[kj] OT: Dimebag shot dead on stage.

[Christof hamille]

Unfortunately I have experciened some bad situations at shows.  One was a 
shooting (luckily those injured recovered fine but the shooter was never 
found), another shooting by carjacking right outside of the venue after the 
show was over (it was Motorhead) so there were hundreds of witnesses, came 
up to the car, asked for it, shot him, pulled away, he was later caught.  A 
stabbing and a hellacious bar brawl (cops in riot gear, dogs the whole nine 
yards).  And countless fights, but that almost seems par for the course.

All Ican say is be careful, enjoy yourself and be respectful of others.  But 
yes being on stage like that adds a whole other dimension.

messed up

Chris

>From: Devacor at aol.com
>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
><gathering at misera.net>
>To: gathering at misera.net
>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Dimebag shot dead on stage.
>Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 14:53:53 EST
>
>
>In a message dated 12/9/2004 2:34:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>LONESTYLE at aol.com writes:
>
>You know, I have been to so many punk gigs and never in my life have I
>experienced any of that. except one time a cholo in east l.a. pulling a gun 
>  out on
>the owner joe vex of the vex in 1983 and was tackle by security  outside. 
>and
>the occassional stabbing or fight.
>
>
>
>
>I was a hardcore show bouncer in the 80's and early 90's- I remember one
>show there was this dude from the NYC DMS gang who was drunk and upset  
>about his
>favorite band "Killing Time" breaking up- so he was almost crying and
>shooting a gun up in the air "why did they have to break up man..why did 
>they  have
>to break up..BANG"- a little nerving and to have to ask him to kindly knock
>it off.
>Another time after an Agnositc Front show, these kids came running back in
>the club injured after being shot and stabbed b/c someone thought they were
>nazi  skins. kids were like 15 and we had to go out with bats running down 
>alleys
>  trying to find the shooters- real fun stuff.
>  of course these instances are nothing like this. usually there is  quite 
>an
>aura of a band when they are on stage. Even from the hardcore scene I  have
>never even heard of a band being attacked on stage what to speak of being  
>shot
>dead
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