From top: Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe and his image of the Samuel Beckett Bridge
A tourist writes:
Sometimes doing what you love comes at a price: here {above) is the Samuel Beckett bridge in Dublin, Ireland. On Monday night around midnight I walked one block away from my hotel to take some long exposures- right after I shot this very frame, I looked up & saw 5 or 6 teenage dudes (16 to 18 year olds?) in hoodies & track pants spreading out around me.
“Well, crap, I guess it’s on” I thought. I started stepping quickly into the street…
[Later, having got biffed on the head]
….I’M FINE. I’ve been in some of the sketchiest neighborhoods on earth & escaped unharmed, but last night I got distracted & forgot my street smarts for a couple of minutes. That was very, VERY stupid of me, & I paid the price. So lesson learned here is STAY ALERT, y’all. And Dublin- I still love you, I’m NOT afraid to come here, it’s a lovely city, BUT… please neuter & spay your feral children, because next time they might club someone whose head isn’t as hard as mine & kill them.
Randy Blythe, of American groove metal band Lamb of God
Any excuse.
Randy Blythe Attacked and Struck on the Head by Gang of Kids on the Streets of Dublin (MetalSucks)
” please neuter & spay your feral children” a man after my own heart.
Lamb of God you take away the sons of the scrotes, grant us peace…..
Same old magnificent stuff from Bertie.
Yes, can we sterilize the tracksuit tribe of scummer teens? They are THE WORST thing about living in Dublin city. Stopping a generation of this feral scum procreating would save the city millions, and save lives, and people could live in peace, and the Fire brigade could put out fires without having rocks thrown at them….etc
Too moderate. Euthanise or exile the lot of them while you’re at it. Set up a penal colony on the Blaskets. They’re a blight on the quality of life in Dublin and constantly get away with it.
Failed humans.
Oi! We don’t want that lot in Kerry!
Maybe Spike Island?
Think of the opportunities for target practice!
Kerry could rake it in as a shooting holiday destination. Happy tourists taking a mounted Nike-clad foot home.
A bolder vision for a better tomorrow..
The plan is simple
Step 1) Give them the U2 form that allows them to get jobseekers in a different EU country
Step 2) 1 way ticket to Torremolinos
Step 3) ????
Step 4) Profit
“Ireland Accused of War Crimes by Mayor of Torremolinos”
brilliant!!
On the other hand abortion would be preferable
Oh how I wish a few of his fans had been crossing the bridge at the same time and came upon that incident..
..and then came upon you Hank, is this not how this fantasy of yours always ends?
Such a poohole.
yes you are
We take generic Instagram pictures for granted, but maybe we should pause to think about what people go through every day to bring them to us.
*applauds*
I’m a big metal fan.
Poor Randy has gone through a lot of poo over the last few years.
Locked up in Prague for a while after a fan died at one of his gigs.
Fupping scumbags in this city.
My favourite sport is rocker clobbering.
Jebus I hope he didn’t end up in one of our neglected A&E departments.
In slightly related news, I saw Dave Mustaine in the pub the other night.
Poor old Dave.
Can you put a price on a pint?
I know these kids – they’re the Northside Daido Moriyama Roughnecks and they beat the crap of anyone taking yet more more bland shite photos of Dublin and posting them on instagram. They broke my arm once for taking a selfie with Molly Malone!
Court rules – fair punishment
Hmm nice extermination comments!, I see your readers are getting a start on the propossed pre-election class war…..
Look there’s nothing else around here for them to do. It’s an outlet for them. Leave them be.
I’m not the one equating violent thugs with people on low incomes, kiora.
Violent thugs are violent thugs, they can come from any income bracket.
Bracket? We move to blame the parentheses so.
it’s all liberal tears until it’s your loved ones surrounded by these animals. The guy expressed genuine concern for other people coming across these scumbags whereas your concern is what. class war. deep.
Because it helps poorer people when the likes of kiora lump them in with anyone acting antisocial.
For all we know these were Trinner boys. Clap on the back, kiora, love.
yeah, they were Trinner boys, sure they were . . .
No, deffo not Trinner boys. From the nearby corporation flats or scummiest neighborhood close to that bridge. Alcho’s or drug addicts for parents, never brought up properly. Ask anyone you know who works as a social worker. God help the poor social workers around there
I prefer Nana tears, they cry pure rose water
*squeezes your eye holes*
Bloody mods.
Here’s Randy (in the kilt) getting slapped about by Mark Morton (LOG’s guitarist). Based on this performance it may not have required 6 of the locals to dispossess him of his camera. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcmas6_lamb-of-god-randy-blythe-vs-mark-mo_music
In fairness, he doesn’t look 100% sober in that video…
Whether he’s a tough guy or a wimp, it doesn’t really matter, he was set upon by a bunch of thugs.
Ah yes, when the weather closes in, off come the wetsuits and someone’s head gets a-kickin’
Some Tykes alright!
Little scumbags.
I want to start a decent men’s retribution association.
A fleet of vans with three men in each that drive around the city catching scumbags. A bit like the dog wardens. Only we pull them into the back and baseball bat manners back into their idiot useless minds.
Slaps are all that are good for these vermin.
They clearly did you no harm
Perhaps if we had more and better police patrols on the streets together with a criminal justice system that takes more interest in the victims than the criminals we might be better off.
But let’s be honest – Dublin is the poohole capital of a dump of a country whichever way you look at it.
A teenager causing a head injury TO Randy Blythe?
The ironing is… sad.
The shirts are a real pain in that jacksie all right.
Nothing accidental or ironic about a stick to the back of the head.
we need Edward Woodward to come back and sort this out.
Denzel Washington took up that position, didn’t he?