Atheist bassist falls through stage, comes right back out and plays again
 

Seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST kicked off their summer European tour run July 14 at England's Bloodstock FEstival and July 16 at Italy's Evolution Festival. The band's first live appearances in over 13 years were greeted with rabid enthusiasm as the group blazed through classics like "Unquestionable Presence", and "Piece of Time".

ATHEIST's luggage and guitars had been lost en route to Europe, so the band had to, in usual ATHEIST fare, overcome the obstacles, and the show went on with rented guitars. ATHEIST then proceeded to bring down the stage at Italy's Evolution Festival... literally! The stage collapsed in a horrific moment in the middle of "Unholy War" and bassist Tony Choy fell through an unsecured part of the large outdoor stage. Fortunately, his face was saved by his bass which was what the six-foot plank inevitably hit, in the process breaking all the strings on Tony's bass along with the neck. The large crowd of Italian metal fans went absolutely ballistic when Choy was pulled from the rubble and emerged minutes later with a borrowed bass from one of the other bands, and ATHEIST ripped into the classic "Mother Man". Frontman Kelly Shaefer says, "I looked over and he was just gone. It was a bad fall and i thought for sure he was gonna have a broken leg or something. We are very lucky to not have lost him for the summer. He did sprain his arm, but he should be healed up for Wacken. What is it with us and bass players, you know?"

The shows were classic, to say the least, and they will likely be even more eventful as ATHEIST prepare to hit the stage at the Wacken Open Air festival on August 5.

"It was an amazing, incredible experience for ATHEIST," says Shaefer. "The amount of technical-loving metalheads has grown tenfold since we last played on stage in 1993. People came from all over Europe, Mexico, Canada, and Russia to see us play. That is very humbling. So many new faces as well that are just discovering the records for the first time. We thank everyone for such a warm response. See you at Wacken, and Hole in the Sky in Norway!"

Dave? Dave's not here, man.

ps thats fucking metal

"atheist bassist" is fun to say

A christian bassist wouldn't have come right back and played again.

technical metal sounds like it'd be a real hoot

I dunno. Jesus ressurected, y'never know.

Waltzing matilda whipped out her wallet
The sexy boy smiled in dismay
She took out four twenties cause she liked round figures
Everybodys a queen for a day
Oh, babe, Im on fire and you know how I admire your -
- body why dont we slip away
Although Im sure youre certain, its a rarity me flirtin
Sha-la-la-la, this way

Oh, sha-la-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la-la
Hey, baby, come on, lets slip away

Luscious and gorgeous, oh what a hunk of muscle
Call out the national guard
She creamed in her jeans as he picked up her means
From off of the formica topped bar
And cascading slowly, he lifted her wholly
And boldly out of this world
And despite peoples derision
Proved to be more than diversion
Sha-la-la-la, later on

And then sha-la-la-la-la, he entered her slowly
And showed her where he was coming from
And then sha-la-la-la-la, he made love to her gently
It was like shed never ever come
And then sha-la-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la-la
When the sun rose and he made to leave
You know, sha-la-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la-la
Neither one regretted a thing

B) street hassle

Hey, that cunts not breathing
I think shes had too much
Of something or other, hey, man, you know what I mean
I dont mean to scare you
But youre the one who came here
And youre the one whos gotta take her when you leave
Im not being smart
Or trying to be cold on my part
And Im not gonna wear my heart on my sleeve
But you know people get all emotional
And sometimes, man, they just dont act rational
They think theyre just on tv

Sha-la-la-la, man
Why dont you just slip her away

You know, Im glad that we met man
It really was nice talking
And I really wish that there was a little more time to speak
But you know it could be a hassle
Trying to explain myself to a police officer
About how it was that your old lady got herself stiffed
And its not like we could help
But there was nothing no one could do
And if there was, man, you know I would have been the first
But when someone turns that blue
Well, its a universal truth
And then you just know that bitch will never fuck again
By the way, thats really some bad shit
That you came to our place with
But you ought to be more careful around the little girls
Its either the best or its the worst
And since I dont have to choose
I guess I wont and I know this aint no way to treat a guest
But why dont you grab your old lady by the feet
And just lay her out on the darkened street
And by morning, shes just another hit and run
You know, some people got no choice
And they cant never find a voice
To talk with that they can even call their own
So the first thing that they see
That allows them the right to be
Why they follow it, you know, its called bad luck

C) slipaway

Believe me, that its just a lie
Thats what she tells her friends
cause the real song, the real song
Which she wont even admit to herself
Beat narrow heart, the song lots of people know
Its a painful song
Itll only say the truth
It lasts for sad songs
Penny for a wish
A wish wont make you a soldier
A pretty kiss or a pretty face
Cant have its way
The tramps like us who were born to play

Love is gone away
And theres no one here now
And theres nothing left to say
But, oh, how I miss him, baby
Oh, baby, come on and slip away
Come on, baby, why dont you slip away

Love is gone away
Took the rings off my fingers
And theres nothing left to say
But, oh how, oh how I need him, baby
Come on, baby, I need you baby
Oh, please dont slip away
I need your loving so bad, babe
Please dont slip away

i dont get those ads because i donated but now im pissed because I want to hook up with hot singles

i'd rather have the free textbooks

would i be more popular with hot singles if i was a seminal pioneer of technical metal

best post ever

why do girls have sex with you?
i dont get that

you look like an extra from house of 1000 corpses

yeah, a really nice guy who - reps people


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YEAAHH!!!!! WATCH ME FALL THROUGH THE FUCKING STAGE!!!!

i realise that, you moron

and if rep doesnt mean shit, why'd you fiddle with mine?

I can attest to this fact.

you're talking shit, as per usual

on the subject of talking shit, how the fuck can you called Sean Casey a fat fuck when you yourself are a behemoth? You fat asshole