Monday Fresh: Randy Blythe Released From Jail

Lamb Of God frontman Randy Blythe has been released from jail following his arrest for alleged manslaughter.

Blythe was arrested on Wednesday by police in Prague, who later charged him with manslaughter. He is believed to have been released after posting around $200,000 in bail - apparently equal to Randy's annual salary.

The singer appeared in court with two lawyers and with his shoelaces removed, where he is accused of causing an injury which put one 19-year-old fan, Daniel N., into a coma. He died two weeks later. A post-mortem found that Daniel had not taken drugs or alcohol when he sustained the fatal injury.

With only grainy fan footage of the event, it remains unclear what exactly happened on the night. Previous reports suggested that the fan had repeatedly ran onto the stage and towards Randy, which some assumed had led to a fight between the pair.

Now Lamb Of God's PR representatives have issued a statement where they insist there was no fight, and the injury was just a tragic accident:

"Under no circumstances was there a fight of any kind involved [during Lamb Of God's 2010 concert]," read the statement by Adrenaline PR (via Blabbermouth). "This incident deals with a fan that three times during the concert jumped the barricade and rushed Randy during the performance. It is alleged that the third time, security was not able to reach him and that Randy pushed him back into the audience where supposedly he fell and hit his head."

If found guilty, Randy could face up to 10 years in prison.

"We're all concerned about him. We're hoping for the best," said Randy's brother Mark. Lamb Of God will issue a statement today.

Footage of Randy's court appearance, and the show in question, can be seen here:

finally HOME!4/5 of us anyway.I cant wait to give Randy a big bear hug & kiss his pointy, stubbly face!Thanx for all the support yall!

— Mark Morton (@MarkDuaneMorton) July 1, 2012

Comments

[Agent 00Awesome]

I'm pretty sure a fight was ruled out the day he got arrested, so I don't know why that keeps getting brought up.

[Pol-Pot-Smoker]

I cant wait to give Randy a big bear hug & kiss his pointy, stubbly face!

Now let's wait for the tough-guy-wannabes metalheads reaction, lol...

[SirBiggithBrian]

I do love how Ultimate Guitar said

"apparently" equal to Randy's annual salary.

Rather funny considering nobody makes alot of cash these days in the music industry.

It's good he got out though, must have been a nightmare, getting flanked by police as soon as you set foot in a country for something you cant even remember doing. Yes it's tragic because someone lost their life.

At the same time i guess what's done is done.

[Gortorek]

I can't stand lamb of god, they're absolute twanger. Still, I hope their frontman doesn't get a bad rap for this. Hell, if someone charged me three times in a night, hurling them off the stage would be the least I'd do.

@pol-pot smoker - It's always refreshing to see people who've got problems with us, really have bigger problems of their own. Weak.

[SirBiggithBrian]

Might i also add, Mark isnt Randys brother. It's Chris and Willie who are related.

Get your Shit together Ultimate Guitar!

[saint_berzerker]

If you haven't see the vid of the incident, check it out:
http://www.guitarworld.com/video-alleged... ent-lamb-god-concert-available

It certainly doesn't look like Randy intentionally tried to kill someone. He didn't even take the mic away from his mouth.

[iammclovin]

SirBiggithBrian wrote:

Might i also add, Mark isnt Randys brother. It's Chris and Willie who are related.

Get your Shit together Ultimate Guitar!

Might I also add that Randy has a brother named Mark Blythe, and that UG has their shit together in this case. They aren't talking about Mark Morton. Get your shit together SirBiggithBrian.

[cfhdomination]

Hope everything works out in Randy's favor. This whole case sounds like bullcrap. This whole situation needs to be laid to rest.

Sorry for the bad pun.

[Pol-Pot-Smoker]

@Gortorek LOL dude, I wasn't talking about metalheads in general. Generalizing stuff is stupid. I meant those stupid pseudo-tough guys that sadly infested metal music. I'm a metalhead myself, so chill.

[animemetalhead]

Aren't you held liable for anything that happens to you if you jump the barricade at a metal concert? Somebody please explain how Randy got arrested in the first place.

[ibanez124]

These charges are rediculous, that fan was "Set to Fail" when they jumped the barricade.

