Thrash Metal Days

Response to someone's post about an incident at a club in Chandler, Arizona, circa 1986:

The incident at the King Diamond show was due to the opening band - Trouble.Trouble was a Chicago Christian metal band that Matt Moxey got me into.Don't aske me WHAT they were doing opening for King Diamond.

Trouble refused to pull their drumset for Pedifile. They also refused to let Pedifile use their drumset, because Pedifile were not "real musicians".There were about 75 of us who were there to specifically see Pedifle - including Steve and me, who couldn't be anymore than 16 years-old. I was totally psyched to jump into the mosh pit.

Because of Trouble, we would not be able to see Pedifile. We tried to get refunds on our tickets, but the venue would not refund us, because the name "Pedifile" did not appear on the tickets. Only "King Diamond" and "Trouble".

So... 75 fans set out to cause trouble for Trouble. We booed, turned our backs, sat on the floor - anything to give those assholes a hard time.After their set, King Diamond - makeup and all - came out and apologized to the Pedifile fans, and put on a great show.

I was proudly wearing a Pedifile shirt (Front: Pervert to little girl - "Hey Want a piece of candy?" Back: Thrash metal guys beating pervert with a bat; Little girl to pervert: "NOW I'll take a piece of candy!")Some of the Trouble guys and their roadies - all giant guys with big arms and big hair - singled me out of the crowd and started pushing me around, saying, "Hey, you were here with Pedifile!"Steve saw this and went to get my big brothers Tony and Carlos (then known as "Teddy"). The Trouble guys backed off, and they said, "You tell Pedifile that they will never tour with us!"

Like they wanted to tour with such a gay band!

If those guys (Pedifile) had stuck together, they would have made it.

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