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Pioneering Death Metal Guitarist Brian Montana Killed in Police Shootout
Breitbart ^ | 05/06/2023 | AWR Hawkins

Posted on 05/06/2025 8:42:02 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

A former guitarist for the San Francisco death metal band Possessed was shot and killed by South San Francisco police last week after shooting at a neighbor and then shooting at responding officers.

The San Francisco Chronicle noted that 60-year-old Brian Montana “became enraged over tree debris spilling over from a neighbor’s yard.” An argument with the neighbor ensued and soon escalated into shots being fired.

The Los Angeles Times reported that Montana armed himself with various guns as officers arrived on scene and fired at police.

A press release from the South San Francisco Police Department says: “The armed suspect repositioned into a neighboring driveway and fired multiple times at officers using a handgun, shotgun, and rifle—taking cover behind vehicles and landscaping. Officers used patrol cars as cover and returned fire. The suspect was struck and ultimately pronounced deceased at the scene.”

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Local News; Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: awrhawkins; breitbart; brian; brianmontana; california; death; deathmetal; guitarist; killed; metal; montana; pioneering; police; possessed; putonahappyface; sanfrancisco; shootout
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A guy that lived next door to me loved death metal in the 80s. Huge weed smoker and what a temper.
1 posted on 05/06/2025 8:42:02 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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Sounds like he went from being a lead guitarist to being a hot lead guitarist.

2 posted on 05/06/2025 8:45:06 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Death by Metal


3 posted on 05/06/2025 8:47:47 AM PDT by algore
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Death Metal guy dies over leaves, OK then. Some say Alice Cooper pioneered DM and he’s still alive.


4 posted on 05/06/2025 8:48:12 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The road is a dangerous place man, you can die out here...or worse. -Johnny Paycheck, 1980, Reno, NV)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He likely was truly “possessed.”

As grandma always said: “You call the devil - and the devil’s gonna come.”


5 posted on 05/06/2025 8:48:32 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Landscaping is NOT ‘cover’, it is ‘concealment’ - same with vehicles unless positioned behind engine block.

Thanks to SSG Burgess and his swift kick - I still remember that one!


6 posted on 05/06/2025 8:51:11 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: SunkenCiv

Should be titled no-name guitarist from local SF band dies fighting the police.


7 posted on 05/06/2025 8:53:53 AM PDT by MichaelRDanger
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Death Metal = Headache “rock”


8 posted on 05/06/2025 8:58:57 AM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: SunkenCiv

Honorable mention!


9 posted on 05/06/2025 8:59:26 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (The Democrat breadlines will be gluten-free. )
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To: MichaelRDanger

Ha ha.


10 posted on 05/06/2025 9:00:44 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: SaxxonWoods

Alice Cooper became a Christian.


11 posted on 05/06/2025 9:02:10 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: larrytown

Landscaping is NOT ‘cover’, it is ‘concealment’ - same with vehicles unless positioned behind engine block.

Thanks to SSG Burgess and his swift kick - I still remember that one!

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Slight but Vital Difference.
SSgt Burgess - wherever you are - Good Job.


12 posted on 05/06/2025 9:02:41 AM PDT by dagunk
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

;^)


13 posted on 05/06/2025 9:06:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: ViLaLuz

Yeah, that rings a bell.


14 posted on 05/06/2025 9:10:19 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The road is a dangerous place man, you can die out here...or worse. -Johnny Paycheck, 1980, Reno, NV)
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To: ViLaLuz

Alice Cooper’s father and grandfather were both evangelists / church leaders. Cooper himself seems to be a very decent, level-headed guy. He used to be a serious alcoholic and now quietly counsels rock musicians who come to him with their own addictions. He lost an endorsement deal when he referred to transgenderism as a fad.


15 posted on 05/06/2025 9:22:22 AM PDT by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Well, at least a cool song should come out of this.


16 posted on 05/06/2025 9:26:27 AM PDT by The_Harlequin (…the time will arrive when you will learn to judge for yourself of what is going on in the world, wi)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I just went to YouTube and listened to a song by Possessed. Count me out.


17 posted on 05/06/2025 9:29:54 AM PDT by Kharis13
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Montana “became enraged over tree debris spilling over from a neighbor’s yard.”
= = =

Maybe there should be a way to get the neighbor to take care of his debris.

So, if the city won’t do it, do it yourself....


18 posted on 05/06/2025 9:39:01 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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To: SaxxonWoods

I don’t think Alice Cooper was anywhere near “Death Metal”. They (and he) were more into the macabre stage show than “Metal” music.


19 posted on 05/06/2025 9:57:58 AM PDT by woweeitsme
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To: Kharis13

When I went to a video and saw them with upside down crosses, I immediately left...


20 posted on 05/06/2025 10:00:03 AM PDT by woweeitsme
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