Hell on Earth Film at Eleven

LarryR · October 3rd, 2003, 11:34 AM

the band? doing a suicide on film and broadcasting it???
Bogus right?
Would you watch it?????
I suppose that the owners of the website could somehow be prosecuted if they ran the broadcast.
Dead chickens, Dove's heads..where else could a rockband rise above but inHuman death
Anybody in Florida know this band?

Robert M. · October 3rd, 2003, 11:47 AM

Yes, it is true. I've heard about it on the radio here. The origional club said no to them and a few more have turned them down. But they say they will find a place for it to happen. Very disturbing and no I would not watch that.

astro · October 3rd, 2003, 12:16 PM

I get te impression that while this may seem depraved it would appear that the intent is to raise awareness of the right to die cause.

There is certainly a morbid element to this, but their intentions could be honorable.

Ben Harmless · October 3rd, 2003, 02:56 PM

Eh, raising awareness is one thing. Promoting your band by marketing the shock value death is another. I support the right of anyone to live or die according to their own belifs and agenda, but why do we need a band to play, as if it were some kind of entertainment spectacle.

I could see an activist group staging a public event of this nature, but until people are truly free to make this choice themselves, I think it needs to be taken a bit more seriously. People need to see the act as a statement on an important issue, and not as a pay-per-view wrestling-type event.

astro · October 3rd, 2003, 03:02 PM

Ben, I have to plead ignorance about this. I had simply heard that the band was involved in the cause and that the person was suffering and terminally ill.

Frankly the whole death cult/metal stuff is so pathetic to me I can't even comment.

Raymond · October 3rd, 2003, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by LarryR

Would you watch it?????

No, I wouldn't. I think they're using this person illness to promote the band and get some cash next concert. Since they can't do it in public, they're gonna do it privately while broadcasting the suicide live on their web site.

Maybe I've gotten too cynical, but I don't believe in rock bands supporting any cause out of their kind hearts anymore....Those days are gone and it happened long time ago; way before lawyers, agents, recording companies, and pointy 7-string ugly guitars took over the music world....I just can see the band planning this some time ago with their managers and lawyers going "this would be great, people are going to think we are the sickest band in the world. We're gonna be a lyend like Alice Cooper and Ozzy. Oh my! We're gonna be rich!!!!!"

genelovesjez · October 3rd, 2003, 07:22 PM

I can think of some celebrities whose suicide I would watch, but I've never heard of this band.

O- Fender · October 4th, 2003, 01:47 AM

Suicide?

Uh, what do you do for an encore?

LarryR · October 4th, 2003, 12:00 PM

Koolaid for the audience.......

Ben Harmless · October 4th, 2003, 01:51 PM

...On the flipside, I can name a number of bands I wouldn't mind playing at my death - which would hopefully be of natural causes.

hippietim · October 4th, 2003, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by astro

Frankly the whole death cult/metal stuff is so pathetic to me I can't even comment.

It's not my cup of tea either but the music these guys play (which is by the way industrial metal) is no more or less pathetic than anything else.

October 3rd, 2003, 11:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
LarryR Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: los angeles Posts: 616	Hell on Earth Film at Eleven the band? doing a suicide on film and broadcasting it??? Bogus right? Would you watch it????? I suppose that the owners of the website could somehow be prosecuted if they ran the broadcast. Dead chickens, Dove's heads..where else could a rockband rise above but inHuman death Anybody in Florida know this band?

October 3rd, 2003, 11:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
Robert M. Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 141	NOT BOGUS!! Yes, it is true. I've heard about it on the radio here. The origional club said no to them and a few more have turned them down. But they say they will find a place for it to happen. Very disturbing and no I would not watch that.

October 3rd, 2003, 02:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ben Harmless Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Albany, NY US of A Posts: 2,922	Eh, raising awareness is one thing. Promoting your band by marketing the shock value death is another. I support the right of anyone to live or die according to their own belifs and agenda, but why do we need a band to play, as if it were some kind of entertainment spectacle. I could see an activist group staging a public event of this nature, but until people are truly free to make this choice themselves, I think it needs to be taken a bit more seriously. People need to see the act as a statement on an important issue, and not as a pay-per-view wrestling-type event. __________________ "I think I'll go for the life of sin, followed by the last-minute, presto-change-o, deathbed repentance." - B. Simpson

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O- Fender Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 413	Suicide? Uh, what do you do for an encore? __________________ "Unless you are the lead dog, the scenery doesn't change much." - Kinky Friedman "If you're married for a million years, does your wedding album go platinum?" - Steven Wright

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LarryR Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: los angeles Posts: 616	Jonestown Koolaid for the audience.......

October 3rd, 2003, 12:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
astro Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: North Shoa, MA Posts: 872	I get te impression that while this may seem depraved it would appear that the intent is to raise awareness of the right to die cause. There is certainly a morbid element to this, but their intentions could be honorable.

October 3rd, 2003, 03:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
astro Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: North Shoa, MA Posts: 872	Ben, I have to plead ignorance about this. I had simply heard that the band was involved in the cause and that the person was suffering and terminally ill. Frankly the whole death cult/metal stuff is so pathetic to me I can't even comment.

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genelovesjez Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Age: 41 Posts: 3,735	I can think of some celebrities whose suicide I would watch, but I've never heard of this band.

October 4th, 2003, 01:51 PM	#10 (permalink)
Ben Harmless Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Albany, NY US of A Posts: 2,922	...On the flipside, I can name a number of bands I wouldn't mind playing at my death - which would hopefully be of natural causes. __________________ "I think I'll go for the life of sin, followed by the last-minute, presto-change-o, deathbed repentance." - B. Simpson