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Perhaps even more explosive is that Iced Earth guitarist Schaffer was allegedly part of the right-wing rioters that stormed the Capitol. Photographer Roberto Schmidt of AFP/Getty snapped an image of a man who appears to be Schaffer at the front of the angry mob, his finger pointed aggressively towards someone out of frame and an “Oath Keepers” hat on his head. (Oath Keepers are an extremist far-right anti-government militia group.)

A number of news organizations have used the image in their coverage of the storming of the Capitol, including CBS, NBC, and The Guardian.

While fans of any of these musicians might be disheartened by the presence at yesterday’s shameful events, they shouldn’t necessarily be surprised. Ariel Pink has made himself something of a real-life troll, at times stating things like, “It’s not illegal to be a racist,” or that he “respects” the Westboro Baptist Church “because they’re free-speech advocates,” or that gay marriage “pisses me off.”

Schaffer, meanwhile, often wears a confederate flag bandana when he performs, and has long espoused conspiracy theories. He’s called the COVID-19 pandemic a “plandemic” set up by “a very small group of people that have very dark designs for the future of humanity and the world…” He’s also stated his resistance to being “forcibly” vaccinated.

Schaffer was also present at another pro-Trump rally back in November (via Germany’s Die Welt). At the time, he stated, “They will go down. They’re messing with the wrong people, believe me… If someone uses violence against us, we will react accordingly. We don’t want that, but we are ready.”

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Soon after the chant went viral, an anti-Biden rap song called "Let's Go Brandon" was recorded by Loza Alexander.[32] The song first went viral on TikTok before rising to number one on the iTunes Store Top Hip-Hop/Rap Songs list, and number two on the platform's Top Songs list, on October 18, 2021.[33][34][35] Alexander's song reached number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of November 6, 2021.[36]

Another song with the same title was released by Bryson Gray, a Christian conservative rapper, reaching number one on iTunes.[13] It debuted at number 28 on the US Hot 100.[37] The music video for Gray's song, which included the line "Biden said the jab stop the spread, it was lies" (in reference to COVID-19 vaccination efforts by Biden) was taken down by YouTube for containing "medical misinformation".[13] A country rap song of the same name was recorded by Forgiato Blow.[13] On October 27, iTunes had different "Let's Go Brandon" recordings at numbers one, two,[38] four and eight.[39]