Metal, Hardcore, Indie, Rock
Larry Howe, a former drummer for Vicious Rumours, has recently talked extensively about his sort of expulsion from the long-running metal group, as per theprp. His right-wing political views started to interfere with the band’s ability to tour, which led to his departure. Vicious Rumours started touring with a live fill-in back in February of this year when social media backlash over Howe’s political beliefs started to pose problems for promoters and the places the band was scheduled to perform at. Howe quit the band in April of this year, citing “cancel culture” and “leftist ideologues who capitulate to globalism” as the reasons. Howe discussed his political beliefs in an interview with Hart O’ The Matter.
I was a patriot way before Trump ever came on the scene. For people, all these people infected with this TDS [Trump Derangement Syndrome], it’s just insane. They just believe the stupidest things. I saw it in California happening, the rampant illegal immigration. I was hoping Schwarzenegger was gonna stop that, but no, he didn’t. He’s another globalist. And that stuff just went crazy. And the crime of illegals, and protecting them. I couldn’t believe it. You know, Kamala Harris… she let cop killers free because of this stupid sanctuary city crap. So, yeah, I go online, and I post a few memes here and there, showing my support for our president and ICE.
Howe continued to attribute his departure from the band to a German outlet for a story about his ideas. Due to controversies around Howe’s political views and the ensuing social media posts, several of the group’s early 2026 European tour stops were cancelled.
A lot of these Germans, they’re very ‘woke’ today because they believe… They’re still in 2016 state of mind. You know, ‘Oh, Trump‘s a pedophile,’ blah, blah, blah. ‘Russia, Russia, Russia.’ They believe all the low-hanging fruit off the dumbass tree. They’re just sucking it right up. And I just don’t understand it.
It boggles my mind. I lost a lot of friends because of it, ’cause they’re just all on board with it. They’re, like, ‘Oh, yeah.’ They’re calling Trump a felon. But you’re going along with a crooked court. It was a corrupt system. They changed laws. They changed rules to make that happen. And so people going along with a corrupt court is supposed to be okay? I just can’t believe the crap going on today. And so I talk about it.
Geoff‘s [Thorpe, Vicious Rumors guitarist/vocalist] been yelling at me for years: ‘Larry, shut up. We gotta sell T-shirts to liberals, too.’ And I get that, but I got kids. I live on this planet. I hate seeing the corruption happen, and I say something about it. And these Germans just are all pissed off at me saying, ‘Oh, Larry supports ICE. He’s a fascist.’ I have people in my DMs hassling me. They’re just, like, ‘You’re a fascist.’ I’m, like, ‘Well, give me one example. Name something fascist.’ They could never answer these questions ’cause they’re wrong and they believe lies.
And I don’t shut up about it. What can I say? And so a [German] magazine came out, Deaf Forever. They put an article, a hit piece out on me last year, I think around near the mid or end of the year, and it really highlighted… They threw me under the bus, Frank [Gilchriest] from Riot. They even talked about Warlord [featuring ex-Fates Warning drummer Mark Zonder] — they got canceled from the Rock Hard Festival. The three metal MAGA drummers driving these woke, spineless Germans’ nuts, and it was all in Germany.
So Germany canceled eight shows for the European tour, and Geoff‘s losing his mind. And I’m, like, ‘Dude, what can I say?’ Their country’s [Germany] falling apart. They’re all on board with it. I’ve watched it happen there, too. I’ve been going there over 30 frigging years. I’ve seen the inundation of the rampant immigration. It’s the globalism.
They want to blend the lower hemisphere. They’re going to blend the Southern Hemisphere with the Northern Hemisphere to bring on globalism, and I see it happening. It’s not just a conspiracy. No, it’s really happening. When you see it happen in real time, you can’t shut up about it, and that’s me. Maybe if I made a lot of money and sold my soul to the devil and got really rich and famous, I would shut up about it, but then I’d be at a Lady Gaga party eating babies. So that’s not me.
I’m just little old Larry, and I’ve always been a patriot. What can I say? So anyways, Germany cancels five or six, seven shows, and Geoff‘s like, ‘What are we doing, man? I can’t handle this.’ He goes, he tells me, ‘I’ll make you an offer. You can stay with the band if you pay them 5,000 bucks,’ to make up for the lost shows. So they have a lot of time off now
