March 11, 2003
Concertgoer Injured at Mayhem Concert
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- A flying sheep's head hit a concertgoer and
fractured his skull at a concert of metal band Mayhem.
The band, part of Norway's death metal music scene, was carving up a
dead sheep as part of its stage act when the animal's head flew off
lead singer Maniac's knife and struck 25-year-old Per Kristian Hagen.
``My relationship to sheep is a bit ambivalent now. I like them, but
not when they come flying through the air,'' Hagen told The
Associated Press Monday from his hospital room. He is expected to
recover.
The show was Thursday in Bergen, 302 miles west of the capital, Oslo.
Hagen filed involuntary assault and battery charges against the band.
The charges carry a maximum sentence of six months in prison.
Mayhem member Rune Eriksen, whose stage name is Blasphemer, said the
incident was unfortunate. ``The whole thing was an accident, but
maybe it would be an idea for another show,'' he said.
Eriksen promised Hagen a free ticket to Mayhem's next performance.
Police detective Carl-Petter Leganger said an investigation has
started but ``nothing suggests this was a conscious act.''
― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 16:26 (twenty-three years ago)
Mayhem went all trend when they stopped commintting suicide and murdering each other.
― DV (dirtyvicar), Tuesday, 11 March 2003 23:46 (twenty-three years ago)
'The whole thing was an accident, but maybe it would be an idea for another show,'' he said' !!! classic
― dave q, Wednesday, 12 March 2003 10:24 (twenty-three years ago)