Yeh, it's been a while, and expect "Notes From the Extreme Metal Underground V.09 part 3" to be HUGE. The Summer Slaughter Tour 2009 have added more dates including three NEW YORK dates, The Blackened Tour have added a El Paso, Texas date (without MAYHEM, btw) and all hell broke lose at the Chance last night(Poughkeepsie, NY) as Ohio hardcore band "BEFORE THEIR EYES" were beaten by club (THE CHANCE) SECURITY..
This fight between The Chance (venue security) and "BEFORE THEIR EYES" stemmed from "load in" issues, as this has been one of the few complaints about how the Chance is situated. Of course, Chance owner, Frank Pallet, sold Club Crannel (Club Cranell was an addition to the Chance earlier this decade) last year as it is now "The Nutty Irishmen" featuring quality food and ale. Of course, we at ITP think the opposite, The Loft should have been sold as it never should have been a music venue, or perhaps the Loft should have been a dance club. Club Crannel should have stayed the alternative music venue. The reason why The Loft is inconvenient for touring bands, is, yes, the load is up a steep staircase. I don't mind if local unsigned bands load in at the Loft,(let them pay their dues) but touring bands may have an issue with the Loft, as the load in doesn't feature a ramp, and well, bring your own tarp, to cover your gear in inclement weather. The Chance could hire "loaders" to help bands load in their gear for load in. All the best to everyone at The Chance and this (emo/core like, ick) band I've never heard of "BEFORE THEIR EYES".
FROM BEFORE THEIR EYES MYSPACE and SMNNEWS.COM:
THE CHANCE, NEVER AGAIN
WE REMOVED THE OTHER BLOG - THIS BLOG HAS NO COMMENTS AND NEVER WILL
BEFORE THEIR EYES, currently on tour with SILVERSTEIN, NORMA JEAN, and BLESSTHEFALL, fell victims to security with attitudes. The result was mangled faces, New York coppers, and a photographer who could snap nothing but black and white stills.
It all blew up at The Chance in Poughkeepsie, NY.
Their blog reads:
“Hey- tonight’s security did a great job of putting a fellow band member in the hospital.
All of this started because the security member (pictured below) decided to ATTACK us because we didn’t want to set our equipment out in the pouring rain while we went to get our van to load out.
Here is how it all went down: Meet goliath, 7 foot, 300 pound, crazy man that likes to beat up kids.”
This is what happened that night if your interested....
We JUST got done playing our set and we were taking guitars and drums down the staircase because it was raining and the trailers were not ready to be loaded, we wanted to simply place a few items in the room just downstairs till the van pulled up. Security Guard #1 (a 5'10 300 pound dude) started screaming and pushing around Jarrett to get his gear outside right away. Once Security Guard #2 (We beleive his name was Anthony) (a 6'5 ripped body builder) heard the yelling, he decided to start pushing us up and down the stairs, screaming to get their gear out. After trying to simply calm them down to stop yelling and pushing everyone, security guard #1 decided to throw anthony down 6 or 7 steps, take a swing at jarrett, and push nick up against a wall.
At this point, we are all in the ally outside and we just wanted to calm the dudes down and get on with the show.
But the excessive forces these 40 year old dudes, TWICE our ages and TWICE our sizes were using was completely unacceptable and VERY unprofessional. Nick called the cops at this point. We never resort to violence, and the show was more important than these security guards....but they were taking it too far.
After that all hell broke loose outside until the cops got there.
We could not press charges because security claimed we attacked them (like we would do that lol). We can assure you that WE NEVER TOUCHED ANYONE.
Jarrett is okay and suffered a cut to the head and some bruises (i'm sure you seen the pictures in the blog before this)
The whole point of this blog is to let everyone know they need to be careful at THE CHANCE / THE LOFT in Poughkeepsie, NY. We've heard sooo many stories of that place assaulting people and we don't want to see anyone else get hurt/physically assaulted by the security there. We are sorry for anyone on either side of the fight that was injured.
COME SEE US OUT ON THE REST OF THE SILVERSTEIN TOUR!!!!!
God Bless
BTE
The Summer Slaughter Tour 2009 have added more dates to the U.S. tour including three dates in New York, 2 in NYC. FROM SUMMER SLAUGHTER TOUR 2009 PROMOTERS: You can now visit summerslaughter.com for TICKETS. Also, we would like to announce these dates, cites, and venues. Please be patient for your ticket link, and thank you being part of "The Most Extreme Tour of the Year."
7/09 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
7/10 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
7/11 - Birch Run, MI @ DirtFest
7/12 - Cleveland, OH @ Phantasy Concert Club
7/13 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
7/14 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart's
7/15 - Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
7/16 - Montreal, QC @ Medley
7/17 - Albany, NY @ Northern Lights
7/18 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
7/19 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
7/20 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
Also, MARDUK, CATTLE DECAPITATION, CEPHALIC CARNAGE and WITHERED have added another TEXAS date, EL PASO, an off date on the BLACKENED TOUR, although the EL PASO date does NOT feature MAYHEM. FROM WITHERED's MYSPACE: 05/28/2009 El Paso, TX Chic's w/ Marduk, Cephalic Carnage, and Cattle Decapitation.
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-
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