ElectroniCON is a popular and legendary DIY music Fest, and this year, it’s back. A couple of weeks ago, the lineup for the same was announced. This lineup includes popular personalities from the pop industry, such as Doss, James Ferraro, RXK Nephew, and more. John Maus was also included in the lineup of ElectroniCON 2023.
He was listed as a headliner with his co-curator, George Clanton. But now the news is different! John Maus is no longer a headliner for the music fest. ElectroniCON 2023 will take place on August 25-26 at New York’s Knockdown Center, and John Maus is out of the list.
The majority of audiences say that it is for good, and in this article, we are going to cover that in detail. John Maus was born in Minnesota and belongs to a middle-class family. He was a metalhead since childhood. Also, he used to perform on stage, and gradually, people started liking him because of his unique style of singing.
Who Is John Maus?
John Malus is a US-born musician, singer, composer, and songwriter who started his career in 1999 and is still in the industry. He is best known for the combination of his amazing baritone singing style, Medieval Church modes, and vintage synthesizer sounds. These modes of singing styles were very famous in the old times. It draws attention to the comparisons of the 80s gothic rock.
While performing on the stage, he gives out his best and displays all his intense emotions. The energy he takes on the stage is always on the next level, which is highly enjoyed by the audience. John is married to Kika Karadi, a Hungarian-American artist who is best known for her abstract painting methods. John did not have a lavish lifestyle when he was a kid.
He belonged to a middle-class family, and now, he is one of the legendary singers in the pop industry. As a teenager, he used to listen to Syd Barrett and Nirvana. Also, he used to perform in rock bands and create songs on his own with the help of his computer. He was way too into pop culture since the beginning.
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John Maus Controversy
John Maus is hated by a majority of blacks and the LGBTQ+ community. All this hatred heated up in 2021 when John Maus and Ariel Pink were spotted in the Pro Donald Trump protests. This protest was so huge that it put the US capital, Washington, DC, on fire.
John Maus’s comments were, reportedly, provoking. However, John’s statements after that incident were acceptable enough. At the present time, a statement from the organizers came out which says that after observing the response to the lineup announcement, the panel has decided they will proceed without John Maus.
George Clanton, further, apologized, saying that he wanted to apologize to all those who felt unseen by the lineup. He also apologized to the artists who were unnecessarily dragged into the controversy. He further continued by saying that the team has selected areas where the LGBTQ+ community’s support is high, and the team cannot let them feel unsafe.
To this, John Maus opened up in an interview and said that he is going to donate some of his cancellation fees to two groups that are The Trevor Project and Hope Not Hate. He further said that he feels sorry that he made ElectroniCON fans and supporters unsafe, and he won’t perform in this legendary music event.
The ones who were to attend ElectroniCON certainly didn’t want him to be the headliner of the music event. When the lineup was announced, people started commenting things like, they did not want John Maus on stage. A person wrote on Twitter that it’s very disappointing to hear that John Maus is a headliner for Econ4. After so much disappointment among the supporters, the panel had to cut out John Maus’s name from the lineup.
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