Update: Akron/Family's Miles Seaton has posted an official explanation of the situation on the band's Facebook, saying that, "the use of the man is the bastard / bastard noise skull was meant to be a reverent homage to music / art that [had a] profound impact on me".

Eric Wood, founding member of trailblazing powerviolence act Man Is the Bastard/member of Bastard Noise, is waging war against indie-folk outfit Akron/Family. Brooklyn Vegan points out that Wood is accusing Akron/Family of ripping off his band's iconic skull logo for a T-shirt.

Wood's has asked his fans to pile on Akron/Family's Facebook page, and has himself posted comments like, "FUCK YOUR U.S. TOUR - YOU SUCK MULE DICKS YOU FUCKING HUMAN MANURE" and "YOU GUYS ARE GODDAMNED THIEVES AND YOU SUCK. FUCKING LOGO STEALING LOSERS. FUCK YOU !!!!!"

Those comments have since been deleted, but the words of many an angry MiTB fan are still there.

Brooklyn Vegan also points to a thread on Facebook started by ex-MiTB member Israel Lawrence, who's been posting a series of correspondences with Akron/Family bassist Miles Seaton. Seaton, claiming the t-shirts use the logo in tribute to MiTB, said:

"I'm the member of Akron/Family who decided to lift the MITB skull and I take responsibility for it. I saw MITB at 16 years old and it changed how I heard and played music and made me want to play bass (which I have ever since) it was an honest tribute. As you can see I/we clearly "stole" the crass circle as well: I didn't contact anyone to ask permission. We weren't trying to "steal" your logo... It's an honest artistic nod to music / imagery I grew up with ."

Wood explained the origins of the skull logo in an interview with VICE three years ago, saying:

"I was aware from the get-go how simple logos like the Flag bars, the Infest logo, and the Crass circle could give things an immediate persona. You can put something that simple on your record and you immediately have a visual thing to go with the sound. I went to a library, found the skull in some medical journal, flipped it, made all the fonts super bold and brutal, and that was it. You can go into all these realms of complicated presentation and the message can get lost. Basic is brutal."

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