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Today is a sad day in the Western Queensland ska scene because one of the districts’ biggest acts has been forced into changing their name due to the rise of a far-right group both here and overseas.
The Littleproud Boys, a seven-piece collection rudeboys from the Darling Downs, are brainstorming a new name because of the Proud Boy movement and their recent classification as a terrorist organisation in the United States.
The group is fronted by Deputy Deputy Prime Minister, David Littleproud, who is also the Agriculture Minister and it bears his name.
It was formed in 1994, well before David became the political force he is today but he didn’t let the bright lights of Dalby, then Canberra later on, take his love of ska music away.
“I’m a rudeboy at heart, always will be,” Mr Littleproud told The Advocate this morning via telephone.
When asked about the name change, David said it was sad but needed to happen.
“Yeah look, mate. Can’t have us associated with those lunatics. We don’t do that type of shit in Australia. Yes, we have our differences but in the scene of things, Joe Biden is further right than the government is here,”
“Just because you drive a Tesla doesn’t mean you want to pay a nominal tax rate of 56% and pay $89 for a bunch of bananas in July, do you? Anyway, back to the music. Not sure what we’re going to call ourselves now. What about The Tallis Phallus? I like it. Bit crude but we aren’t sleeping in a yurt in Victoria, are we? No mate, we live in the real world up here.”
More to come.
