Wally
SuperDork
1/20/11 6:50 a.m.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20028766-503543.html
Musicians Killed after Refusing to Play Longer
After members of the band La Excelencia in Guadalajara, Mexico refused to play more songs after closing time, irate members of the audience killed two members of the band and detonated a grenade inside the bar, Vida Divina, according to Mexican newspaper El Occidental.
A 26-year-old woman attending the concert was also shot and injured.
According to El Occidental, four drunk men aggressively demanded the band play more after their set ended - and they did - for a while. After they stopped around 4 a.m. local time Monday morning, one of the men threw a grenade at the stage, and people ran out of the bar. As they did, two of the band members were shot.
The victims were identified as Jonathan Jimenez, 22, the leader of the band, and Gustavo Alejandro, 35. Others were also injured in the explosion.
The shooters fled, and investigators said there is little information to go on because no one saw the vehicle that they used to leave.
Gun violence has risen in Mexico in recent years. According to the Associated Press, drug cartel turf battles around the country have left more than 30,000 people dead since December 2006.
WTF kind of bar is this ??? I have been in some berkeleyed up places / events over the years but NEVER seen anyone carrying a hand grenade !!!
That is just messed up
Paul B
^That's why no one wants to go to Mexico.
At least I don't.
My band has played some sketchy places, but that's nuts! I'd much rather be flashed by the methed out 60 year old with a fanny pack, and I never thought I'd ever say that.
Wow. That takes tough crowd to a new level.
Wally wrote:
refused to play more songs after closing time, irate members of the audience killed two members of the band and detonated a grenade inside the bar
am i a bad person for laughing uncontrollably after reading this
patgizz
SuperDork
1/20/11 8:25 a.m.
WilberM3 wrote:
Wally wrote:
refused to play more songs after closing time, irate members of the audience killed two members of the band and detonated a grenade inside the bar
am i a bad person for laughing uncontrollably after reading this
yes, yes you are a very awful person
T.J.
SuperDork
1/20/11 8:27 a.m.
At least they went out with a bang.
T.J. wrote:
At least they went out with a bang.
Thanks for making me laugh in the middle of class.
minimac
SuperDork
1/20/11 9:07 a.m.
They must not have liked the last set. Seriously though, that is just sick. What the heck have people become?
Strizzo
SuperDork
1/20/11 9:08 a.m.
if there was ever a reason for chickenwire in front of the stage...
T.J.
SuperDork
1/20/11 9:25 a.m.
Rolling rolling rolling.......
I am pretty sure this guy was the bartender.
and the surving band members...
Gubby
New Reader
1/20/11 5:09 p.m.
"My little buttercup...has the sweetest smiiiile...
paul
Reader
1/20/11 5:09 p.m.
that will teach them to properly size their stonehenge model...
Gubby
New Reader
1/20/11 5:11 p.m.
"Now, lets kill that Berkleying band!"
JoeyM
Dork
1/20/11 5:35 p.m.
paul wrote:
that will teach them to properly size their stonehenge model...
I actually made a "smell the glove" reference today.
if I had to guess ( the bar reference gave me my first clue) I'd say there may have been some small amount of adult beverages consumed during the evening
Dang. Guess the crowd got tired of holding up their lighters.
oldsaw
SuperDork
1/20/11 11:02 p.m.
Curmudgeon wrote:
Dang. Guess the crowd got tired of holding up their lighters.
Nope, the lighters were used for something else:
Salanis
SuperDork
1/20/11 11:23 p.m.
Donebrokeit wrote:
WTF kind of bar is this ??? I have been in some berkeleyed up places / events over the years but NEVER seen anyone carrying a hand grenade !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dxFEwdhw7k
Kind of ironic that mexico has such strict gun control laws...
You should see what they did to Carrot Top.