[Maiden95]

$200,000? For that. F*cking Bullsh*t. I saw the video of what Randy "did to the guy" on Guitarworld. He had him by his shirt collar and tossed him back into the crowd. A security guard was pushing the guy with two hands on his back. It wouldn't be crazy to say the dude died because of what the crowd did to him after he landed.

[cfhdomination]

These bogus charges may "ruin" Randy's reputation.

[lb_728]

what brought him up takes him down

[GibsonMan321]

Looks like he's actually gonna be staying a few more days because in the Czech Republic, a judge still has to sign off on you're bail, and may add conditions onto it.

http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/525/2... l-Is-Paid-Randy-Blythe-May-Remain-In-Jail-A-Few-More-Days

[GibsonMan321]

your*

[Shornifier]

First off, lovin the Lamb of God puns lol

Does sound cold and I'm just giving raw facts here, but the fan shouldn't have kept trying to get on the stage if he was being told and physically thrown down from it the first few times.

Randy being Randy, probably was annoyed and drunk (or was it during his sobriety? correct me if I'm wrong) - There's no way he thought to himself 'I'm going to kill this fan by kicking him at this precise moment at this angle so his head will connect with the concrete, most likely killing him 2 weeks after this show'. It was an accident and Randy probably feels like shit about it and regrets it.

[SirBiggithBrian]

@iammclovin Do you see Mark Blythe written on the Tweet at the bottom?

Your comment is irrelevant.

There was no reason to bring his brother into it.

[SirBiggithBrian]

ibanez124 wrote:

These charges are rediculous, that fan was "Set to Fail" when they jumped the barricade.

Ba dum tish!

Looks like the fan crossed "The Faded Line"

[AndrewAmadeo]

Actually he is not out, he will be in for atleast 10 more days.
http://www.metalsucks.net/2012/07/02/ran... t-coming-home-yet-after-all-will-remain-in-czech-prison-for- at-least-ten-days/

[jcoops39]

A few of you seem to be missing the point of what 'manslaughter' is, which is causing a death without meaning it to happen. No it doesn't look as if there was anything particularly malicious from Randy and he certainly didn't mean to kill the lad, but that's why he's being charged for manslaughter, not murder. Intent doesn't have to be there for him to be guilty.

Which is shit.

[BurnedGuitarist]

Just for the record: If there is video of Randy actualy fighting that fan, both laying on the stage, it's not the incident when he got that fatal injury. It happend a little later... Randy was 'fighting' someone almost during the whole show. The correct video would be the one when he grabbed him by his hair, throwing him down head first and the crowd went silence for a while and then start to boo them out and Randy saying 'Too many people on stage'... It was quite a bad luck for both of them. If he had felt to the crowd nothing would probably happend, but he hit the metal fence first (or at least it looks like he hit it first), it's qite hard to describe correctly his fall. Still, after all the show I've visited, I think that Randy's behaviour to fans wasn't alright :-/ I wouldn't treat my fans like that. Anyway it was really bad luck for both of them, young dude dead for nothing and singer of great band in really bad situation.

[MegadethFan18]

SirBiggithBrian wrote:

@iammclovin Do you see Mark Blythe written on the Tweet at the bottom?

Your comment is irrelevant.

There was no reason to bring his brother into it.

A guy who thought that there was only on Mark in the entire Universe has no right to call anything irrelevant.

[kmcharger21]

There sure is alot of people who know exactly what happened even though they werent there lol.

[kLeft]

This is a bummer of a story. . . I wonder if Randy will be there when the poor chap gets 'laid to rest'.

[Nwright14]

I still don't feel this is completely Randy's fault. There are security guards in place so that fans don't jump on stage BECAUSE IT'S AGAINST THE RULES. Honestly, this fan was probably drunk and wasn't thinking properly, but this wasn't Randy's fault that this stupid fan wasn't obeying the guidelines of the concert. It's tragic that the poor guy bit the dust, but I always assumed that when you break the rules or etiquette of a public place, you yourself are responsible for the consequences, not others.

