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Man Fatally Shoots 3 Ex-Bandmates, Himself in NYC
AP ^ | November 11, 2013

Posted on 11/11/2013 9:22:27 AM PST by ConservativeStatement

A man kicked out of his indie rock band shot three of his bandmates to death in their Brooklyn apartment early Monday and wounded a fourth before killing himself on the roof, police said.

The band members were all from Iran but had come the United States in the past few years seeking more musical freedom. It wasn't immediately clear why the ex-member snapped, police said.

The shooting happened shortly after midnight in a row house in East Williamsburg, an industrial neighborhood home to mostly warehouses where artists can rent cheaper space than in trendier parts of the city.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: brooklyn; iran; music; newyork; nyc; shooting; suicide
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To: Ezekiel
Hmmm .. an EX band member may be an ex because he came here and saw ... WOW, this place really IS super .. WTF are my homeys THINKING?

'Course the homeys were all jihadists and couldn't have THAT kind of thinking around, thus ... ex ... band member.

Now, why did the ex shoot?

Maybe ... just maybe ... he knew something was going down and he stopped it (we DO have hero's that helped the US) ... but because he felt no one would believe him ... he iced himself.


It's as good a story as whatever.

21 posted on 11/11/2013 9:40:41 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

22 posted on 11/11/2013 9:40:52 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: MUDDOG

Or how about Jason Everman, fired from Nirvana AND Soundgarden before they made it big so he quit music and joined the Army rangers.


23 posted on 11/11/2013 9:42:25 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (What do we want? Time travel. When do we want it? It's irrelevant.)
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To: Cicero

The Wiki page has already been updated to include information about the shooting. I guess that means that you were right.


24 posted on 11/11/2013 9:44:11 AM PST by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: Cicero

You’re right.


25 posted on 11/11/2013 9:44:20 AM PST by MUDDOG
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Talk about “what ifs”!


26 posted on 11/11/2013 9:45:25 AM PST by MUDDOG
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To: ConservativeStatement

There are some talented Iranian musicians on the rock scene

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi0egvuCRCo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Igbj3Xj8F8


27 posted on 11/11/2013 9:46:46 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: ConservativeStatement

But there are no Brian Epsteins in Iran.


28 posted on 11/11/2013 9:47:18 AM PST by MUDDOG
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To: MUDDOG

And probably no Billy Prestons. :-)


29 posted on 11/11/2013 9:48:54 AM PST by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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To: ConservativeStatement
killing himself on the roof

I wonder if he was the fiddle player......

30 posted on 11/11/2013 9:49:10 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (I don't call "911", in my house, I AM '911"....)
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To: ConservativeStatement

But they will still SHOW UP TO vote democRAT for the next 30 years!


31 posted on 11/11/2013 9:49:18 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Tallguy

Well, Joy Division was originally called Warsaw.


32 posted on 11/11/2013 9:50:30 AM PST by real saxophonist (Rock, paper, scissors, GUN. I win.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

A new musical genre? Muslim Death Rock.


33 posted on 11/11/2013 9:51:32 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Alex Murphy
Professional musician for 22 years. Very few people can actually make a living doing just music, so most teach or have another gig. In my case it was delivering pizzas.

So double LOL to your post. 8~)

34 posted on 11/11/2013 9:54:48 AM PST by real saxophonist (Rock, paper, scissors, GUN. I win.)
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To: JPG
Great picture, stolen, thanks.

More Cowbell

35 posted on 11/11/2013 9:58:06 AM PST by real saxophonist (Rock, paper, scissors, GUN. I win.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

“Or how about Jason Everman, fired from Nirvana AND Soundgarden before they made it big so he quit music and joined the Army rangers.”

No only a range but Everman went on to become Spec Ops and ride horses with tribal alliances in Afghanistan.


36 posted on 11/11/2013 10:03:11 AM PST by Rebelbase (Tagline: optional, printed after your name on post)
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To: ConservativeStatement
The band members were all from Iran but had come the United States in the past few years seeking more musical freedom.

Not too many Iranian, indie, rock bands. Now, there are even fewer.

37 posted on 11/11/2013 10:08:14 AM PST by Flick Lives (The U.S. is dead to me.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

What band, the Dead Kennedys?

~rim shot!~


38 posted on 11/11/2013 10:10:05 AM PST by joethedrummer
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To: ConservativeStatement

So now they’re a blues band?


39 posted on 11/11/2013 10:14:05 AM PST by Made In The USA (I'm not yelling, just... just talking enthusiastically..)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Immigrants used to have to prove their good health in order to come here legally — as well as their ability to get a job so that they would not be on public welfare.


40 posted on 11/11/2013 10:15:44 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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