David Crosby, Graham Nash and Stephen Stills Ask to Have Their Music Pulled from Spotify

"We support Neil and we agree with him that there is dangerous disinformation being aired on Spotify's Joe Rogan podcast"

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BY Kaelen BellPublished Feb 2, 2022

The Spotify exodus continues today as Neil Young's former Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young bandmates — that's David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, just to be clear — have shared a statement explaining that they've requested their labels remove their collective recordings from Spotify. They're doing so, of course, in the wake of Young's removal from the platform in protest of Joe Rogan's COVID misinformation crusade.

A written statement from the trio's representatives provided to NPR today (February 2) reads:

David Crosby, Graham Nash, and Stephen Stills have requested that their labels remove their collective recordings from Spotify. In solidarity with their bandmate, Neil Young, and in support of stopping harmful misinformation about COVID, they have decided to remove their records from the streaming platform including the recordings of CSNY, CSN, and CN, as well as Crosby's and Stills' solo projects. Nash has already begun the process to take down his solo recordings.

The statement continued, with the three writing:

We support Neil and we agree with him that there is dangerous disinformation being aired on Spotify's Joe Rogan podcast. While we always value alternate points of view, knowingly spreading disinformation during this global pandemic has deadly consequences. Until real action is taken to show that a concern for humanity must be balanced with commerce, we don't want our music — or the music we made together — to be on the same platform.

Nash joined the push against Rogan's podcast yesterday (February 1), announcing his intentions to remove his music from Spotify in solidarity with his former bandmate Young. 

"Having heard the COVID disinformation spread by Joe Rogan on Spotify, I completely agree with and support my friend Neil Young and I am requesting that my solo recordings be removed from the service," Nash said in an individual statement yesterday.

Crosby also chimed in on Twitter, standing behind Young and Nash despite their sometimes-contentious relationship, saying of his catalogue, "I no longer control it or I would [remove it] in support of Neil." Crosby sold off his entire music catalogue to Irving Azoff last year. 
 
"Neil and Joni and Nils and others are correct," Crosby tweeted. "The streamers do carry people telling outright lies that are really doing harm …I would do the same if I could."

Crosby, Stills and Nash join India.Arie, Joni Mitchell and Crazy Horse/E Street Band member Nils Lofgren, all of whom have announced their decision to leave Spotify in the last few days. 

Rogan has since responded to the accusations that his podcast spreads misinformation, saying that his episodes are "just conversations." 

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