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Metal Musicians Comment On LAMB OF GOD Frontman's Arrest - June 29, 2012

A number of figures within the rock/metal world have commented on the news that LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe was arrested on Wednesday in Prague, Czech Republic in connection with the death of a fan more than two years ago.

David Draiman (DISTURBED): "MY THOUGHTS GO OUT TO MY FRIEND RANDY BLYTHE FROM LAMB OF GOD @lambvox ?#freerandyblythe"

Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT): "Thoughts to my friend Randy from LAMB OF GOD. Hope he's alright and this gets resolved soon."

Paulo Gregoletto (TRIVIUM): "I hope Randy's situation can be resolved quickly and without him being detained anymore. Very shitty news to start the day!"

Dez Fafara (DEVILDRIVER): "Prayers and thoughts for Randy as I fall asleep tonight …..Enroute to Full Force Germany ?#HesAGoodMan? ?#SendPositiveThoughts"

Jeff Kendrick (DEVILDRIVER): "Randy Blythe needs to be released soon. Please keep him in your thoughts."

Oderus Urungus (GWAR): "All power out to Randy and our boys in LAMB OF GOD. They are our blood and we stand by them. This whole thing reeks of bullshit."

Mark Hunter (CHIMAIRA): "Best wishes to Randy and the LOG camp."

Mike Portnoy (ADRENALINE MOB, DREAM THEATER): "Thoughts go out to my bro Randy from LOG… just hung w him a few days ago #FreeRandyBlythe"

Cristina Scabbia (LACUNA COIL): "I don't believe for a split second that my brother Randy Blythe hurt ANYONE, especially on purpose. One of the most amazing persons I know. #FreeRandyBlythe Love you, brother. Feel sorry for that guy but I KNOW it WASN'T your fault."

Sebastian Bach: "Randy, hope u r ok.I have been sober this whole tour. 1st sober tour ever. U r an inspiration. Thx 4 your help @downloadfest #FreeRandyBlythe"

Brian Posehn: "Crazy news about Randy Blythe of LAMB OF GOD. Those guys are all really good dudes. I hope everything gets straightened out soon."

Rob Caggiano (ANTHRAX): WTF?? LAMB OF GOD Frontman Randy Blythe Arrested on Allegations of Manslaughter."

Slash: "#freerandyblythe"

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COMMENT | Wait a fuckin minute
posted by : hatred inherit
6/29/2012 1:35:50 PM
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I thought they said "metal musicians".

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COMMENT | #
posted by : Michael Bolton
6/29/2012 1:43:34 PM
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Faust would be proud

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posted by : NoyzRulz
6/29/2012 1:44:45 PM
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Blabbermouth "editors" meet Google.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1688786/lamb-of-god-randy-blythe-detained-manslaughter-prague.jhtml

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posted by : brucedickinsonstrousers
6/29/2012 1:44:48 PM
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Well of course everyone in metal bands want him out, what the fuck do you expect them to say? I doubt anyone will have the balls to hope to justice. To arrest someone you need proof, and someone saw something that night.

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COMMENT | 'RE: #'
posted by : Tama Basher
6/29/2012 2:22:03 PM
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"To arrest someone you need proof"

Did you really just type that? What complete bullshit.

We have TRIALS to determine proof. Anyone can be arrested for just about anything just about anywhere.

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COMMENT | Give me a break....
posted by : phildickian
6/29/2012 1:46:01 PM
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what if he did it? What if he beat the shit out of this guy so bad that he died from those injuries? Fucking sentimental bastards. Let their work.

I would hate to know that somebody killed somebody and I was the idiot who said, "my thoughts and prayers go out to this murderer". Wankers

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COMMENT | 'RE: Give me a break....'
posted by : Tama Basher
6/29/2012 2:29:07 PM
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According to the news reports, the alleged incident happened on stage. I doubt very seriously he beat someone to death in front of all those witnesses and nothing happened for 2 whole years, no websites were started demanding justice, the internet wasn't flooded with first hand accounts, etc. Seriously - if you witnessed that, would you just forget all about it and go about your business without saying anything?

More likely, he pushed the fan off the stage, and the fan ended up landing on his head, causing a brain hemorrhage that killed him some time later.

If that's the case, then manslaughter is a real stretch. They have to leave some room for these guys to play on a stage without being assaulted by ever knucklehead who thinks his paid admission gives him free license to act like an animal. Furthermore, the security on site have a duty to protect the fans and performers, and they obviously failed to do so. There is also likely some liability for the venue and promoter if their laws are anything like what we have here.

