Update: All Eagles of Death Metal Members Reported to Be Safe (Paris)

LA Weekly ^ | 11/13/15 | Andy Hermann

[Rebelbase]

[Update at 5:15 p.m., Friday, Nov. 13: After this article was first posted, several sources confirmed that all Eagles of Death Metal band members are safe and unharmed. One of those sources, drummer Julian Dorio’s wife Emily, told the Washington Post that Dorio called to let her know that “everyone on stage was able to get off.” See the end of the article for further updates.]

As we reported earlier, one of the targets of today's terrorist attacks in Paris was Le Bataclan, a concert venue where Palm Desert-based band Eagles of Death Metal had just performed. At first, it was unclear whether any members of the band were among the 100-plus hostages taken at the theater by a group of six to eight attackers. But according to various sources since, at least some of the band members were already outside the theater when the attack began, although not all band members or crew have been accounted for.

An update posted around 3:45 p.m. Pacific time on Eagles of Death Metal's Facebook page reads: “We are still currently trying to determine the safety and whereabouts of all our band and crew. Our thoughts are with all of the people involved in this tragic situation.”
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Brooklyn Vegan reports that the French band Red Lemons posted a Facebook update confirming that EODM frontman Jesse Hughes, his partner, Tuesday Cross, and other band members had already finished playing and were outside La Bataclan when the attack began. “They're safe too, they took a cab,” read the post. The Washington Post reports that the mother of EODM’s drummer, Julian Dorio, also confirmed that her son was safe, although she noted that some of the band's crew members were unaccounted for.

Queens of the Stone Age's Joshua Homme, who appears on Eagles of Death Metal's studio albums, was not with the band in Paris, Consequence of Sound confirms.

The website MySanAntonio.com quotes Jimmy Ford from the band Dinola as saying the EODM guitarist Dave Catching and at least one other band member were still inside and “hiding in the building somewhere” when the attack began, but no other outlets have confirmed this information.

According to various reports, as many as 15 of the hostages inside the theater have been killed.

We will have more on this story as it develops.

[Update at 4:29 p.m., Friday, Nov. 13: Associated Press is reporting that there may be as many as 100 dead at Le Bataclan Theater. Police have stormed the theater and killed at least of the attackers.]

[Update at 4:45 p.m.: According to L.A. Weekly writer Lina Lecaro, Eagles of Death Metal guitarist Eden Galindo has confirmed that all band members are safe and accounted for. It is still not clear whether all crew members are safe. Local musician and friend of the band Dan Cleary has also stated via Twitter than all EODM members are safe.]

[Update at 4:58 p.m.: According an ABC News report, Eagles of Death Metal were mid-set when gunfire broke out at Le Bataclan. The band “hit the deck,” according a man identified as Julian Dorio’s brother Michael.]

[Don W]

I disagree. Stalin's, Hitler's, Pol Pot's, and Mao's lives were worth less than the life of the average wino. If I had the ability to save Beethoven or Jeffrey Dahmer, the choice would be easy. The members of a band called "Death Metal" or "Metal of Death" or whatever the hell it was were undoubtedly promoting nihilism and cultural degradation. It doesn't deserve death, but any rational, decent person, given the choice, would prefer that some of the ordinary mothers and fathers had made it out instead.

It looks to me like you were having a knee-jerk reaction to the name, and I am somewhat dubious about your veracity re: your familiarity with their music, especially after reading the underlined section of the copied quote from your post above.

I am no happier that these guys got out than anyone else did. I honestly wish that ALL the people there had escaped with their lives. You came across with a comment that twisted genuine relief at the escape of a few semi-famous folk that have brought entertainment and joy to literally millions into "hero worship" and celebration of nihilism and cultural degradation. Their lives are worth less to you because they are entertainers. To me, ALL lives matter. that some folks didn't make it out is horrible, but many did, and for that I am grateful. Unnamed and regular folk got out too, you know. It wasn't just the band, and apparently there may be a missing member of the crew. Is he just as worthless to you as the band members, or because he's nameless he's OK in your book?

It must be sad to live in such a limited and sterile world.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

I know it will happen here. Sooner rather than later, I fear. I wish I was being paranoid.