[L.T Kickass]

Shornifier wrote:

First off, lovin the Lamb of God puns lol

Does sound cold and I'm just giving raw facts here, but the fan shouldn't have kept trying to get on the stage if he was being told and physically thrown down from it the first few times.

Randy being Randy, probably was annoyed and drunk (or was it during his sobriety? correct me if I'm wrong) - There's no way he thought to himself 'I'm going to kill this fan by kicking him at this precise moment at this angle so his head will connect with the concrete, most likely killing him 2 weeks after this show'. It was an accident and Randy probably feels like shit about it and regrets it.

Nobody's saying he meant to do it, if he meant to kill the kid that's a murder, he's been charged with manslaughter over an assault that killed the kid.

[(sic)knot]

randy is free now so what happens, happens, even if it is a buncha major BS of charges

[Slaytan666]

jcoops39 wrote:

A few of you seem to be missing the point of what 'manslaughter' is, which is causing a death without meaning it to happen. No it doesn't look as if there was anything particularly malicious from Randy and he certainly didn't mean to kill the lad, but that's why he's being charged for manslaughter, not murder. Intent doesn't have to be there for him to be guilty.

Which is shit.

After watching the video, it's pretty clear that it was the security guard that really gave the guy a good push.

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[BurnedGuitarist]

Slaytan666 wrote:

Which is shit.

After watching the video, it's pretty clear that it was the security guard that really gave the guy a good push.

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This is not the part when he gets that fatal head- ground slam. Read the comments under the video before you start to judge. This one was probably some earlier in the show. If I recall correctly, the dude jump on stage in the end of one song and the incident occured in between the songs

[BassKid101]

If he's found guilty for this, total bs. It's the fan's fault. Why in the hell would you rush the singer of a band during a show, especially more than once?

[Root Beer]

It was self defense. If he goes to jail for this that's absurd.

[crazysam23_Atax]

SirBiggithBrian wrote:

Might i also add, Mark isnt Randys brother. It's Chris and Willie who are related.

Get your Shit together Ultimate Guitar!

He has a brother, Mark Blythe. Get your shit together!

[metallica-#1]

Nwright14 wrote:

Honestly, this fan was probably drunk and wasn't thinking properly

A post-mortem found that Daniel had not taken drugs or alcohol when he sustained the fatal injury.

You guys are allowed to read the articles you know, right?

[justaskfrank]

This article is a near-exact replica of the last one, with literally two new sentences and a new picture. Good work, UG. You should be so proud of your writers. Even Yahoo! News envies your creativity.

[Metallichemical]

crazysam23_Atax wrote:

SirBiggithBrian wrote:

Might i also add, Mark isnt Randys brother. It's Chris and Willie who are related.

Get your Shit together Ultimate Guitar!He has a brother, Mark Blythe. Get your shit together!

This has been pointed out above. If you look at the actual Twitter post at the bottom of the article, you will see that it was, in fact, Mark Morton who posted said statement.

Best of luck to Randy! \m/

[EpiExplorer]

The singer appeared in court with two lawyers and with his shoelaces removed

The last bit of that sentence was hilarious for some reason.

[p1nh34d]

You all are judging from one video which is not the actual video from the accident. RB hit the man, beat him a little, choke him and than threw him down. If you are insterested then read these two reviews from 2010: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl... _t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metalop olis.net%2Fart_concerts.asp%3Fid%3D5263 and http://translate.google.com/translate?sl... tp%3A%2F%2Fsicmaggot.blog.cz%2F1005%2Flamb-of-god-praha-abat on-24-5-2010
I with BurnedGuitarist in this. Don't act like a sheep just because it's Lamb Of God.

[p1nh34d]

sorry, shorten links for 2010 reviews:
http://bit.ly/N72dU3
http://bit.ly/N72dU3

[KingEuphoric]

Maybe he'll pull a Ronnie Radke...

[rickygarcia90]

SirBiggithBrian wrote:

Might i also add, Mark isnt Randys brother. It's Chris and Willie who are related.

Get your Shit together Ultimate Guitar!

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mo... e=Article&newsitemID=176131

Mark Morton posted the tweet, yes, but Mark Blythe said the statement written in the article: "We're all concerned about him. We're hoping for the best." So there are actually two Mark's saying two different things. One is Randy's brother, the other is Randy's bandmate. Is it all cleared up now?