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COMMENT | ***********
posted by : phildickian
6/29/2012 1:47:12 PM
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^sentence should say "Let the courts do their work".

At least Varg admitted it.

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posted by : BillyM67
6/29/2012 1:49:36 PM
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I don't know the whole story, but if he did push the fan off the stage (should be plenty of witnesses-it was a concert after all) and the person died as a result of his actions, he might not be getting out of jail. Whether the death was intentional or not he still has to take responsibility for his actions. Wonder what the laws of that country say about something like this? I obviously meant push him, but I seriously doubt he meant to hurt him. Pretty sad for all.

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COMMENT | 'RE: #'
posted by : Tama Basher
6/29/2012 2:30:14 PM
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What about the responsibility of the fan to not jump up on the stage?

I can't believe how stupid some of the comments are getting on this story.

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COMMENT | Does anyone.....
posted by : SweetCheetah
6/29/2012 1:50:18 PM
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understand that this incident happened in 10' and we're just now hearing about it. Any diehard LoG fans know anything about this before yesterday?

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COMMENT | 'RE: Does anyone.....'
posted by : SweetCheetah
6/29/2012 1:55:17 PM
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And if Blythe knew anything about this, would'nt he have avoided the entire Czech republic too?

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COMMENT | 'RE: ''RE: Does anyone.....'''
posted by : Mike Portnoy's Empty Tissue Box
6/29/2012 2:10:20 PM
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I have to agree with you on this. If they knew this was a possibility, his management never would have allowed him to go there. It appears that he was never contacted and a warrant was never issued for his arrest before yesterday. The whole thing does kind of stink.

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posted by : Mike Portnoy's Empty Tissue Box
6/29/2012 1:56:59 PM
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In other words, "Fuck the guy that died! Our friend is a quasi-celebrity and, therefore, above the law." I don't know the details, and if he's innocent, then I hope he gets out, but if he caused somebody's death, he deserves what he gets. I've never heard one word of remorse from Randy about this, whether it was intentional or not. Even Axl Rose felt terrible when that fan died during G n' R's set at Donnington in '88, and he tried his hardest to prevent that.

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COMMENT | 'RE: #'
posted by : SweetCheetah
6/29/2012 2:01:21 PM
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Hope you didn't think that I was implying that. Just have a lot of questions about this.

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COMMENT | 'RE: ''RE: #'''
posted by : Mike Portnoy's Empty Tissue Box
6/29/2012 2:08:15 PM
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I wasn't talking about you. I don't even know what you said; I'll have to scroll back up to read it. I was talking about the musicians who couldn't seem to care less about the dead guy.

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COMMENT | 'RE: ''RE: ''''RE: #'''''''
posted by : SweetCheetah
6/29/2012 2:11:10 PM
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After I read my own statements, I thought it looked like I was defending him with questions. Which I am not.

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COMMENT | 'RE: #'
posted by : Tama Basher
6/29/2012 2:57:54 PM
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You sure are quick to assume guilt.

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COMMENT | 'RE: ''RE: #'''
posted by : SweetCheetah
6/29/2012 5:33:00 PM
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I don't know either way and it wouldn't make any difference what I thought anyway. He's on foreign soil at their mercy. I do think that this whole "nobody knew anything" beforehand seems pretty fishy like BroadwayJoes mom.

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COMMENT | GRAVE support Randy's action to 100%!!!
posted by : RonnieB
6/29/2012 2:03:55 PM
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The audience have NOTHING to do up on the stage, nothing!!
Stage = The band's space, not some idiots that think it's cool to stand there and make an ass of themselves, 'cause that's what every fucker that gets up there does!
We've kicked lots of people off stage at our shows.
Why? Well... There are shitloads of expensive gear up there and i for one don't want any drunken fuck to fall into my drums...
99% of the times they actually ruin the show by stumbling around and we've actually have had to stop a few gigs because of that. They've destroyed our gear... Stepped on pedal boards and stuff like that.

GRAVE do NOT support "fans" or whatever that climb up on the stage.. They'll get kicked down from there faster then they can say tally ho!

/Ronnie B/Grave drummer!

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COMMENT | 'GRAVE WHO???'
posted by : pupo
6/29/2012 4:16:16 PM
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"fans" do NOT support GRAVE or whatever that climb up on the stage...

now THAT's more like it!!

