What does it take to turn your unknown punk band into a newsworthy one? Why not make some controversial pornography!
Get Shot! was a small band from Sacramento until they released “Westboro Fingerbang,” on Oct. 23, a video of their bisexual bassist Laura Lush masturbating on the front lawn of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas.
The band, like most sensible folks, has a strong hatred for the church and the hateful things that they preach. They thought that since the church has protested at funerals, other churches and concerts and invaded others’ privacy that they should do be allowed to do what they want to them.
The church itself isn’t any stranger to musicians targeting them with the Foo Fighters dressing up as rednecks and singing an ode to gay sex in the church’s honour in 2011.
“We’re trying to put a stance out that says ‘don’t be scared, you can fuck with these people,’” said J.P. Hunter, Get Shot!’s vocalist.
Originally the band planned to do it with an actual porn star and another girl versus their bassist but he porn actress wasn’t able to do it because it violated her contract while the other girl didn’t want to get arrested. With no actresses available, Lush stepped up.
“I wanted to spread my legs and cause controversy,” said Lush.
The band’s been around for seven years but never had they received any publicity like the one they got because of this video. The band now considers the band both a porn and a music project.
“The [porn] website’s only been around since July to get publicity for the band, because sex sells and music is boring now,” said Hunter. “I want to bring the party and fun back to rock and roll, because everyone is going to electronica and dupstep, because that’s where all the naked bitches and cocaine is.”
In any other case I’d be totally against it as it is extremely disrespectful to one’s faith BUT since it is the Westboro Baptist Church and they’ve done so much worse than getting off in public, I’m all for it.
This is a church that carry signs proclaiming “Thank God for 9/11,” “God hates fags” and “Pray for more dead soldiers.” If anyone deserves this, it’s them.
While they know the church is incredibly mad about the porn, the band doesn’t care, believing that people are pretty proud of them for what they did. Which, to be honest, I totally am.