[nmarcelino71]

"The singer appeared in court with two lawyers and with his shoelaces removed"

...what?

[Hells_Bell]

The singer appeared in court with two lawyers and with his shoelaces removed, where he is accused of causing an injury which put one 19-year-old fan, Daniel N., into a coma. He died two weeks later. A post-mortem found that Daniel had not taken drugs or alcohol when he sustained the fatal injury.

If he died two weeks after the show, how the hell could a postmortem find that he wasn't drunk during the incident? drugs, maybe, but alcohol?

[JohnVanOevelen]

Are you all happy as a mother****!!?!?!! Atleast I am

[ManInTheBox14]

Well of course the autopsy showed no drugs or alcohol in his system. It was 2 WEEKS LATER!

[cfhdomination]

Not Randy's fault at all. When that kid decided to jump onstage for the third time, he was just "beating on death's door."

[pokerhappy]

And this is why moshing is retarded.

[JMV12]

I'm not a fan of the band, but what happened to him is not cool. It's a complicated issue, but I think it whould ultimately be dismissed. I don't think Randy would have even noticed the guy was there if he hadn't repeatedly jumped into the stage.

On a side note, that policewoman is pretty hot.

[MrDo0m]

Man, so many people so blindly devoted to rockstar celebrities. I'll probably get a lot of thumbs down, but whatever. A 19 year old kid went to see what was probably his favorite band and lost his life and all these little kids that are fans of this band are "happy as a mother****" and calling the kid an idiot, showing no respect whatsoever. Someone's son is buried underground now. It could have been you.

[Motorhed95]

and that Randy pushed him back into the audience where supposedly he fell and hit his head

manslaughter is unintentional killing. sounds like he unintentionally killed someone. no matter how rich or how may fans you have, you cant get away with that.

[Danjo's Guitar]

I disagree with the people who say that its his fault anyway. If you're being a dumb*ss and doing something thats specifically against the rules of wherever you are, you are ultimately responsible for whatever happens. That being said security should have thrown him out of the concert the first time.

[swave75]

He kinda looks like the actor Peter Stormare. The guy from Fargo. But with black hair.

[thusuntotyrants]

Randys brother is named Andrew @Ablythe08 is his twitter

[BwareDWare94]

Glad there was a resolution that allowed him to get out of prison.

[Nick92Slayer]

MrDo0m wrote:

Man, so many people so blindly devoted to rockstar celebrities. I'll probably get a lot of thumbs down, but whatever. A 19 year old kid went to see what was probably his favorite band and lost his life and all these little kids that are fans of this band are "happy as a mother****" and calling the kid an idiot, showing no respect whatsoever. Someone's son is buried underground now. It could have been you.

Nobody is really disrespecting him but your defending him for something he shouldn't have done. It probably could have been handled a lot better with Rhandy not pushing him or security helping out but he got up on the stage three times which is most likely against the venue rules, got pushed and unfortunately hit his head on the landing. Accidents happen and at a show like a LoG show, people do get hurt.

[BeerMan5000]

If i live, i will kill you. If I die, you are forgiven, such is the rule of honor

[Flying Afros]

Finally.

[MetalManic88]

This article is completely incorrect. Randy still sits in a Czech jail and is said to be their another 10 days after which he may not be allowed to leave the Czech Republic until a final decision is made. Also this is all news that came out Friday and Saturday. New videos and reports have come out after all the stuff in this article, come on Ultimate Guitar keep up with the news you're miss-informing us all.

[MetalManic88]

Metalsucks.net has up to date info on this and a video showing all three of Daniel's (the kid that died) attempts to get on stage and how he was sent off.

[mathman51]

Remember Dime that's all I gotta say! These guys are up there every night totally exposed to the wicked and insane and if this guy made it 3 times Lord knows what may have happened on the 4th attempt. My question is if they identified this guy as being the same guy who made it up on stage previously why was he not ejected from the venue or at least released to the back of general admission. The bands place a lot of faith on venue security to protect them and to protect the fans. There are more answers required than hanging Randy for protecting himself.

