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CALIFORNIA BAND EAGLES of Death Metal want to be the first group to play the Bataclan theatre when the Paris venue reopens after the November attacks targeted their gig.
“I don’t want to spend my life trying to appease assholes I want to spend my life smiling with my friends and entertaining them,” Jesse Hughes, the band’s vocalist, told Vice in an interview.
“I cannot wait to come back to Paris. I cannot wait to play. I want to come back. I want to be the first band to play in the Bataclan when it opens back up,” he said.
“I was there when it went silent for a minute. Our friends went there and died. I’m gonna go back there and live.”
Gunmen attacked nearly simultaneously targets across Paris on November 13, killing 130 people, 89 of them at the Bataclan.
The band sat down for a full interview with Vice.com in Los Angeles after returning to America following the carnage.
You can watch the full video here:
They each detailed the instant decisions they took to save their lives, and the horrors they saw as the gunmen emptied round after round indiscriminately into the crowd.
The band had been due to perform across Europe until December 10, but has put on hold all further concerts. A number of French fans have appealed on them online to return to play.
“We don’t really have a chance. We have to finish the tour,” said Josh Homme, the band’s co-founder, who was not in Paris.
“We have a song called ‘I Love You All The Time’. If you’re a country artist, if you’re death metal, if you’re a DJ, it doesn’t matter, cover that song and we’ll donate the publishing (royalties),” he told Vice.
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That’s the right attitude! Never concede to the tropism agenda to terrorise. I admire the response.
Never concede to the terrorist agenda.
It’s pretty cool all right!
Fair play to them, although I never heard of them before the Bataclan incident……
I watched the documentary last night.. And there was something not right about it, it was like they were payed to act, crocodile tears, I don’t know the interview didn’t seem sincere one bit
Middle finger to Daesh.
At the Olympia gig, Jesse addressed the crowd to make sure everyone was looking after each other, thanked the security guards for keeping everyone safe towards the end, and as always was grinning, joking and being the brilliantly fun frontman of a band that embody nothing but a good time. Such a dreadful thing to happen to any band and any audience, but they really are the antithesis of everything that happened in the Bataclan. It’s great to see them willing to come back like this.
I’ve always had a lot of respect for Jesse Hughes but for him and the band to insist that he plays the first show at The Bataclan when it reopens is outstanding. Incredible people.
Eagles of Death Metal will be around for many years to come, ISIS will not
Bravo Eagles…..
This is true unbeatable spirit. Well done lads
Tough to watch that. Can only imagine what they saw and went through
Very upsetting. It’s amazing they all got out alive.
When I first saw Jessie Hughes reaction when the shots fired, the way he just stood there when everyone else was ducking or running I thought God, he’s not phased at all but looking at that video I can see he was and is still very affected by it. I read recently that in life-threatening situations, around 75% of people are so bewildered by the situation that they are unable to think clearly or plot their escape. They become mentally paralysed. If it wasn’t for friends helping each other a lot of others may have died as these men said. Very hard to watch and hear what happened to them.
Heartbreaking interview. Horrendous stuff. My thoughts are with them and anyone effected by this awful, mindless tragedy.
Can musicians go five minutes without giving in to the impulse to make everything about them? To their credit, at least they held out longer than Bono before speaking out.
I think you’ll find most interviews with musicians will be about them. This one is actually an exception as it’s about a terrorist attack.
I think in all fairness they have as much of a right as any other survivor to tell their story from that night.
Neal, they were physically there at the massacre. They saw their friends and fans shot down. Everyone who was killed or injured in the theatre was there to see the band. And you don’t think they should speak about it? It’s amazing that you have no problem commenting on every second random article posted here, yet think that this band are somehow self-centred in talking about this.
So emotional interview
@Neal Ireland Hello
Spectacular point-missing there. I’d say you’re great craic at parties.
Since the dimebag incident most american bands first instinct when shots go off is to exit the stage quickly, their stage security would be drilled on this procedure also. To imply cowardice is silly.
Legends
Jesus he was the first man out the door.said nothing Droped the mike and ran. And now fist man back. Lol
Bring back the Twin Towers and charlie Hebdo also!
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