Eagles of Death Metal

[Strat]

Jesus Christ...

Strat, honest question for a fellow mountain dweller: Do you sometimes feel extra safe living in a fairly remote location, or do you see shit like this and think "I'm not safe anywhere"? Because I waffle between the two.

i do. Yes. I cant really imagine tinseltown being much of a mark for any sort of attacks.

This is so sad.

Im sorry, yes i do feel extra safe living here but then seeing an eagles of death metal concert being a target....fuck. You know I dont know. With so many rich people here and corporate retreats and businessmen, i dont know maybe. Fuck. This world....

[gardenparty]

Horrible.

Does anybody happen to know what the current touring lineup is?

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

MSNBC is reporting that a member of EODM was killed.

[chewm]

Oh my god...

[ridleybradout]

Unbelievable news coming out of Paris - just savage.

MSNBC is reporting that a member of EODM was killed.

That's some pretty reckless reporting.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/paris- ... ck-n463251

Hughes' brother reported on Facebook that he was safe.

"Jesse Hughes is ok. I spoke to him about an hour ago. The band is ok too. I hold out hope that as many people as possible make it out ok, as well. As the situation is still developing, I can not say much else."

And Hughes' mother said later that the rest of the band was also okay.

"Update just got word the rest of the band is ok. .. plz keep praying for those still being held and pray for the police"

[chewm]

Oh

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

Unbelievable news coming out of Paris - just savage.

MSNBC is reporting that a member of EODM was killed.

That's some pretty reckless reporting.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/paris- ... ck-n463251

Hughes' brother reported on Facebook that he was safe.

"Jesse Hughes is ok. I spoke to him about an hour ago. The band is ok too. I hold out hope that as many people as possible make it out ok, as well. As the situation is still developing, I can not say much else."

And Hughes' mother said later that the rest of the band was also okay.

"Update just got word the rest of the band is ok. .. plz keep praying for those still being held and pray for the police"

That's good news. They had said that a member of the press talked to their sound man. Possibly it was a member of the crew who was killed, or just a scam.

[Birds in Hell]

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

Shit.

[LetMeSleep]

Man this is so awful.

[AndySlash]

whenever this type of thing happens, i'm reminded of this onion article.

http://www.theonion.com/article/god-ang ... l-rule-222

NEW YORK—Responding to recent events on Earth, God, the omniscient creator-deity worshipped by billions of followers of various faiths for more than 6,000 years, angrily clarified His longtime stance against humans killing each other Monday.

"Look, I don't know, maybe I haven't made myself completely clear, so for the record, here it is again," said the Lord, His divine face betraying visible emotion during a press conference near the site of the fallen Twin Towers. "Somehow, people keep coming up with the idea that I want them to kill their neighbor. Well, I don't. And to be honest, I'm really getting sick and tired of it. Get it straight. Not only do I not want anybody to kill anyone, but I specifically commanded you not to, in really simple terms that anybody ought to be able to understand."

Worshipped by Christians, Jews, and Muslims alike, God said His name has been invoked countless times over the centuries as a reason to kill in what He called "an unending cycle of violence."

"I don't care how holy somebody claims to be," God said. "If a person tells you it's My will that they kill someone, they're wrong. Got it? I don't care what religion you are, or who you think your enemy is, here it is one more time: No killing, in My name or anyone else's, ever again."

The press conference came as a surprise to humankind, as God rarely intervenes in earthly affairs. As a matter of longstanding policy, He has traditionally left the task of interpreting His message and divine will to clerics, rabbis, priests, imams, and Biblical scholars. Theologians and laymen alike have been given the task of pondering His ineffable mysteries, deciding for themselves what to do as a matter of faith. His decision to manifest on the material plane was motivated by the deep sense of shock, outrage, and sorrow He felt over the Sept. 11 violence carried out in His name, and over its dire potential ramifications around the globe.

"I tried to put it in the simplest possible terms for you people, so you'd get it straight, because I thought it was pretty important," said God, called Yahweh and Allah respectively in the Judaic and Muslim traditions. "I guess I figured I'd left no real room for confusion after putting it in a four-word sentence with one-syllable words, on the tablets I gave to Moses. How much more clear can I get?"

"But somehow, it all gets twisted around and, next thing you know, somebody's spouting off some nonsense about, 'God says I have to kill this guy, God wants me to kill that guy, it's God's will,'" God continued. "It's not God's will, all right? News flash: 'God's will' equals 'Don't murder people.'"

