While onstage at the installment of PRBF, the band joked about not being shot over a song, before saying of the mass shooting, "I mean that sucked but at least they were country fans and not punk rock fans. We crossed the line of civility. We can't write songs about how people in this world need to be more decent, when we were clearly being indecent. Las Vegas has always been a welcoming city to our band, and to make light of the tragedy that occurred there was egregious.
Further explaining their decision to drop out of Punk Rock Bowling this year, the band said in their statement, "There has been a lot of hate messages and threats because we are on the bill, It just feels wrong. We know we said sty things that caused it, so we get it.
Sorry to everyone that wanted to see us. It'll have to be in a different city. Hopefully we can see you all in Vegas when the time's right. And he's comin! When the audience started to groan in disapproval, Fat Mike responded, "You were all thinking it. Stone Brewing, the company that creates the band's beer, Punk in Drublic, and who sponsors its music festival of the same name, soon announced it was cutting ties with the band. What we said in Vegas was s and insensitive and we are all embarrassed by our remarks," the statement read.
That apology came Sunday after the band said it had time to reflect "on the actual damage done. NOFX said it, and we own it. We made a tasteless joke. Fifty-eight people were killed and hundreds of others were injured on October 1 at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas.
Country music artist Jason Aldean was performing on stage at the time.
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