Posted on 06/24/2005 10:24:24 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache
4 People Stabbed At Rock Concert In Tampa;1 Man Dead
Douglas Maher-All Headline News Staff Reporter
June 24,2005 1:20 PM EST
Tampa,Florida (AHN)-A night of rock and metal music turned ugly very fast on early Friday morning when the metal band Corrosion of Conformity took the stage and a massive fight broke out on the floor of Club Masquerade just after Midnight.
Witnesses told a local ABC News affiliate that "I saw two guys; all of the sudden one went this way, one went that way. That's all we knew. I thought they got in a fight, and then somebody said somebody got stabbed."
Apparently the fight started when two women started pushing and shoving eachother in what was quickly becoming a mosh-pit. Witnesses said that was when people came into the middle of the fight to break it up but tempers flared and things got out of control,including a man carrying a large knife.
One man in his early 30's was fatally stabbed,another woman in her late 20's was listed in critical condition while another was listed in fair condition. Another victim was treated for lacerations from the knife at the scene.
Names of the victims have not been released due to family being notified as of early this afternoon.
Police are still looking for the suspect, who was described as a skinny man in his 30s with a shaved head, a reddish-brown mustache goatee, and last seen wearing a white tank top in the Ybor City area where the club is located.
Idiots, they should've just let the girls go at it and start a mud wrestling pit.
Ban knives and/or tank tops!
Oh, to be young, and stupid, and have no future . . . .
Holy crap! I know their music... Corrosion of Conformity has hardcore music, but the underlying message in some of their songs is conservative. They believe that liberalism conditions the masses to condemn politics as petty and boring... so that the democrat party can do its (evil) work and not be bothered by the populace.
So, how was the concert?
Our rock concerts have turned into a quagmire.
In my younger days (eh-hem), whenever a mosh was beginning, I'd get the heck out of it, quickly!! They're stupid & dangerous.
Look for Sen.Kennedy to make a proposal of banning knives outside of the kitchen.
Well, there's the problem--someone mistook a mosh pit for a free-4-all fight (a common misconception) and tried to breakup it up.
What's a "mosh"? (feeling very old as I type this)
Ban the Mosh Pits!
Worked for me...
I have to admit Corrosion of Conformity is a great name for a rock band. :)
I'm familiar with them too. Really liked their music back in my Virginia Tech days. I think these guys were based out of NC. They used to come up to Roanoke quite frequently. I see them more as anarchists than conservatives. I know this would proably be pretty insulting to them, but they're a hard core emo band if you ask me. Read some lyrics, which are posted in their discography on their website.
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Obviously the crowd had some "Animosity" toward one another. Perhaps a "Technocracy" would prevent such actions and also ensure that there is no "Hungry Child" if successful.
LOL
You'd have to be "Blind" not to see the logic of such a statement.
That was about when I exited the so-called scene. I guess now I have a "Holier Outlook".
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