There are two sides to every story, and the latest incident from Rocketown is looking pretty hectic. Last night, the word was Volumes front man Michael Barr was attacked by following his dedication of a song to a homosexual friend (with No Country For New Nashville originally reporting that reasoning, but they have since updated […]
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Rocketown Promoter Has Different Side To Volumes Controversy
January 27th, 2013 
Dan Bogosian 
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January 27th, 2013 James Shotwell Damn, Rocketown. Get it together. Following news earlier in the week that an employee at the Nashville-based Rocketown music venue was fired after wearing a Hostage Calm shirt promoting same sex marriage, word of a new incident at the Tennessee establishment has made its way to UTG. According to various sources at the venue, as […]
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For Today Guitarist Claims There is “No such thing as a gay Christian” [UPDATED]
January 10th, 2013 James Shotwell Too bad we already had a ‘Holy Sh!t’ headline today… Christian metalcore act For Today are the topic of much online debate this afternoon following recent comments made by guitarist Mike Reynolds on his personal Twitter account. Around 8AM EST this morning Reynolds began a posting a series of tweets regarding his views on homosexuality […]
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Macklemore Releases Statement on Michigan Teacher Suspension and Homosexuality
November 29th, 2012 Anthony Galasso Recently, a South Lyon, Michigan teacher was suspended without pay for allowing a student to play a Macklemore & Ryan Lewis song entitled “Same Love”, which promotes equality and acceptance for homosexuals. Macklemore has released a statement about the incident on his website. Read the statement below, and for those who are still trying to catch […]
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BULLSH!T: Detroit Teacher Suspended For Playing Song About Homosexuality; UTG Loses It
November 29th, 2012 James Shotwell I try really hard to keep us out of political waters as often as possible. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not because we don’t care about the issues the impact our readers, it’s actually quite the opposite. You see, we recognize that a large portion of our readers hail from all over the world and […]
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