Burger Records responds to grooming allegations

Burger Records has released thousands of titles since the label was founded in 2007, including artists such as The Black Lips, Brian Jonestown Massacre, FIDLAR, L.A. Witch, and many more.

Over the last few days, multiple allegations of grooming were posted on an Instagram account with the handle @lured_by_burger_records. It's an account "dedicated to amplifying voices and supporting those who were victims of sexual predation by predators involved with Burger Records."

Burger Records responded to the allegations by reaffirming its "long-standing zero-tolerance policy for this sort of behaviour" in an Instagram post published on Saturday (18 July). The label wrote, "Several stories have been brought to our attention about some Burger artists engaging in the grooming of underage girls for sex, relationships built on power imbalance, and the solicitation of pornography from minors. With this in mind, we want to remind all of our artists, and inform the Burger community at large that we have a long-standing zero-tolerance policy for this sort of behaviour."

The label added, "Zero-tolerance means complete removal from all Burger platforms, destruction of physical media, and an end to our dealings with you, no questions asked, and no exceptions given. If your situation calls for it, we will report you to the proper authorities. We have taken these actions with the artists that were reported to us in the past day, with the exception of removal of the offending artists catalog. We are donating profits from sales of that artist to charity at the victims request."

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Several stories have been brought to our attention about some Burger artists engaging in the grooming of underage girls for sex, relationships built on power imbalance, and the solicitation of pornography from minors. With this in mind, we want to remind all of our artists, and inform the Burger community at large that we have a long-standing zero-tolerance policy for this sort of behavior. Zero-tolerance means complete removal from all Burger platforms, destruction of physical media, and an end to our dealings with you, no questions asked, and no exceptions given. If your situation calls for it, we will report you to the proper authorities. We have taken these actions with the artists that were reported to us in the past day, with the exception of removal of the offending artists catalog. We are donating profits from sales of that artist to charity at the victims request. #believewomen #makemusicsafe

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