Venue Cancels Metal Band's Appearance

[davidinalameda]

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/84-02022005-443317.html

Call it silence of the Lamb. The church-owned Great Western Forum has canceled an April 9 concert appearance by the heavy metal band Lamb of God because church leaders were offended by the group's previous name, Burn the Priest.

"We do owe something to our congregants. A band formerly known as Burn the Priest caused us pause. We have to draw the line somewhere," said Marc Little, general counsel for the Faithful Central Bible Church, which owns the Forum, the former home of the Los Angeles Lakers.

The band was set to appear with Grammy-nominated Slipknot as part of the Subliminal Verses Tour. (Slipknot and other acts in the tour are still scheduled to perform.)

The band took the name Lamb of God in 2000 after performing under the name Burn the Priest from 1994 to '99. The band dumped the earlier name because it "put us into a corner we didn't want to be in," Adler said.



gee, ya think?

[Droopy]

1. I'm surprised they are letting any metal band perform there

Heavy metal isn't exactly a bastion of Christian thought. Maybe a bashing of Christian thought.....

[SiouxJ]

2. They don't have a problem with Slipknot though

that's funny!

[name not needed]

3. Your music is evil! We're havin Slipknot instead!