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COMMENT | is that the kid at 1:54ish?
posted by : StonedtheCrow
6/29/2012 2:04:54 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkY4PecjUtw

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posted by : deathmetalleros
6/29/2012 2:06:06 PM
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Even if Blythe did push the poor guy and caused a lethality as a result of all this - does not the rule of "time lapse" apply in this case? I mean, the incident happened over two years ago, so that is quite a significant period of time passed. And what if he did that, say, 10 years ago and that guy suddenly died just now - would Blythe still be considered a suspect and be arrested over this? Where do you draw the line? It seems Czechs have been stupid enough to patiently wait for LOG to come over to Czech Republic just to catch the singer. WTF?

This situation is clearly stupid.

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COMMENT | 'RE: #'
posted by : Tama Basher
6/29/2012 2:59:49 PM
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More relevant to time lapse is how long it took from the alleged incident to his actual time of death.

For all we know the guy died 3 weeks later from something unrelated, and his parents want to blame it on a band in the hopes of obtaining a settlement.

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posted by : bugas
6/29/2012 2:07:17 PM
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LOCK HIM UP . HE KILLED SOMEONE! HIS ""SINGING"" SHOULD BE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO LOCK HIM AWAY

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posted by : lock and key
6/29/2012 2:20:06 PM
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he who breaks the law, does the time.

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posted by : twdrummer
6/29/2012 2:29:34 PM
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Where is Bret Michaels statement?

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posted by : Digitaldeadstar
6/29/2012 2:47:00 PM
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I'm pretty sure Randy didn't have any intention of killing this poor guy. And all things considered, it's entirely possible Randy didn't even know the guy died. He may have not even known he got injured. Like others have mentioned, nobody has really heard about this until now. Also as mentioned, does anyone really think that Randy's management (or himself) would really do a Czech date if they were even aware of this?

Not diminishing the guys death, but I'm guessing his initial getting hurt at the show was considered a relative non-incident. Not that it isn't tragic, but most fans and the band (if they knew) probably chalked it up to "Oh, a fan got hurt." Happens all the time at shows and nobody probably thought a whole lot about it.

Laws are obviously different there, but the courts will handle this and find guilt or lack of accordingly.

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COMMENT | I was wrong
posted by : phildickian
6/29/2012 3:07:22 PM
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I was wrong, guy from Grave, I was wrong. You are right. If you get up on stage, you deserve to die. Makes sense.

thats why it's called "death" metal, right?

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COMMENT | @digitaldeadstar
posted by : phildickian
6/29/2012 3:08:34 PM
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It wasn't intentional, that's why it's manslaughter and not murder. Guys still dead though.

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posted by : bison2000
6/29/2012 3:26:01 PM
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lamb of god, no better live band. hope this shit is nonsense

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posted by : Sadistikexekution
6/29/2012 3:47:55 PM
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Sebitchian has to make it about himself, the self centered douche!

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posted by : hatred inherit
6/29/2012 3:52:21 PM
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Randy Blythe is gonna kill David Draiman next for divulging that the two are friends.

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COMMENT | I wonder...
posted by : Briq
6/29/2012 4:03:20 PM
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I wonder how many people remember what happened when nathan gale jumped onto a stage............

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COMMENT | 'RE: I wonder...'
posted by : Evil_Twin
6/30/2012 8:45:42 AM
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So you double wonder?

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COMMENT | Can't Believe It
posted by : RedZombie
6/29/2012 4:10:29 PM
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I hope that he did not do this. Is that the best Slash has got #freerandyblythe? Anyways FREE RANDY BLYTHE!!

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posted by : greendeath
6/29/2012 4:34:28 PM
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FREE RANDY BLYTHE!

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posted by : RiotAct666
6/29/2012 4:53:02 PM
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He was apart of the crime, Now Randy will have to pay the price.

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COMMENT | 'RE: #'
posted by : Evil_Twin
6/30/2012 8:48:07 AM
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If there was any justice in the world you'd be in jail for murdering brain cells every day with your dumbfuck comments!

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COMMENT | Fuck This murderer of music fans and fuck the phony fucks that support him
posted by : Jaktheknife
6/29/2012 5:33:26 PM
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Dude probably acting a little too tough on stage went a little too far on a fan. Fans jump onstage all the time you don't go fucking ape shit on another human being tough guy now look at all the fake phony fucks coming out the wood work my brother this and my metal brother that shut the fuck up the dude beat some one up that died from injuries motherfucker has some explaing to do it maybe time to pay for your actions dude. This is what's wrong with todays music bunch of phony fucks not having the. Balls to say what theyr really feel how many dudes on stage go and act all tough as part of their act. I saw Anselmo pull that shit on a kid who stupidly jumped on stage the kid looked so much smaller.If the dude had something to do with this death then don't drop the soap motberfucker. Hows that for support. Fucking band of his has like one good song anyway. Dude jumps on stage you think dude maybe drunk be a biggr man and be cool.