After hearing “they will come in cars” I immediately thought about all the football tailgating tomorrow and Sunday. They don’t have to get into a stadium-just near the crowds.

Football season is the perfect time of year for this type of coordinated attack across the country.

[achilles2000]

It has nothing to do with the name. I am familiar with the band. Yes, it isn’t death metal or heavy metal; I think of it as being a kind of smiley face version of our destructive popular culture. Even on FR, we seem to have become desensitized to what entertainment is really doing. In any event, this started as a thread about our celebrity culture. My post 50 mostly sums my point up.

[hout8475]

Btw, Josh Homme has said that he and Jesse Hughes are both pretty right-leaning guys (politically conservative, though socially liberal). Josh also stated that he owns several guns.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Homme#Personal_life
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Hughes_(musician)

[Paradox]

Yes, I now think I should go with the spirit of the original post - the most important thing is that the famous people got out.

Who ever said that? This was something that you inferred. I understand what you are trying to say, but nope, failed.

[mplsconservative]

I am quite familiar with the band. You may regard them as gifted musicians; I don’t, but that is beside the point. My cavalier treatment of the name, however, was one way of indicating how unimportant in the overall scheme of things they and other pop celebrities are. If you care to look, my original point had to do with the initial post being ecstatic that the famous ones got out without a thought for the others.

You had no clue who the band was. Neither did I. You did your research like I suggested and now you are backpeddling.

Puhleeze! None of us have had a thought about the others??? Are you freaking kidding me? You are very disingenous at the least. Good night.

[achilles2000]

Socially liberal...being pro sodomite lifestyle, drugs, and pro abortion, for example, is ok because they own guns and maybe want to cut spending? Like almost any similar band, there’s a record of going to rehab, getting in fights, etc. What is lost in all of this is the initial point: Why should someone be ecstatic that the famous ones got out without the slightest concern being shown for the others who got out or didn’t get out? There is nothing so exemplary about them that they merit special mention. I know that isn’t your point, but this is so far down the thread the point has been lost.

[achilles2000]

I see, like the Amazing Kreskin, you are a mind reader. Sorry you hadn’t of them before, or perhaps I should say that I am sorry I had heard of them before and had someone “introduce me” to their “art”. I’m not backpedaling, you are trying to salvage your ego. I didn’t say anything about “none of us”. I was clarifying my post in response to the initial post for the reading comprehension challenged.

[CARDINALRULES]

I do care.

Consider that most of the people killed today were in that building to see them perform. Hope they get help to deal with the guilt they might feel.

I had never heard of them but I can search for them and find out info about them long before the names of the other victims are released. It is a way to put a face and name to some of the victims.

They are just as much victims as the people in the audience. I am including the survivors as victims.

[freeandfreezing]

Nice try to CYA, but you fail. The first poster said:

Thank you God. Glad they made it out safely. A miracle amongst all that carnage.

Which says nothing whatsoever about the band, or their importance, or anything else, but simply expressed thanks that at least some people made it out safely.

You said:

I'm trying really hard to care. Any one of the actual victims is probably worth more than the entire band.

Your statement that "If you care to look, my original point had to do with the initial post being ecstatic that the famous ones got out without a thought for the others" indicates that you basically fantasized what the first post was about, or perhaps, to be fair, you have limited reading comprehension abilities. Or you are just making up excuses now.

Have a nice day.

[mplsconservative]

You doth protest too much. You made a really assinine statement about victims of a terrorist attack. Live with it.

[The Iceman Cometh]

.it was a response to the ecstasy expressed in the initial post that these guys got out as if no one else who escaped mattered.

Yes, I think it came off that way and is wrong.

Although if Green Day were in there and didn't make it out, I wouldn't have had a problem with that.

Oh, damn, did I let my inner Trump out again? ;-)

[achilles2000]

You are quite the drama queen.

[achilles2000]

The article was mainly about the band getting out. You should be more careful.

[achilles2000]

Well, someone accused me of not knowing who the band was any more than she did. Unfortunately I do know the band, and I must say that if it had been Axis of Awesome instead I would have “cared” ;-)