[1manbandtan]

As a show attender, and musician, I see exactly where Randy was coming through. It's just like Olly Sykes. I don't like him, but when the kids rushed the stage trying to jump him, that's unacceptable and ridiculous. So as a performer you have to protect yourself. If the kid rushed the stage three times, I personally would have drop kicked him to the teeth. I feel as if Randy is not responsible for this what so ever. LET HIM GO.

[henrihell]

According to the finnish heavy metal site Kaaoszine he will be in jail for another 10 days. But after that he will be under some kind of supervision, and can't leave the coutry.

[Dreaminmusic]

Although I feel Randy is not at all responsible for the death (I may even go so far as to say the security is more responsible than randy is for doing a lackluster job and allowing the situation to unfold)it is important to realize that no one at the venue expected this intense of a scenario. Yes, the kid should not have jumped onto the stage repeatedly; yes randy had the right to push the kid back (for not only personal security, but also for interrupting a performance attended by thousands of people who payed just as much as Daniel to attend), but we can't act like we haven't all done something we should not have. The kid probably just thought it was a stupid, funny idea and didn't expect to die. I don't think its outlandish to say that more than likely most users here have done something without thinking before that simply by luck didn't turn out poorly.

[OxMxGxTACOS]

mathman51 wrote:

Remember Dime that's all I gotta say! These guys are up there every night totally exposed to the wicked and insane and if this guy made it 3 times Lord knows what may have happened on the 4th attempt. My question is if they identified this guy as being the same guy who made it up on stage previously why was he not ejected from the venue or at least released to the back of general admission. The bands place a lot of faith on venue security to protect them and to protect the fans. There are more answers required than hanging Randy for protecting himself.

Probably the best thing i've read.. REMEMBER DIME!!!

[champbassist]

Hells_Bell wrote:

The singer appeared in court with two lawyers and with his shoelaces removed, where he is accused of causing an injury which put one 19-year-old fan, Daniel N., into a coma. He died two weeks later. A post-mortem found that Daniel had not taken drugs or alcohol when he sustained the fatal injury.

If he died two weeks after the show, how the hell could a postmortem find that he wasn't drunk during the incident? drugs, maybe, but alcohol?

Good point indeed. Might be some error in reporting.

[SkepsisMetal]

http://www.metalinjection.net/av/new-foo... -incident-surfaces

Seems to be the same fan again, this time actually landing on his head with Randy nowhere near him

[ibanez124]

SirBiggithBrian wrote:

ibanez124 wrote:

These charges are rediculous, that fan was "Set to Fail" when they jumped the barricade.


Ba dum tish!

Looks like the fan crossed "The Faded Line"

I know this wrong but here goes nothing

I hope they weren't playing "Now You've Got Something to Die For"

[MrDo0m]

Nick92Slayer wrote:

MrDo0m wrote:

Man, so many people so blindly devoted to rockstar celebrities. I'll probably get a lot of thumbs down, but whatever. A 19 year old kid went to see what was probably his favorite band and lost his life and all these little kids that are fans of this band are "happy as a mother****" and calling the kid an idiot, showing no respect whatsoever. Someone's son is buried underground now. It could have been you.

Nobody is really disrespecting him but your defending him for something he shouldn't have done. It probably could have been handled a lot better with Rhandy not pushing him or security helping out but he got up on the stage three times which is most likely against the venue rules, got pushed and unfortunately hit his head on the landing. Accidents happen and at a show like a LoG show, people do get hurt.

I watched the video for the first time today. I'm not saying Randy is a cold-blooded murderer; it appears to be a total accident and I'm sure he feels terrible about it. I just can't stand the fact that so many people can't feel the slightest bit of sympathy for a kid who lost his life going to see what was probably his favorite band.

[Camron62\m/]

ibanez124 wrote:

SirBiggithBrian wrote:

ibanez124 wrote:

These charges are rediculous, that fan was "Set to Fail" when they jumped the barricade.


Ba dum tish!

Looks like the fan crossed "The Faded Line"


I know this wrong but here goes nothing

I hope they weren't playing "Now You've Got Something to Die For"

yeah now that guy is laid to rest...