Eyehategod drummer addresses current theft and knife assault, posts image of blood-stained shirt
As beforehand reported, Eyehategod drummer Aaron Hill was robbed and attacked with a knife on Sunday evening whereas strolling to a venue in Guadalajara, Mexico, the place the New Orleans sludge steel band was set to carry out. Hill suffered a two-inch wound however he has issued a press release revealing that he’s “at residence and doing properly.”
Together with the message, Hill included an image of the bloodied Roky Erickson shirt he was sporting. He additionally diverted any destructive feedback concerning Mexico.
His full assertion by way of Fb reads as follows:
“I wanna thank everybody who’s reached out to ship their love and help these previous couple of days, it actually means so much to me and I thanks. I’m residence and doing properly. I additionally wanna thank everybody at Foro Independencia and Present No Mercy for his or her assist and a particular because of everybody in attendance for exhibiting up and understanding why we needed to cancel. I don’t blame anybody for the incident as this might’ve occurred anyplace and I don’t agree with any destructive feedback about Mexico. I believe Mexico is a gorgeous place with nice individuals and I look ahead to returning and enjoying once more See you all quickly.”
Hill was en path to the venue, the Foro Independencia, selecting to stroll to the close by venue as a result of the band had been in a car all day touring the town, in line with a press release by the promoter Present No Mercy, who added that Eyehategod had a “driver at their disposal.” In accordance with the information outlet Informador, three males and a girl confronted Hill at an intersection, robbed him, after which attacked him with a knife. The present was subsequently canceled.
We’re actually glad to listen to Hill is doing properly and recovering. Eyehategod will proceed their relentless touring later this month because the “four Strikes…From the Elementary to the Penitentiary Tour” rolls on. See our recap and picture gallery of the band’s current present in Brooklyn.
