Red Mosquito • View topic - Roskilde flashback: Police blamed Pearl Jam

MemoFromTurner · **Joined:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:36 pm **Posts:** 97

I just read a short clip about a woman who died at Roskilde this year:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/w ... lde-207906

and stumbled over this gem:

"In a report to Danish Parliament, the police blamed the deaths (in the Roskilde 2000 tragedy) on Pearl Jam, saying the band had a history of inciting violence in their crowds." :shake:

Which led me here:

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/sto ... 387&page=1

“We have spoken to numerous witnesses who have told us that Pearl Jam are well known for almost appealing for violent behavior.” It also blasted “crowd surfing,” and observed that it was a practice commonly associated with the band.

WTF.

Pearl Jam has a history of boring a segment of its fan base to tears with long political rants between songs but to claim the band has ever incited violence is both wrong and slanderous.

Does anyone know if Pearl Jam ever demanded and received an apology from the Danish police?

given2trade · **Posted:** Thu Jul 07, 2011 11:22 pm

Way to bring back the pain, man.

Skitch Patterson · **Posted:** Thu Jul 07, 2011 11:24 pm

remember when pearl jam said they wouldnt do any festival shows after that?

lol@

given2trade · **Posted:** Thu Jul 07, 2011 11:26 pm

Instead they capitalized on the tragedy and used it for a hit song's lyrics. Shame on them.

StoneIrons · **Joined:** Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:20 am **Posts:** 762

MemoFromTurner wrote:

Does anyone know if Pearl Jam ever demanded and received an apology from the Danish police?

Yeah, they were cleared of responsibility by the police: http://web.archive.org/web/200010270846 ... ease9.html

bmacsmith · **Joined:** Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:52 pm **Posts:** 8288

police also blamed them for the great PJ20 tenclub ticket sale clusterfuck of 2011.

Skitch Patterson · **Posted:** Thu Jul 07, 2011 11:39 pm

given2trade wrote:

Instead they capitalized on the tragedy and used it for a hit song's lyrics. Shame on them.

Thats disingenuous. Pearl Jam hasn't had a hit song since Betterman.

given2trade · **Posted:** Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:00 am

Skitch Patterson wrote:

given2trade wrote:

Instead they capitalized on the tragedy and used it for a hit song's lyrics. Shame on them.

Thats disingenuous. Pearl Jam hasn't had a hit song since Betterman.

That was a layup.

Kosmicjelli · **Posted:** Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:01 am

Skitch Patterson wrote:

given2trade wrote:

Instead they capitalized on the tragedy and used it for a hit song's lyrics. Shame on them.

Thats disingenuous. Pearl Jam hasn't had a hit song since Betterman.

I can't imagine why.

Owl_Farmer · **Posted:** Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:02 am

This is the jackass dead moron thread all over again.

cutuphalfdead · **Posted:** Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:05 am

Talkin' 'bout, lo-uh-ove.

mick7184 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:08 am

World War II flashback: Jews blamed Hitler

Skitch Patterson · **Posted:** Fri Jul 08, 2011 2:23 am

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Talkin' 'bout, lo-uh-ove.

I think trouble free transmission is code for "lossless"

Tig · **Joined:** Wed Dec 22, 2010 4:47 pm **Posts:** 863

Note to OP: don't ever try to make a serious thread unless you can hold your anus open and your foot in your mouth at the same time.

noaheb · **Posted:** Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:54 pm

given2trade wrote:

Way to bring back the pain, man.

I lol'd at this harder than I probably should have

cippociappo · **Joined:** Tue Sep 08, 2009 8:58 pm **Posts:** 88

bmacsmith wrote:

police also blamed them for the great PJ20 tenclub ticket sale clusterfuck of 2011.

Electromatic · **Posted:** Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:59 pm

I would put the blame on the crowd but hey, that's just me.

Roskilde flashback: Police blamed Pearl Jam

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