Punk rock band Descendents takes issue with former Oath Keeper’s T-shirt

California punk rockers the Descendents are known for fast and furious riffs — but they want no part of angry militant groups like the Oath Keepers.

The band tweeted its disapproval of such organizations after an ex-Oath Keeper wore a Descendents T-shirt to testify before the bipartisan congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by right-ring extremists.

Jason Van Tatenhove, an ally of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, is sworn in to testify as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. (Jacquelyn Martin/)

“We completely disavow groups like the Oath Keepers and in no way condone their hateful ideology,” the band wrote on Twitter Tuesday.

The “Clean Sheets” performers were addressing former Oath Keeper Jason Van Tatenhove, who told members of Congress that he is no longer associated with the right-wing militant organization whose leaders are being charged with seditious conspiracy.

Van Tatenhove joined the Oath Keepers around 2014 and became involved with its media relations efforts. The Colorado man said he left the organization in 2016. He told the Denver Post he now regrets his association with that “very dangerous” group and wants to make amends.

According to Van Tatenhove, he cut ties with with the Oath Keepers because he took issue with some of its members’ denial of the Holocaust.

He testified Tuesday that he was grateful “things did not go any worse” on Jan. 6, when Oath Keepers descended on Washington, D.C., in support of former President Donald Trump’s efforts to disrupt the certification of his successor, President Biden.

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The Descendents formed in Manhattan Beach, Calif., in 1977 and continues to record including a 2021 album called “9th & Walnut.” They’ve taken breaks over the years, including a 1980s hiatus while the band’s singer pursued his PhD in biology. The band took aim at “A--hole Twitter troll” Trump in its 2021 song “That’s the Breaks.” Song lyrics include “Crawl back into your hole of hate.”

Fans weighed in on the Descendents’ Twitter feed wondering how anyone who enjoys the group’s free-wheeling music could become associated with right-wing extremism. Others credited Van Tatenhove for being punk-rock enough to admit he got caughtup in something shameful and testifying against the potentially dangerous organization.