Recent controversy surrounding the Confederate flag has brought attention to groups who incorporate it into their merchandise and stage shows, including defunct headbangers Pantera who still sell T-shirts sporting the emblem. Now the group’s former singer, Phil Anselmo – who is currently performing with the reactivated metal group Superjoint – says he’s thinking twice about his past associations with the rebel flag. During a recent interview, Anselmo asked a reporter, “It’d be like, Would we be flying the Nazi flag? I don’t think so, because flags are looked at whether it be nationalism or symbols of something. Truthfully, it’s like…I wish everyone would get along.” The singer went on to explain that the reason he and his former bandmates might have used the Confederate Flag in the first place was because of a love for bands such as Lynyrd Skynyrd.
