Sophia Urista, the frontwoman for New York-based cover band Brass Against has been described as “disgusting” after she urinated on a male fan during a concert in Daytona, Florida.
She was partway through a performance at the Welcome to Rockville festival when she told the crowd she needed to relieve herself.
“I gotta pee, and I can’t make it to the bathroom,” Urista told the crowd in the now-viral footage. “So we might as well make a show out of it.”
The repulsive rocker, 36, then brought a male fan onto the stage and instructed him to lie down, before popping a squat on his face as she performed a rendition of Rage Against the Machine’s “Wake Up.”
After that,Brass Against rocker Sophia Urista has apologized for going “too far” by peeing on a fan onstage — while insisting she’s “not a shock artist.”“I have always pushed the limits in music and on stage. That night, I pushed the limits too far,” the New York-based frontwoman admitted in her first comments about her golden viral moment.
“I love my family, the band, and the fans more than anything and I know that some were hurt or offended by what I did,” she admitted of the huge backlash following last Thursday’s show in Daytona, Florida.
“I apologize to them and want them to know that I didn’t mean to hurt them,” she wrote.
“I am not a shock artist,” she insisted, without detailing what drove her to urinate over a male fan she brought up onto the stage.
“I always want to put the music first. I’m grateful for all of your continued love and support.”
The headlines Urista generated also gained new fans for the band, judging by comments left on a urine-free video Brass Against posted Monday.
“Came for the pee, stayed for the music,” singer Mixi wrote.