Lamb Of God Finds Widespread Support

TimesDispatch.com has posted an article regarding the church-owned Great Western Forum cancelling Lamb of God's appearance with Slipknot and Shadows Fall based on the band's old name, Burn the Priest (read story here). Several excerpts from the article:

It didn't surprise Chris Adler, drummer for Lamb of God, that the band was unceremoniously yanked from an April gig at the Great Western Forum outside Los Angeles because of the band's name and its former moniker, Burn the Priest.

What did surprise Adler was the attention and publicity given to the story since last week. Within a day of the announcement that Richmond-based Lamb of God was banned from playing an April 9 show at the Forum with Slipknot, media outlets as far as England and Germany -- havens for metal bands -- quickly publicized the ordeal, as did most U.S. newspapers.

"I understand that being a privately owned venue, [the Forum owners] have the right to do whatever they want. But as more venues become privately owned, it could get to the point where situations like this arise," Adler said. "Besides, we changed the name of the band [from Burn the Priest] on purpose because it didn't suit us anymore. When we were kind of young and dumb and starting out, it worked for the shock value, but then we grew into mature, professional musicians."

As for that April 9 date, don't worry about Lamb of God moping around a bar in California while the show goes on.

The band will be playing nearby at the Ventura Theater. In a sold-out show.

Read the full article at TimesDispatch.com.

Source: TimesDispatch.com