Posted on 05/01/2025 2:20:01 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Police shot and killed a death metal pioneer in San Francisco this week after an argument with a neighbor over tree clippings turned violent.
Brian Montana, 60, guitarist for the band Possessed, died in a shootout with cops after he pulled a gun on a neighbor during an argument...
One neighbor sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the shootout, during which Montana took cover behind parked cars and landscaping and used three different guns to shoot at cops for almost half an hour, according to authorities, per CBS Bay Area.
“[Montana] fired multiple times at officers using a handgun, shotgun, and rifle … Officers used patrol cars as cover and returned fire. The suspect was struck and ultimately pronounced deceased at the scene,” SSFPD said.
Montana is the second member of the band to be shot.
Its vocalist Jeff Becerra was shot twice in a 1989 robbery that left him paralyzed from the waist down...
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That’s — a very metal way out?
It was almost like he was possessed.
Who? I guess that individual was possessed.
I have been in the music industry and have seen it. These people are extremely flawed individuals who reject God.
“Brian Montana, 60, guitarist for the band Possessed, died in a shootout with cops after he pulled a gun on a neighbor during an argument...”
Suicide by cop over tree trimmings.
Death metal. Hmm...
Some of his ‘songs’:
The Exorcist
Pentagram
Burning in Hell
Well, we know who was influencing him.
Death metal. Can’t make it up. I would guess that would be the way his fans would expect him to die.
And perhaps current activities.
Deadly tree clippings.
heavy metal lead the way out.
These people are extremely flawed individuals who reject God.
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Democrats
Looks like he got what he was looking for.
Don't talk the talk, if you can't walk the walk.
How apropos.
He got his death.
Sad lost soul.
It seems that the police said hello to his little friend.
Related to Tony Montana?
Maybe, they shoulda named the band “Death Wish!”
Johnny Depp and Judi Dench!
I never was able to understand any of the metal genres.
The only positives I could ever find were they sometimes did have some interesting ways of using odd meters and tempo changes, but for the lyrics? Couldn’t understand a word.
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