Nov 14 2008
Metal Fan Arrested for Stage Diving
A Connecticut metal fan was arrested Wednesday at a Papa Roach concert after stage diving.
The Day reports:
Mohegan - An Oakdale resident was arrested Wednesday after police say he got a little rowdy during a Papa Roach concert at Mohegan Sun casino.
Police said Benjamin Sostre jumped on-stage during the concert. As security was escorting him off the stage, he did a “swan dive” off the stage, which resulted in one of the security guards falling with him.
Sostre, 20, of 33E Laurel Point Drive, was charged with breach of peace.
He was released on a $500 bond and is scheduled to appear in Norwich Superior Court on Dec. 4.
A guy gets a little (and judging from the article it sounds like it was damn little) crazy at a metal show.
Whatever next? People drinking beer and chewing tobacco at a country music concert?
It’s a metal show. People go crazy for a couple of hours. People stage dive. That’s what happens.
Sometimes I am so grateful I moved to the UK. People don’t get arrested at metal shows for enjoying themselves like they do in the land of the free.
I really don’t miss the full body cavity searches on the way into venues and the heavy handed security guards ready to bust anybody’s head who they think are “getting out of line”.
If they’re going to arrest the fans for breaching the peace, shouldn’t they also arrest the band? After all, they were the ones making all that excessive noise.
It makes you wonder what those security guys in Mohegan would do if they were faced with the crowd from the below video of Municipal Waste playing at the Underworld in London. Arrest half the crowd? I’m sure the stage diving “Terror Shark” would end up in Guantanamo Bay.
