Black Crowes shoot down 'USA' chants, boos in Tampa: 'Don't know what you have to be so proud of'

Listen, they’re called the Black Crowes, not the Bald Eagles.

The Black Crowes got caught successful a governmental tit for tat astatine a performance successful Tampa, Fla., implicit the play erstwhile frontman Chris Robinson didn’t clasp backmost connected fans who made a amusement of their patriotism.

On Sunday, the American stone set was feeling a small salty toward, well, America. During the Central Florida halt connected their Southern Hospitality Tour, the band’s logo (which features a achromatic crow dressed successful an Uncle Sam getup with a marijuana emblem connected its hat), flashed crossed the screen. Although the logo is meant to beryllium subversive and ironic, Tampa fans took it arsenic a cue and started to chant “USA! USA!”

Robinson, who’s from the Deep South, made it wide that his Southern hospitality lone goes truthful far. “Thanks for the geography lesson,” helium quipped.

But the chanting continued.

“I don’t cognize what you person to beryllium truthful arrogant of close now,” helium said. At this point, Floridians were making a wide exodus from the venue, and Robinson continued to thrust location his constituent arsenic they made their mode toward the exits.

“Some of america person existent faith, and for those of you f— booing us, immoderate of america are not afraid,” Robinson said. “And we astir assuredly are not f— ignorant.”

In video clips of a information of the incident, immoderate of the assemblage is heard cheering and clapping portion others beryllium stone-faced successful their seats, and galore are seen getting up and leaving. After Robinson said his piece, the set continued the show, and played the opening chord to their 1991 megahit, “She Talks to Angels.”

A typical for the Black Crowes did not instantly instrumentality The Times’ petition for comment.

On March 13, the radical dropped its 10th workplace album, “A Pound of Feathers,” and successful February, the Atlanta set was nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for a 2nd time.

During a property circuit for “A Pound of Feathers,” Robinson was engaged connected the podcast circuit, appearing connected “This Past Weekend With Theo Von”; Jay Mohr’s podcast, “Mohr Stories”; and Bert Kreischer’s podcast, “Bertcast,” among others, but immoderate speech of authorities seemed to beryllium disconnected the table. Last year, helium did look connected the “Joe Rogan Experience” and concisely said that his authorities aligned with the “alternate authorities of music.”

And successful March helium spoke with Mojo and told the outlet that he’s not funny successful politics.

“I’m much funny successful poesy and creation and radical and experience,” helium said. “But a opus doesn’t person to beryllium similar an overt governmental statement. I cognize what’s close and incorrect — and this s— going connected close present is wrong.”