Post by shahadat560 on Jan 18, 2024 3:23:19 GMT -8
The Californian rock band The Eagles of Death Metal, which was playing at the Bataclan when the terrorist attack that killed 89 people occurred on November 13, wants to be the first group to perform at the Parisian concert hall when it reopens.
"I want to go back to Paris. I want to play. I want us to be the first band to play at the Bataclan when it reopens. Our friends went to see rock and died. I want to come back and live," said Jesse Hughes, the group's singer, in a interview with Vice .
In that conversation, the group speaks for the first time about the dramatic experience of their last concert, which turned into a massacre when jihadists with Kalashnikov automatic weapons and explosives opened fire on the 1,500 attendees.
"At first I thought it was the sound system that was Country Email List failing. But very quickly I realized that it wasn't that and I immediately knew what was happening. Then Jesse ran towards me and we stood in the corner of the stage. We didn't know if we were whether they were aiming or not," says guitarist Eden Galindo.
The band members managed to escape through one of the side exits, but the merchandising director of the group's European tour, Nick Alexander, and three workers from Universal Music France, their record company, died in the attack.
"He stayed still and didn't call for help until he bled because he didn't want anyone else to be hurt."
"Nick protected one of his friends. He stayed still and didn't call for help until he was bleeding to death because he didn't want anyone else to get hurt," says the band's founder, Josh Homme, who doesn't tour with them and received, without being able to believe the first panic messages from his colleagues on that fateful night.
Hughes, the singer, assures that the explanation why so many people died is because many did not want to abandon their wounded friends and even tried to protect them with their lives.
"People were playing dead. They were so scared. A big reason why so many people died is because many didn't leave their friends. They put themselves in front of others," explains the vocalist.
"I want to go back to Paris. I want to play. I want us to be the first band to play at the Bataclan when it reopens. Our friends went to see rock and died. I want to come back and live," said Jesse Hughes, the group's singer, in a interview with Vice .
In that conversation, the group speaks for the first time about the dramatic experience of their last concert, which turned into a massacre when jihadists with Kalashnikov automatic weapons and explosives opened fire on the 1,500 attendees.
"At first I thought it was the sound system that was Country Email List failing. But very quickly I realized that it wasn't that and I immediately knew what was happening. Then Jesse ran towards me and we stood in the corner of the stage. We didn't know if we were whether they were aiming or not," says guitarist Eden Galindo.
The band members managed to escape through one of the side exits, but the merchandising director of the group's European tour, Nick Alexander, and three workers from Universal Music France, their record company, died in the attack.
"He stayed still and didn't call for help until he bled because he didn't want anyone else to be hurt."
"Nick protected one of his friends. He stayed still and didn't call for help until he was bleeding to death because he didn't want anyone else to get hurt," says the band's founder, Josh Homme, who doesn't tour with them and received, without being able to believe the first panic messages from his colleagues on that fateful night.
Hughes, the singer, assures that the explanation why so many people died is because many did not want to abandon their wounded friends and even tried to protect them with their lives.
"People were playing dead. They were so scared. A big reason why so many people died is because many didn't leave their friends. They put themselves in front of others," explains the vocalist.