SEABED SLAYER BAND MEMBER ARRESTED FOR ‘NUDITY’ AT UNOC 2025
10.06.2025
⬆️ The Seabed Slayers staged a photo shoot for their new album, coming soon. Photo by João Daniel Pereira.
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Yesterday FishStixx and SeaWeed were arrested at Plage du Centenaire on the first day of UNOC 2025 in Nice.
At first the local Police thought the band’s shoot was a protest by Greenpeace, who were previously denied access to the beach for their ‘deep sea mining vehicle’. When they were convinced of the bands identity (we played them some of the awful music) the Municipal Police still insisted on interrogating the band.
The two band members, one with the sock still on his member, were ushered into a police wagon and whizzed off to the station. We sent one of the crew with them but he was denied access.
⬆️ The Police on the beach treated the band kindly and implored the Municipal Police to do the same. Photo by João Daniel Pereira.
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The Seabed Slayers
The Seabed Slayers are concerned about the whole seabed and were formed from
the infamous ‘Polymetallic Nodules’ – Ocean Rebellion’s Deep Sea Mining (DSM) heavy metal band who have thrilled car parks and conferences across the DSM world. And, as you know, the seabed is the largest ecosystem on Earth and it is threatened by industry on all fronts. Only recently Donald Trump declared war on the deep by restarting the Deep Sea Mining gold rush and reinvigorating the failing Gerard Barron and his ponzi scheme ‘The Metals Company’. Bottom trawling is just the same, it’s an industry focussed on extraction with no care for the harm it is doing.
‘The Seabed Slayers’ know all extractive seabed industries are the same and the only response is to end them now. The seabed is not a resource it is an ecosystem which requires common care. Traditional fishing communities understand this, they rely on it for sustenance. The same cannot be said for the industrial trawler owners, deep sea mining companies and venture capitalists who only view the seabed as a commercial opportunity. But what happens when the seabed is stripped bare? Do they really think they’ll be better off? After all the seabed is the largest carbon capture sink on Earth and the Ocean gives us every second breath we take – can they (and us) really manage without that?
⬆️ FishStixx was charged with indecent exposure but as you can see the band members member was hidden from view. Photo by João Daniel Pereira.
The fate of the Ocean depends on us all.
Our interventions depend on your support.
After three hours both band members were released. FishStixx’s case will be held in Nice soon but thankfully he doesn’t have to return – Nice is a long way from Amsterdam.
Bon Voyage Seabed Slayers ❤️
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