After days of weathering accusations of sexual misconduct and assault, the popular garage-rock indie label Burger Records announced it was shutting down.
The Fullerton indie label Burger Records has dissolved in the wake of multiple accusations of sexual misconduct and abuse against its staff and bands signed to the imprint.lured_by_burger_records
, and quickly spread through the indie-rock community. Over several tumultuous days this week, Burger’s co-founder Lee Rickard stepped down and divested from the label, and its president, Sean Bohrman, wrote that the label would implement changes, including modifying its name and bringing in a new president, Jessa Zapor-Gray. “We are also deeply sorry for the role Burger has played in perpetuating a culture of toxic masculinity.
However, just a day later, Zapor-Gray announced she wouldn’t be taking the job. Zapor-Gray did not immediately respond to phone or email messages, but wrote in a statement: “When I was asked to take over in this capacity, I expected some blowback for my decision to accept but I believed that the opportunity to have a role in effecting real and lasting positive change within the Burger and indie music scenes was worth the risk.
The Growlers, the Orange County band who released music on Burger and who produce their own popular Beach Goth festival, responded to several anonymous allegations of sexual misconduct in an . Growlers singer Brooks Nielsen said that while the band denied the claims, “We take them seriously and want to get to the bottom of them.”Shortly after the post, keyboardist Adam Wolcott Smith quit the band, saying that “I’m not innocent in abuse” regarding a 2017 incident of alleged sexual misconduct.
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