Worse yet, many of the worst violators claim that their actions are justified by passages in the Bible, Torah, and Qur'an.

"To be honest, there's some contradictory stuff in there, okay?" God said. "So I can see how it could be pretty misleading. I admit it—My bad. I did My best to inspire them, but a lot of imperfect human agents have misinterpreted My message over the millennia. Frankly, much of the material that got in there is dogmatic, doctrinal bullshit. I turn My head for a second and, suddenly, all this stuff about homosexuality gets into Leviticus, and everybody thinks it's God's will to kill gays. It absolutely drives Me up the wall."

God praised the overwhelming majority of His Muslim followers as "wonderful, pious people," calling the perpetrators of the Sept. 11 attacks rare exceptions.

"This whole medieval concept of the jihad, or holy war, had all but vanished from the Muslim world in, like, the 10th century, and with good reason," God said. "There's no such thing as a holy war, only unholy ones. The vast majority of Muslims in this world reject the murderous actions of these radical extremists, just like the vast majority of Christians in America are pissed off over those two bigots on The 700 Club."

Continued God, "Read the book: 'Allah is kind, Allah is beautiful, Allah is merciful.' It goes on and on that way, page after page. But, no, some assholes have to come along and revive this stupid holy-war crap just to further their own hateful agenda. So now, everybody thinks Muslims are all murderous barbarians. Thanks, Taliban: 1,000 years of pan-Islamic cultural progress down the drain."

God stressed that His remarks were not directed exclusively at Islamic extremists, but rather at anyone whose ideological zealotry overrides his or her ability to comprehend the core message of all world religions.

"I don't care what faith you are, everybody's been making this same mistake since the dawn of time," God said. "The Muslims massacre the Hindus, the Hindus massacre the Muslims. The Buddhists, everybody massacres the Buddhists. The Jews, don't even get me started on the hardline, right-wing, Meir Kahane-loving Israeli nationalists, man. And the Christians? You people believe in a Messiah who says, 'Turn the other cheek,' but you've been killing everybody you can get your hands on since the Crusades."

Growing increasingly wrathful, God continued: "Can't you people see? What are you, morons? There are a ton of different religious traditions out there, and different cultures worship Me in different ways. But the basic message is always the same: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Shintoism... every religious belief system under the sun, they all say you're supposed to love your neighbors, folks! It's not that hard a concept to grasp."

"Why would you think I'd want anything else? Humans don't need religion or God as an excuse to kill each other—you've been doing that without any help from Me since you were freaking apes!" God said. "The whole point of believing in God is to have a higher standard of behavior. How obvious can you get?"

"I'm talking to all of you, here!" continued God, His voice rising to a shout. "Do you hear Me? I don't want you to kill anybody. I'm against it, across the board. How many times do I have to say it? Don't kill each other anymore—ever! I'm fucking serious!"

Upon completing His outburst, God fell silent, standing quietly at the podium for several moments. Then, witnesses reported, God's shoulders began to shake, and He wept.

[i got bugs]

How do you even play another show after all of this??

[zeb]

I'd be very surprised if they did.

[tommymtcom]

I think this will probably be the end of the band. This is like Roskilde times 1000.

[Strat]

I think this will probably be the end of the band. This is like Roskilde times 1000.

So sad, so crazy. With the statement from ISIS it almost seems like they specifically targeted them as well.

[verb_to_trust]

What did ISIS say that referenced the band? I cant see them continuing either.

[Strat]

What did ISIS say that referenced the band? I cant see them continuing either.

Eight brothers carrying explosive belts and guns targeted areas in the heart of the French capital that were specifically chosen in advance: the Stade de France during a match against Germany which that imbecile François Hollande was attending; the Bataclan where hundreds of idolaters were together in a party of perversity as well as other targets in the 10th, 11th and 18th arrondissement. France and those who follow its path must know that they remain the principle targets of the Islamic State.


Of course they think any music is perverse and would have picked any other concert venues im sure.

[verb_to_trust]

Party of perversity is ironically much more applicable to what ISIS did than an Eagles of Death Metal concert. There is simply no way to combat that sort of warped mentality.

[LoathedVermin72]

"Party of perversity" sounds like an endorsement to me.

[Strat]

"Party of perversity" sounds like an endorsement to me.

Spoiler: show