You don't want to go to the band's concerts? Then don't go to the band's concerts. You don't want to go to the band's events? Then don't go to the band's events.
You don't want to support the band and their kind of art? Then don't support them and their kind of art.
You can hate their music and their art all you want. That's cool, that's okay, that's perfectly fine. Everyone has his/her personal taste when it comes to music.
Again, you can hate the band. You can hate their music. You can hate their way of artistic expression.
But...
But don't trample on the rights of others who want to listen to their songs or their music genre or their art.
Going out of your way to prohibit the band from playing and even attempt to declare them as persona-non-grata in the city reeks of intolerance.
To each his own.
You're bending to the whims and demands of one group while being intolerant to another group. You call yourself a creative city pero you prevent certain artists/musicians from expressing their art?
Just because a band and their music offends you doesn't give you the right to prohibit them from expressing their art. Being offensive especially within the confines of art is not a crime. You can't just ban an author because his book offends you. You can't just ban a filmmaker because his movie offends you. You can't just ban an actor because he appears in offensive movies.
A city that keeps on announcing itself to be a "creative city" should be more tolerant to all types of creatives and artists and their brand of artistic expression.
Lastly...
Do I Iisten to black metal music? No, I don't. It's not my cup of tea.
Am I a fan of the band that was prohibited from performing? No, I'm not.
So why am I defending the band and the organizers of the music event/gig? Because at the end of the day, they are artists and there are people who like their brand of artistic expression and who would like to see them perform live.
That's it.
Let people listen to the songs they want to hear. Let people support artists they want to support. Let people choose the music genres they want to listen to.
FOR CONTEXT:
Deiphago, a black metal band, was supposed to hold a concert/gig at a bar in Baguio City next week. Some "faith-based leaders and representatives from the academe" went to the Baguio City council to complain about the upcoming concert. They wanted to stop the concert as well as declare the members of the band persona-non-grata in Baguio City.
The city council then passed a resolution prohibiting the event. However, they rejected the request of the complainants to declare the band members persona-non-grata in the city.
