Friends Stand United
Friends Stand United (FSU) or Forever Stand United is a group of Boston hardcore fans that formed in the 1980s
FSU has grown since then, with chapters in Seattle, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Upstate NY, and several other locations.[citation needed] The crew has been credited with kicking Nazi skinheads out of the Boston Hardcore punk scene, and with organizing many concerts.
Since the release of the video Boston Beatdown II, FSU has gained negative publicity throughout the Northeastern United States. FSU T-shirts are banned from many venues. FSU members have been accused of starting riots and fights at Boston concerts, and were even blamed for an assault on Moby.
Many blame FSU members for ruining the hardcore and punk scene through excessive fighting. They are known for picking fights in numbers. One FSU member was shot after injuring another concert attendee at a hardcore show in Arizona. They are also generally blamed (along with traveling fans who loitered outside the show, but never actually saw the bands) for the violence which erupted at the Pointless Fest held in Philadelphia in 2006
Bands
Bands with alleged FSU members in them:
- Blood for Blood
- Donnybrook
- Punishment
- Death Before Dishonor
- Only Revenge
- Ramallah
- Righteous Jams
- Colin Of Arabia
- Nothing Left To Mourn
- Shattered Realm
- Years Spent Cold
- The Killer
- Blood Stands Still
- Furious Styles
- Consider it Murder
- Joe Guch
External links
- Boston Beatdown official site
- FSU Upstate NY :: Friends Don't Let Friends Fight Alone
- Friends Stand Charged: FSU Members Arrested for Weapons, Drugs Outside Local Club - The Stranger
- Downtown show ended in killing, beatings, chaos
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