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Last week, the Oklahoma City metal band chatpileband waded into their Twitter mentions to respond to a complaint. Their headlining show in London, the user moaned, was only 45 minutes long. ⁠ ⁠ “My friend,” the band responded, “I’m begging you to go to a punk show once or twice in your life.” On the surface it’s a fairly unremarkable exchange, simply another example of how Twitter emboldens the loud and the wrong. ⁠ ⁠ But beneath the surface, it shows how audience entitlement towards bands is developing and raises troubling questions about what we expect from the musicians who entertain us.⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in bio, or head to TheFADER.com.⁠ ⁠ 📸 Bayley Hanes⁠ ⁠ #ChatPile

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