The insane financial cost of playing in the U.S. is a much bigger hurdle for bands than criminal charges and ideology now. The application fee for performance visas went from $450 per member to $1600 last year and there’s a 5-6 month turnaround time on processing the applications.

I know that too, which is why I'm so glad I got to see Kruelty. Even maybe 2 ish years ago that had some insane costs.