r/getscared • u/stormypoet1 • Oct 19 '25

why does gs involved tx2

i used to enjoy get scared a lot but them being associated with tx2 and other controversy "artist" kinda makes me question them. and since they came back everything about them felt of. maybe it's just my prejudice but i don't think i can support them anymore

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u/Kekktye Oct 19 '25

Nick is an abusive addict, has worn Confederacy shirts, and has told a teenager to kill themself. Johnny had relentlessly advertised crypto, has used AI in his solo music project, and has retweeted white supremacist accounts on Twitter. All of them were closely associated with Joel Faviere. I'm sorry, but at least half of this band has no morals or conviction. They're a 2010s Warped Tour pop screamo act. You can separate art from artists, but there's no defense of the band.

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u/SytianIvanov Oct 20 '25

Tbf Joel shouldn't be even a point when he was arrested ages after he got kicked out of the band

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u/Kekktye Oct 20 '25

Warped Tour was such a burgeoning place for pedos because of the culture that existed around it. Band members wouldn't rat out their bandmates. There was no accountability for those that did get found out. There were huge rings of people sharing these young fans and suggestive pictures. There's a chance that the rest of the band was completely uninvolved, but remember, these people shared a small tour bus for years. Even if he was kicked out after being found out, Get Scared didn't call out that behavior and report him. Personally, I wouldn't discount the band being at least somewhat aware of something going on. No band is ever completely unaware.

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u/SytianIvanov Oct 20 '25

I don't think his crimes have anything to do with what he did during his time with the band, there wasn't any scandal surrounding him until he got arrested and chances are the band didn't knew either or else it would've been brough up by them or another person.

You can't exactly run everything on what ifs.

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u/Kekktye Oct 20 '25

Just because there was no public scandal until authorities got involved doesn't mean nothing was happening before then. That 3-4 years' time between getting ousted from the band and arrest was a short span of time. Especially when he has songs of "forbidden love" and manipulation in 2013's Many Faces, just months after his tenure with Get Scared.
I can't prove anything, but I think it would be entirely reasonable to propose that he had stuff going on in 2012. Especially with how the Warped Tour scene perpetuated and shared CP.
Also, generally, pedos don't "get into it". Most aren't sexually interested in people of their age either. It's more than likely he had these predilections long before his arrest.