Lamb Of God Members Return Home From Europe, Alleged Footage Of Incident Surfaces
Lamb Of God guitarist Mark Morton took to his Twitter last night for the following update on his bandmate Randy Blythe‘s release from custody in Prague, Czech Republic on manslaughter charges. Those charges stem from the death of a 19 year old fan at a show the band played in Prague back in 2010.
“finally HOME! 4/5 of us anyway. I cant wait to give Randy a big bear hug & kiss his pointy, stubbly face! Thanx for all the support yall! Flooded w/ questions about Randy. I truly understand & appreciate ur concern. But it would be irresponsible for me to comment on any of it. again….thank yall SOOOO much for your love & support during these difficult times. It means the world to us.”
According to recent reports, Blythe will be able to return home tomorrow, July 02nd, after officially posting bail. In the meantime, you can check out a new Czech TV news report on the situation, which features alleged footage of the incident, at Nova.cz. Slow motion-footage from the aforementioned broadcast has since surfaced and can be seen below:
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Wow! So that dude died from being thrown back into the crowd stage diver style..and in a little club at that?
I thought it was like at a festival and this dude got pushed off like a 15-20 foot elevated stage..
How the fuck you going to die off some shit like that???
It looks like me at every metal show I go too….
You hit your head on something hard
Looks like Herman Munster had a hand on him too is that guy getting arrested too?
Why go after the huge bouncer that two hand shoved the kid off the stage who makes just a little over minimum wage, when you can sue the lead singer of a world famous metal band who had one hand on the kid being shoved while he was focusing on singing?
Exactly why I said this whole thing is just the family going after money, like an out of court settlement.
How is a family going to get a settlement out of Randy when they’re not suing him? He’s facing criminal charges not civil litigation.
I keep forgetting how civilized Czechoslovakia is. Money will be exchanged for charges being dismissed/reduced.
Well if that’s true it would be the police/criminal justice system that would be profiting. Unless you’re saying that the family that is trying to extort the money is able to influence who the Czech police arrest and prosecute. If that’s the case I would wonder why a family with that kind of influence would need a settlement from Randy Blythe. Also just FYI but Czechoslovakia broke into the Czech Republic & Slovakia after the USSR dissolved in the early 90s
^your point?
That bouncer definitely contributed a lot more force than Randy, who was actually singing at the time.
I don’t know, it looked to me like Randy had the dude by his hair. You can exert quite a bit of control over someone when you’re dragging them by the hair. That bouncer definitely contributed as well but I’m not sure I would say Randy did less than the bouncer. They both look responsible to me.
You are a blind ass idiot, Lateraleye. It’s called physics, learn it. Unless Randy is the Hulk, there is no way he threw the dude at that force and remained that still. He may have had a handful of hair but that bouncer is completely to blame here. But, of course, Randy has the money here, not that broke ass member of the security staff.
What’s with the disrespect man? You could have easily disagreed with me and not resorted to name calling. Is there something wrong with trying to have a respectful discussion? If you watch the video Randy was basically dragging the dude by his hair off the front of the stage, I’m not sure where you see Randy remaining still but I see him moving. The bouncer was definitely pushing from behind as well but you make it sound like Randy didn’t even touch the guy.
He had a handful of hair. That doesnt constitute shoving/throwing someone. The only movement created was the dude’s own leg already in the midst of running into a stage dive and the fat fuck security douche. Little, frail ass Randy is clearly not the one causing the movement. A little common sense, boss.
“He had a handful of hair. That doesnt constitute shoving/throwing someone. The only movement created was the dude’s own leg already in the midst of running into a stage dive”
Dafuq? I don’t think the guy was stage diving, they were throwing him off the stage using a combination of dragging him by the hair and shoving him from behind, I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about. Also, the guy should’ve never been on the stage in the first place.
I have to agree with adamonfire, it doesn’t look like he was going to stagedive to me. When the video is slowed down I see Randy’s arm behind his head the entire time indicating to me that he essentially drug him by the hair from the rear of the stage all the way off the front of it with the assistance of the bouncer. I agree that the dude should have never gotten on the stage but throwing him off the front of it with no regard for what injuries he might sustain is a bit reckless. I think they probably should have took him off the side of the stage & thrown him out of the show. I also think it is the failure of the security there that lead to Randy ever having to lay hands on him in the first place.
captain hindsight!
You’re right, he was on the stage for the third time because he wanted to capture the moment with a panoramic photo. The dude was on stage to stage dive, period. Whether or not Randy “drug” him, it was more than likely the unexpected force from the security guy that threw him off balance causing him to hit his head. If you ever played football, it’s similar to going up for a catch and being hit mid air. Sometimes you come down awkwardly because of the unexpected shift.
Basically, I’m saying Randy’s actions did little to make this dude fly off the stage in a dangerous manner. The dude is puny. Look to the security douche.
Technically, he was just helping the bouncer get the guy offstage…. I don’t know how he could be held legally responsible, even he was being a bit rough grabbing the dude by the hair
You answered your own question.
