Following the lead of heckler-avenger Josh Homme, Gym Class Heroes lead singer Travis McCoy dispensed a bit of rough justice to a miscreant audience member at a concert in St. Louis this week. The lash-out has landed him a charge for third-degree assault.
The band had just kicked off its Warped Tour show with the song Peace Sign, when a black man in the crowd called McCoy a “fucking ignorant nigger”. As security pulled the offending character from the pit, the singer reportedly broke his microphone over the guy’s head. He swiftly apologised to the crowd, saying, “I’m sorry, but when someone calls you something that ignorant and that offensive, you have to bash their head in with a microphone.” Regardless of repentance, the fuzz were waiting to take McCoy in after the show. He was released yesterday “on $500 bond”.
The official word from Gym Class Heroes manager Bob McLynn does a good job of thickening the plot. “Somebody in the crowd was taunting Travis with racial slurs,” the statement reads. “Travis invited him onstage with the intent of calling him out in front of the crowd, with absolutely no intention of a physical altercation. When he tried to help him onstage, the guy hit Travis in the knee area (which has been in a brace because of a recent sprain), forcing Travis to defend himself. At this point, a scuffle broke out. This whole incident is unfortunate.”
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