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COMMENT | IMO
posted by : RNR
6/29/2012 5:34:27 PM
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After what happened to Dimebag, bands have to right to kick the shit out of fans who get on the stage. Can't take any chances these days.

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COMMENT | 'RE: IMO'
posted by : hatred inherit
6/29/2012 5:56:21 PM
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Oh, the guy was gonna shoot him? Don't be retarded the band has security.

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COMMENT | Where the hell....
posted by : SweetCheetah
6/29/2012 5:44:15 PM
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was the security when all of this was going down?

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COMMENT | funny
posted by : KARMABLADE
6/29/2012 6:12:10 PM
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Funny how none of those people are metal musicians, more like POSERS who have NOTHING to do with REAL Metal

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COMMENT | "metal musicians"
posted by : cc702cc
6/29/2012 6:39:16 PM
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Randy may have KILLED someone and you wannabe losers blindly support this possible murderer? Karma's a bitch eh' Randy? Hope it's all on film and you ROT for this. What if it was a family member of yours "metal musicians" would you be so quick to support?

I don't think so

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COMMENT | Oh yeah and Randy is wannabe Phil impersonator
posted by : cc702cc
6/29/2012 6:41:44 PM
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Lock him up!

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COMMENT | And nice big FUCK YOU to the Grave drummer
posted by : cc702cc
6/29/2012 6:46:30 PM
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Hope one of your 5 fans jumps on stage at your next shows and takes out your hihat!

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COMMENT | DON'T FREE RANDY
posted by : cc702cc
6/29/2012 6:49:40 PM
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RANDY GOING DOWN! Asshole rockstar gets the hand of JUSTICE.

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COMMENT | to the idiots
posted by : hurricane hugo
6/29/2012 7:04:05 PM
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who want to slag the musicians quoted for not being metal...Alex Skolnick.

Game, set match.

plur

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COMMENT | No shit HH
posted by : cc702cc
6/29/2012 7:08:02 PM
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He hasnt been metal since 1991. Now he's half the guitar player he used to be.

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posted by : pigchop
6/29/2012 7:27:02 PM
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http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/525/25642/Witness-Account-To-The-LAMB-OF-GOD-Show-That-Describes-Randy-Blythe-Throwing-A-Kid-Down

The above contains (in part) the following:

"Randy behaved exactly as I expected him to, a son of a bitch who pisses off everyone. He's confirmed by firing up several fans. [Randy] was very irritated when someone decided to join him on stage. At first Randy hit him a lot, then Randy jumped on him to hold him down while he continued singing?

When the fan got up, Randy took him by the hair and threw down quite quickly. It was a good thing the fan was so dazed that he probably felt nothing. It took him a little while to realize what happened and as he struggled to get his breathe back. Randy does behave quite pretentious, but the performance was important to him."

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COMMENT | if Randy led to this person's death
posted by : And Then There Were None
6/29/2012 9:34:01 PM
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he should be tried in a court of law.

was the fan an idiot for doing what he did? most surely.

did he deserve to die for it? no way.

regardless of whether you think Blythe is a god or a putz, he, like any human being, needs to be accountable to the law.

people hoping Randy goes free would change their tune if it was their brother or son acting like an idiot on a stage one night -- and got killed for it.

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COMMENT | cc702cc
posted by : cynic71
6/30/2012 2:50:31 AM
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you're an ignorant ass. how is this murder? do you have any clue what you're talking about, or just trying to feel important?

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posted by : nancyboy
6/30/2012 8:30:50 AM
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Why is the drummer for Megadeth so invested in this?

Anyway, that's not much of a support group.

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COMMENT | Wait a minute...
posted by : seminolefanboy
6/30/2012 5:42:01 PM
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David Draiman is a "metal musician"?

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COMMENT | Wait a minute!
posted by : FINLANDdanny
7/2/2012 8:04:35 AM
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If artist is playing on the stage, how security allowed some "fan" climb to the stage!

This isn't Randy's fault that he defenced himself from fan that came to stage whit out know one's approval! And second thing, why the stage builder allowes these things to happen, I mean.. what if Randy was droped from the stage and his head on some fence etc. what is between stage and fans? bad construction and poor security is my opinion in this thing

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