Not really, I just forgot to add some words and only posted half of my thought process. But your point is acknowledged
It’s kind of hard to see what happened with the video moving so fast and all. If someone could slow it down to -7 frames per second it might give us some leads.
blind
The point of getting on stage… is to immediately get off the stage. If you linger, you’re getting your ass booted
lamb of gods overrated with a sub-par live show. Randy’s not my favorite, many of you are on my page……
But any mother fucker who jumps on stage after the Dimebag indecent should not expect to be treated kindly, or with any respect. Fuck him, fuck the money grabbers, and let the fucking show go on.
Death is not a joke to me and god rest his soul….. but if I was in a popular band and some jag off, acting a fool (I bet) – came on MY stage, damn right I’d grab his fucking hair and toss his the fuck outta there. Its MY stage, my job is to control “you”.
Fucking idiots, let the guys play their songs.
If you give this a thumbs down you’re an idiot. The end.
thank you, my respect for you went up 100%.
must be some jaded LOG fans
Yep. By my calculations it looks like there are nine jaded LoG fans.
I like LoG, like not love. I’m a big fan of Randy himself, but I totally agree with the second half of your post. Has no one at a LoG show never seen footage from a LoG show? It’s a brutal experience, Wall of Death, etc. If you jump on stage, that is you waving your rights to be handled with care. I’m not advocating violence, I feel bad the kid died and not saying that Randy or anyone else has a right to beat on anyone, but you know full damn well there is a good chance you might get shoved off stage. I’ve seen it plenty of times at plenty of metal shows.
I hate those kickboxing kids, but I know if I stand right next to the pit, I can’t get upset if I catch a roundhouse to the face.
I very rarely see those kickboxing kids at shows in my area, thankfully. I’ve learned through the few times I have encountered them that if you take the proper angle and time it just right, you can send them FLYING across the pit, their arms and legs still whirling through the air. It’s just leverage and the element of surprise.
I can finally see why those signs saying ‘moshing and stage diving are prohibited’ are erected at gigs. Maybe it should be standard industry practice that every drummer is required to have a slogan such as ‘stage dive at own peril’ printed on the front of their bass drum not unlike parental advisory stickers on album covers.
everything needs a warning label nowadays…. are people that retarded?
Yes they are.
political correctness is ruining this nation and putting pussy in foreign jails.
pussies*
…either one of those probably would’ve been acceptable, really.
i dont know why people think this is a money thing. this dude is not loaded.
The parents might think that the record label could be held liable. You can follow LoG all the way to Sony and Warner Bros, that’s a lot of potential money. I’m not familiar with how well of this kid or any Czech people are, but they may see 100K as hitting the jackpot. Of course, they may not care at all about the money, they may see it as getting vengeance for the death of their son. I do wonder what kind of cash Randy has, I know the current state of the music biz, but LoG is in the top tier of metal acts as far as commercial success.
Looked to me like the kid was already on his way off the stage. Randy put an arm on him probably to make sure he wasn’t gonna plow him over, and the guard met him just behind Randy to get him off the stage. The kid was already gonna stagedive, they just boosted his power over 9000. That how it looks to me.
I feel sorry for the kid, but what I’m seeing here is him being stupid and a bouncer pushing him off stage, whilst Randy’s hand gently latches on as inertia runs it’s course.
Meh.
Hell, should have rather investigated the work of doctors that tried to save him. Hits on the head,not pretty. But death of internal bleeding 14 days after this?
Someone missed something when they were fixing him up.
Okay, okay, from this day going forward, all musician assisted stage dives should be prefaced with a warning, “put your hands in an upright position and prepare for landing.”
If that does not prevent death/injury, fair warning should release said musician from any potential liability, which seems to be how the corporate/legal world handles things like this.
I don’t stage dive anymore because I am over the age of twenty. The last time I stage dove was at a Weezer show back in the 90′s during the Blue Album tour cycle. It was an excellent dive mind you. The kid that died was participating in a full contact sport for all intensive purposes and I am sure was well aware of the risky nature of said activity. At least the kid died doing something he loved. These days I just bang my head until my brain starts to revolt. Please be safe kids…..
This whole thing has been a real touchy subject as of late, but I think it’s pretty outlandish. Are they going to charge the other attendees that:
a.) Failed to catch him
b.) Stepped on him while he was on the floor
c.) Possibly pushed him into the ground again after he got up
The way it seems that everyone is arguing is that since Blythe put his hands on the kid, he’s liable. What about the Security Guard? What about the venue? From the looks of that footage of the alleged “incident that inflicted the internal bleeding which led to death”, the kid had forward momentum. It’s not like he stopod in front of Randy taunting him with, “hey dude, please throw me off of the fucking stage already. This is my third time being up here. Thanks!”
I’m not a Lawyer, but I really don’t see how the prosecution has a leg to stand on. It is on foreign soil though, and they tend to see some things differently than we do here in the US.
Regardless, may the kid rest in peace. And while it is unfortunate, people that go to Punk, Metal, Hardcore, etc. shows need to realize that if they’re going to get on the floor and be so bold as to rush the stage, there are serious fucking risks involved.
I mean shit, if they’re charging D. Randall Blythe with Manslaughter, what is going to happen to anyone else that laid their hands on him? Anything? Doubtful.
I hope that the defense have witnesses ready to testify on Blythe’s behalf (in the event it goes to trial) because from the looks of the footage, I see an LoG concert where some kid rushed the stage, and then he jumped off. I didn’t see Randy pushing him off, though.
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