Band's plan for onstage suicide is investigated

Associated Press ^ | 9/17/03 | Mitch Stacy

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This is an excerpt:

TAMPA -- An industrial rock band's claim that it will feature a "live suicide" onstage during a St. Petersburg gig next month has gotten the attention of the concert hall's owners and police.

The Tampa group, Hell on Earth, said on its Web site that a terminally ill member of a right-to-die group planned to commit suicide on stage during an Oct. 4 performance at the State Theater.

The volunteer, who the Web site said would not be identified until the day of the show, wanted to carry out the suicide onstage to "raise awareness for dying with dignity."

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Hundley said Hell on Earth played the venue a couple of years ago and has been known to stage some strange stunts, such as chocolate-syrup wrestling and grinding up rats in a blender.

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But the band shouldn't expect applause from right-to-die advocates, said David Goldberg, spokesman for the Denver-based End-of-Life Choices, formerly the Hemlock Society.

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"Someone in California was trying to argue that masturbation (at at a strip joint or in the "puppetry of the penis") is protected "speech".",br>

Has this someone ever heard of lewd behavior? Since when does a penis speak? I've heard of some thinking with that but NEVER using it to talk. ;)

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The Tampa group, Hell on Earth,

If nothing else, they certainly are aptly named.