Lordi Manager And Bodyguard Shot At, Fan Robbed

posted Oct 30, 2007 at 6:08 PM by Diamond Oz. (15 Comments)

According to ESCtoday.com, LORDI's manager and bodyguard were shot at, and a fan was robbed, following the band's performance in Louisville, Kentucky Friday night (October 26).

The events started after the concert when LORDI mainman Mr. Lordi, his wife Johanna and the band's keyboardist Awa had just entered the tour bus. The rest of the group went into a nearby bar for a drink. Their tour manager Rikk Scholvinck and a bodyguard were escorting some of their fans towards the bus when a van appeared next to the bus and four or five teenagers jumped out of it. "One of the men with a gun took a fan, a girl, put the gun to her head and forced her to lie down on the ground," Mr. Lordi said. "Also one of the boys froze on the spot while the others fled away, including Rikk and the bodyguard while another man started shooting at them. Luckily he missed and no one was hurt. Rikk ran to the bar and called the police who arrived soon. In a moment we were surrounded by like five police cars but the guys managed to escape. They were a group of drug addicts that had stolen the car earlier that night, and police were already looking for them but have still not managed to catch them."

Mr. Lordi continued, "The girl that was held at gunpoint is obviously very shocked. We did our best to comfort and calm her down, but one can only wonder what could happen when people start running around with guns and even using them!"

"It is a bit amusing that the boy fan was just happy he didn't lose the t-shirt he was wearing with all the autographs on it, even if they both lost everything else."

The fans involved were given lifetime all access passes to LORDI shows worldwide as compensation.

This was a second time LORDI has had trouble in the USA. During their Ozzfest tour in the summer their tour bus was hijacked. Two of their fans were robbed on that occasion, too. "This was like a deja vú of that, once again we were surrounded by police cars and their flashing lights," Mr. Lordi said.

Source: Blabbermouth

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1. Popctrl writes:

I love when Lordi is in the news, everyone argues about them and all their sh**. Both sides are hilarious dumbasses if you ask me.

# Oct 30, 2007 @ 6:27 PM ET | IP Logged

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2. zach writes:

i wish i was that kid with the t shirt

# Oct 30, 2007 @ 6:38 PM ET | IP Logged

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3. ZT writes:

Gave them life time all-acess passes, huh? That was nice of them to do. *shrugs*

# Oct 30, 2007 @ 6:46 PM ET | IP Logged

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4. DreadPrevailed writes:

haha thats funny

# Oct 30, 2007 @ 6:46 PM ET | IP Logged

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5. Bastard_Of_Bodom writes:

Well I'm not a fan as I have openly said here, but something like that should not be happening and it's good that they are alright........God damn Lordi are not good.

# Oct 30, 2007 @ 8:46 PM ET | IP Logged

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6. psythe writes:

lol, "running around with guns and even using them!"

The hell is the point of having a gun if you're not ever going to use it. What a waste of money! I say people with guns should hurry up and shoot each other, get rid of this ridiculous gun problem. Can't see why anybody'd want one, myself. Shooting people is just cowardice. Of course, wars (proper inter-national wars, not gang wars), are different - but then, why would anyone want one of those, either?

This wouldn't be funny, except that Lordi mostly suck.

# Oct 30, 2007 @ 8:52 PM ET | IP Logged

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7. metal2death writes:

im sorry but ... good in know it seams like a horrible thing to say, but that band shouldn't have even got the chance to be a band. im sorry that they had to be related to lordi in any way shape or form.

# Oct 30, 2007 @ 9:12 PM ET | IP Logged

8. ... writes:

i dont know what is worse...getting shot at by druggies at a lordi show, or getting all acess passes to their shows world wide...
nice compensation!(shrugs)

# Oct 30, 2007 @ 10:48 PM ET | IP Logged

9. Lord Iain Paysant writes:

psythe: I think what he's getting at is, it was really unnescescary, all he had to do was threaten anyone he wanted to rob, not shoot at people. They still had the time to get away anyway.

Do people have to argue about a band's merits in a case like this? Take it elsewhere, I would have sympathy to spare for even the likes of GWAR in a case like this.

# Nov 1, 2007 @ 6:01 PM ET | IP Logged

10. LM77 writes:

the point of having a gun is to imtimidate ppl and keep them from messing with you. and i think it would be fun to shoot deer with one.

# Nov 1, 2007 @ 6:11 PM ET | IP Logged

11. BloodRedSandman writes:

people need to give lordi a break, especially in situations like this that are absolutely outrageous. Theyre actually a decent band but get sh** and are overlooked cause they dress up. No matter what people think of them though using guns is absolutely stupid and the shooters are clearly just incompitent morons. And as far as a lifetime pass as compensation goes, that would be amazing if its a band you love.

# Nov 4, 2007 @ 6:29 PM ET | IP Logged

12. Black Widow writes:

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha lol at Lordi, those guys are straight up losers.

# Nov 4, 2007 @ 7:00 PM ET | IP Logged

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13. menow writes:

can u even call shock rock "music" ????????????

lordi blows

# Nov 4, 2007 @ 7:15 PM ET | IP Logged

14. Jrizzle writes:

Lol at Lordi. What a bunch of douchebags.

Now Playing: Mastodon - Sleeping Giant

# Nov 4, 2007 @ 8:50 PM ET | IP Logged

15. -x-Lady Viper-x- writes:

Will every1 stop saying lordi are sh**, you f***ing losers, whoever say lordi are sh** have no taste of music. Poor lordi they go to gigs and they get sh** of the guns, i want to be there body guard, if i get shot, i cannot die! ROCK ON LORDI FOREVER

# Nov 8, 2007 @ 3:23 PM ET | IP Logged

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