Church cancels metal band appearance in Los Angeles (over the band name)

[truthpusher]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/02/02/entertainment1829EST0138.DTL

Church cancels metal band appearance in Los Angeles

Wednesday, February 2, 2005
(02-02) 15:45 PST INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) --

Call it silence of the Lamb.

The church-owned Great Western Forum has canceled an April 9 concert appearance by the heavy metal band Lamb of God because church leaders were offended by the group's previous name, Burn the Priest.

"We do owe something to our congregants. A band formerly known as Burn the Priest caused us pause. We have to draw the line somewhere," said Marc Little, general counsel for the Faithful Central Bible Church, which owns the Forum, the former home of the Los Angeles Lakers.

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"I really can't believe it. But maybe it's a new day in what we are finding out will be allowed and what will be censored," he said.

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The band's major label debut, "New American Gospel," was released in 2000. Their 2004 release, "Ashes of the Wake," garnered critical buzz for its political content. The album's instrumental title track contains a sound bite of a soldier talking about the killings in Iraq.

complete story:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/02/02/entertainment1829EST0138.DTL

[derby378]

1. The church considered THAT offensive?!?

They should get a load of some of these guys:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/1FRCBEQX5S8UK/ref=cm_aya_av.lm_more/104-0735129-4205526

[CatholicEdHead]

2. It heard that on MPR tonight

and had a double take.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

3. i used to actually have a "burn the priest" shirt

i lost it somehow

saw them one time in a small shitty club, i even had a seven inch or two.

i never knew/understood why they changed their name, it seemed kind of lame. i guess it was hampering their career plans. they seemed to start getting much more attention after they became "lamb of god".

and yes, this is the cliche "i liked them before they got all famous and sold out" post.

:silly: