Lamb of God Banned from The Forum in Los Angeles
Posted Feb 9, 2005, 12:21 PM ET
Lamb of God is being forced to step aside from one of their arena concerts on the upcoming �Subliminal Verses� Tour with Slipknot, because of their name Lamb of God and former moniker Burn the Priest.
Lamb of God is being forced to step aside from one of their arena concerts on the upcoming �Subliminal Verses� Tour with Slipknot, because of their name Lamb of God and former moniker Burn the Priest.
The venue, The Forum in Los Angeles, is owned by The Faithful Central Bible Church who decided to impose a ruling to ban Lamb of God�s performance at their venue.
Lamb of God have come off of several extremely successful headline runs through L.A. in the last year, so this move comes completely unexpected for the band and the tour as a whole. Los Angeles is and has always been a huge market for the band, building steadily with each one of their releases and tours as well as and exploding with the bands current CD, Ashes of the Wake (Epic 8/04).
In deciding to ban Lamb of God�s performance, The Faithful Central Bible Church are imposing on the publics freedom of speech, choice and assembly; the bands art along with the bands ability to conduct commerce.
Drummer Chris Adler clearly states: "The �situation� in LA can only be described as ridiculous. It's already been a huge waste of energy trying to turn this around. The powers that be aren't interested budging -- or doing their research apparently -- and we've never been a band to placate anyone to get our way, smooth things over or make anyone feel better. They have made it clear that they don't want us because of our name, our show and our crowd -- because of that ignorance, Lamb of God is not being permitted to appear on the �Subliminal Verses� Concert in LA. It's truly a shame for the show overall, especially for our friends and fans in LA that are being forced to miss our part of the show. Trust that this was not our decision, we'd love to kick some ass in LA, but apparently the word from the powers that be is that Lamb of God is not the wholesome, family fun that the good people of Los Angeles deserve."
Posted Feb 9, 2005, 12:21 PM ET
Lamb of God is being forced to step aside from one of their arena concerts on the upcoming �Subliminal Verses� Tour with Slipknot, because of their name Lamb of God and former moniker Burn the Priest.
Lamb of God is being forced to step aside from one of their arena concerts on the upcoming �Subliminal Verses� Tour with Slipknot, because of their name Lamb of God and former moniker Burn the Priest.
The venue, The Forum in Los Angeles, is owned by The Faithful Central Bible Church who decided to impose a ruling to ban Lamb of God�s performance at their venue.
Lamb of God have come off of several extremely successful headline runs through L.A. in the last year, so this move comes completely unexpected for the band and the tour as a whole. Los Angeles is and has always been a huge market for the band, building steadily with each one of their releases and tours as well as and exploding with the bands current CD, Ashes of the Wake (Epic 8/04).
In deciding to ban Lamb of God�s performance, The Faithful Central Bible Church are imposing on the publics freedom of speech, choice and assembly; the bands art along with the bands ability to conduct commerce.
Drummer Chris Adler clearly states: "The �situation� in LA can only be described as ridiculous. It's already been a huge waste of energy trying to turn this around. The powers that be aren't interested budging -- or doing their research apparently -- and we've never been a band to placate anyone to get our way, smooth things over or make anyone feel better. They have made it clear that they don't want us because of our name, our show and our crowd -- because of that ignorance, Lamb of God is not being permitted to appear on the �Subliminal Verses� Concert in LA. It's truly a shame for the show overall, especially for our friends and fans in LA that are being forced to miss our part of the show. Trust that this was not our decision, we'd love to kick some ass in LA, but apparently the word from the powers that be is that Lamb of God is not the wholesome, family fun that the good people of Los Angeles deserve."