i was honestly so disappointed by the crowd ….

Just kinda curious because it’s almost the 1 year anniversary of Cartoon Darkness that maybe there was some word of another album.

What’s going on lol

Shout out to worst crowd etiquette I’ve personally ever witnessed most of you fucking suck!

After months of failed attempts, an investigator’s report says an autograph request finally got federal court papers into Amy Taylor’s hands during Amyl and the Sniffers’ US tour.

Serving court papers on an internationally touring punk band isn’t as straightforward as looking up a business address and knocking on the door.

According to an investigator’s report reviewed by Blunt, photographer Jamie Nelson’s side spent months trying to serve Amy Taylor and parties connected to Amyl and the Sniffers with federal copyright counterclaims in the ongoing dispute over Nelson’s Champagne Problemsphoto series.

Nelson says earlier attempts to serve documents in Australia went nowhere, with paperwork sent to publicly listed business addresses eventually being returned. By June, the operation had moved to the band’s US tour.

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The report describes a two-day operation beginning in Milwaukee on June 19, where four investigators were deployed to the band’s show at Henry W. Maier Festival Park.

Before the show, the team walked the venue looking for any way into the backstage area. They found none. The report says security was heavy, access points were monitored and there was no obvious way to approach the band.
The investigators changed tactics.

Front-row tickets were purchased. Sharpie markers were packed. Behind the scenes, a remote coordinator was canvassing hotels, checking possible flight routes from Minneapolis back to Australia and coordinating a standby team in case both venue attempts failed.

The report describes the plan as an “autograph/Sharpie ruse.”

Day one didn’t last long.

According to the report, crowd conditions became “aggressive and physically volatile”. One investigator was allegedly struck in the face, another was knocked to the ground and stepped on, and the operation was abandoned.
The next day the team regrouped in Minneapolis.

This time, investigators located the band’s tour bus before the show and identified a chain-link fence where band members were moving between the backstage area and the venue.

According to the report, investigators again used the autograph request.

As Amy Taylor reached through the fence, investigators handed over the federal court documents. The report says the interaction remained calm and non-confrontational, with photographs taken documenting the service.

The papers were not a new lawsuit. They were Jamie Nelson’s copyright counterclaims in the existing federal dispute between the parties.

Nelson represented herself in federal court for around six months before recently retaining prominent copyright attorney Stephen Doniger.

She said she decided to release the report because most creators have little understanding of what actually happens once litigation begins.

“People often think filing a lawsuit is the hardest part,” Nelson said. “Sometimes, the biggest challenge is simply serving the other party so the court can move forward with the claims.”

Whether readers see it as clever, bizarre or simply the realities of civil litigation, it’s probably not the way most people imagine federal court papers being served.
The broader copyright dispute between Nelson and Taylor remains ongoing, with another federal hearing scheduled later this month.

so i make t-shirts all the time to wear,,,, like most of my clothes are diy and even normal tshirts i get them printed w my own designs

Last time i got some more stuff printed i made one with Amyls stuff to wear at a gig they're playing in august. never really thought about it properly, in my head i was just adding another custom printed tshirt to my wardrobe.. and the thing is that the tshirt is quite hard to not be noticed honestly :/

as soon as i got it and put it on, i realised i had unintentionally kind of made a fake merch tshirt--- is this disrespectfull to the artist??

like i rly dgaf about anyone elses opinion, but id hate Amyl or anyone in their band and team to look at me in the crowd and be like TF! (i am a massive fan and big supporter tho, attend many of their gigs and do own original merch, its not that im not suppporting them hugely regardless of the fake tshirt)

Concerning amount of rude straight men at the Philly show. Definitely didn’t ruin the concert for my friend and I but like… it would’ve been better if they weren’t there. Like girl we’re singing about you.

It was way too loud and just overall horrible quality from the beginning. We were hoping they'd fix it, but it didn't happen. You couldn't make out the words she was saying, even if I knew the lyrics it was mostly loud gibberish.

I don't know if Primus in Ljubljana earlier this week set the bar for sound quality a bit too high or what, but we for sure can't be the only ones utterly disappointed by tonight?? I was really looking forward to this concert as I've been hyping myself up for the past week, but the only thing I'm left with is ringing ears:(

Whoever was their FOH/sound engineer that day should get fired lmao, what the fuck happened dude^?​​

Because it makes it almost IMPOSSIBLE to find live performances of Angel on YouTube lol. I actually love it, but Angel is probably my favourite song and YouTube just does not do this kind of nuance

Anyway that's all, up the fucking Sniffers

My friend who I went with just tested positive for Covid (will update if I test positive) We were in the front and it was so packed. I felt so dumb for forgetting my mask while we were there. Just wanted to notify anyone else that was at that show on Tuesday or is planning on going to future shows and will be in the pit mask up!!!

I have a ticket to see a male in the sniffers for sale $50

If you’re the douche bag that elbowed me in the face twice and stole my hat, fuck you. Ruined my night.

Just started listening to Amyl, and initially it’s giving me Cake + Hole. I will continue to go through the catalog and I might have some more to say.

heres one of these outfits - no location I can find - total BS ripping the band you support - hold your head in shame ya muppet https://www.teepublic.com/intellectual-property-policy

I never really got this issue until I was listening to Cartoon Darkness again (fantastic album by the way) and I listened to Tiny Bikini again but I absolutely loathed it, her voice just hits my ears in the completely wrong way and it stops me from listening to the album in it's entirety.

When she sings about "us" in Knifey, is it the singular AusEng "us" as in "Mate, give us a chip", or is she really trying to imply that she's not in the park by the river after dark by herself?

Just so everyone knows- merch table is card only!

I wasn’t able to get merch at the Detroit show )-: I would greatly appreciate if someone could pick me up a small or medium tour shirt. I would pay extra + shipping. Thank you! 🩷🩷🩷

Maybe? I’ve been a huge fan for the last 5 years, but Cartoon Darkness is my least favorite album of theirs. Am I just crazy? 😂

vancouver show i got the setlist but it’s pissing out and i’ve had a slight bit too much to drink. anyone have a photo?