A story about Guthrie Taylor
Umm… here’s a scary story. About metal. And violence. Guthrie and I went to see King Diamond in Albuquerque (2004?). Moments before the show started, a huge (300+ lb.) biker/metalhead dude was deemed by the bouncer contingent to be getting out of hand. Repeated attempts to calm the gentleman down had not worked, so a headlock was employed in order to control him. As he was dragged in front of us we were pushed out of the way to let the cluster through. Big guy didn’t give up his struggle and the bouncer tightened the headlock right by the stage exit. Never before have I seen someone pass out, go limp and drop to the floor like that. Holy shit! They may have just killed some dude! The house lights went down and stage lights went up. Let the show begin. Woah.
