal measure, the staff of AP has been working to take all of this information and find proactive solutions. The problem of sexual violence in the music scene is not a new one—where there […]