God Fobid's Doc Coyle Releases Statement About
Beer-Throwing Incident At Lamb of God Show
GOD FORBID guitarist DOC COYLE, who was filling in for LAMB OF
GOD guitarist Mark Morton on their opening trek with METALLICA, has
issues an official statement through MetalBlast regarding the
much-publicized incident in which a fan threw a cup of liquid at
his face during a performance.
“I’m sure many of you have seen the video of me getting pegged
on stage while I was on Metallica tour filling in for Mark from
Lamb of God. Although 95% of the comments were really supportive, I
just wanted to clarify a few things about the incident. First off,
it was a beer, not a water. A big ol’ tall boy plastic cup of beer,
and whoever threw it must have been a quarterback because it was
full and hit me square in the eye at full steam. It felt like I got
sucker punched. I had a mark by my cheek bone and it was swollen
all night. I surprised I didn’t have a black eye. The way it hit me
is probably the reason why I reacted the way I did. I’m no tough
guy, but I wasn’t really thinking. I just reacted. I really don’t
know what I would’ve done if anyone would’ve have owned up to to
throwing it, but I have no clue if I would’ve hit the person. I can
say that I’m not violent at all, and don’t think violence is a
productive way to solve problems. I’m glad nothing came of it, but
obviously the person was pretty cowardly to throw it and not own up
to it. Anyway, shit happens. I just think it’s kind of funny how it
spread on the internet. Beer in the face and all, it was still more
than an honor to play with Lamb of God and open for Metallica.”