SOILWORK Joins BP Boycott

Swedish metallers SOILWORK among the growing list of musical acts that have joined KORN's ban on using fuel sold by BP or its affiliates in the wake of the company's catastrophic oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. SOILWORK will not use any BP or BP-affiliated products and facilities on the band's upcoming 2010 North American headlining tour.

"We're outraged about BP's obvious profit-over-safety policy leading to this terrible disaster and their extremely poor handling of the oil spill," SOILWORK said in a statement. "In joining the boycott and calling all our fans to do the same, we can collectively make a statement strong enough to bring this shameless, careless corporation to its knees, and to avoid such catastrophes in the future."

According to a press release, other artists who have joined the boycott include DISTURBED, GODSMACK, LADY GAGA, RISE AGAINST, BACKSTREET BOYS, the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, SLIGHTLY STOOPID, ROB ZOMBIE, MEGADETH, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, ANTHRAX, CREED, FILTER, HELLYEAH and others.

KORN singer Jonathan Davis said in a statement, "This is the worst thing that has ever happened to the environment in U.S. history. From everything we're hearing about now, it's become clear that BP cut corners to put profit ahead of safety. The message we are sending should tell all the oil companies to spend the money and take the necessary precautions to make sure this doesn't happen again."

DISTURBED singer David Draiman told The Pulse of Radio he doesn't get why the federal and local response wasn't quicker. "Why does it take BP to have to go ahead and finally say, 'We need help?' Why doesn't the Coast Guard immediately go in? Why isn't the National Guard immediately called in? Why did they leave it to the multi-national corporation who's penny-pinching to begin with?" he said. "They notice that there's a situation developing, go in and do what you need to do to clean it up. Don't wait for them to say, 'Hey, we can't handle it on our own.'"

As a result of the boycott, an estimated 100 vehicles from tours of all the acts involved will not use BP products this summer.

Some of the tours or artists which already use biofuels have also pledged not purchase any affiliated with BP.