# Rock Band Hell on Earth to Defy New St. Pete. Fla. Law With Onstage Suicide **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686 "2003-09-30T13:46:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/1 "2003-09-30T13:46:38Z")
[http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Entertainment/ap20030929\_1887.html](http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Entertainment/ap20030929_1887.html) “The leader of the rock band Hell on Earth said Monday that an onstage suicide will be conducted during a private St. Petersburg concert this weekend in defiance of a new city law designed to stop the act.” ---
**Author:** ![Not\_In\_Anger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@Not\_In\_Anger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_In_Anger)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/2 "2003-09-30T14:35:51Z")
Um… who would they arrest? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/3 "2003-09-30T15:13:35Z")
The band. The town council passed an emergency ordinance to ban assisted suicide: > **[The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News](https://news.sky.com/)** > > Sky News delivers breaking news, headlines and top stories from business, politics, entertainment and more in the UK and worldwide. Why would anyone want to go see this anyway? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/4 "2003-09-30T15:16:01Z")
Sorry, the law bans suicide for commercial or entertainment purposes. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/5 "2003-09-30T16:28:50Z")
“suicide for commercial or entertainment purposes” Words fail me… ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/6 "2003-09-30T16:52:42Z")
G. G Alin promised to kill himself at his Halloween show every year, but he never did it. Instead he OD’ed on heroin like a cowardly junkie. G.G. wasn’t a rocker so much as he was a performance artist. He was a sideshow curiosity at best. Hell on Earth just sound like a bunch of putzes. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/7 "2003-09-30T17:07:27Z")
I looked up his website. Charming guy. Shit. I’d have killed myself long before if I had THAT self to wake up to every day. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_In\_Anger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@Not\_In\_Anger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_In_Anger)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/8 "2003-09-30T23:34:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diceman \* > \*\*“suicide for commercial or entertainment purposes” > > Words fail me… \*\* Heh! ---
**Author:** ![effac3d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@effac3d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/effac3d)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/9 "2003-10-01T02:00:11Z")
The thing is all the articles on it mention people contacting the band through their websites volunteering or offering to also off themselves,umm must be a well hidden site since i can’t pull it up through google. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/10 "2003-10-01T02:44:29Z")
I also failed to find the site, **effac3d**. Smellin’ a bit like a hoax… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/11 "2003-10-01T10:01:30Z")
If it’s not a hoax, let me just say to these guys: happy trails! You won’t exactly be missed… ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/12 "2003-10-01T10:07:34Z")
_If I could stick a knife in my heart Suicide right on the stage Would it be enough for your teenage lust Would it help ease the pain_ —Rolling Stones, _It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll_ ---
**Author:** ![NoGoodNamesLeft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@NoGoodNamesLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoGoodNamesLeft)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/13 "2003-10-01T11:18:58Z")
So, what’s the audience supposed to do when this dude offs himself? Cheer? Stand motionless? Politely applaud? I don’t think anyone’s quite considered that part yet. ---
**Author:** ![Ender\_Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/14 "2003-10-01T18:14:30Z")
Not really about the suicide, since I can’t say anything that hasn’t already been said, but I like the line about “onstage antics such as chocolate syrup wrestling and grinding up live rats in a blender.” AS IF THERE IS ANY FUCKING SIMILARITY AT ALL! Good God, the only words that don’t fail me would get this sent straight to the Pit, so I’ll abstain from further comment. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/15 "2003-10-02T03:03:32Z")
Is anyone reminded of the “shoot naked women with paintballs” hoax awhile back? ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/16 "2003-10-02T04:56:21Z")
Man, what a bogus way to stir up publicity. If they really were serious about assisted suicide, why don’t they hold their show in Oregon, or the Netherlands? But nooo…they gotta do it in FLORIDA!!! Bush Central! Of _course_ there’s gonna be controversy – and all the free publicity that goes with it. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/17 "2003-10-02T05:10:15Z")
I’ll bet they wuss out and just do a cover of Bowie’s “Rock and Roll Suicide” at the end of the show. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/18 "2003-10-02T05:26:23Z")
They’ll probably just introduce their new agent and manager, Ms. Susan Eiside. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/19 "2003-10-02T15:50:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vibrotronica \* > \*\*G. G Alin promised to kill himself at his Halloween show every year, but he never did it. Instead he OD’ed on heroin like a cowardly junkie. > > G.G. wasn’t a rocker so much as he was a performance artist. He was a sideshow curiosity at best. Hell on Earth just sound like a bunch of putzes. \*\* The fact that we have a GG Alin fan on this Board scares the Sh@t outta me. The fact that you live in the same state as I do, scares me worse. Ghod! That man was trash! I read a brief bio of the “high points” of his career, and it’s like a police blotter! Like Thompson’s _Fear And Loathing_, but without the humor, art & charm. And I disagree. Alin _was not_ an artist, performance or otherwise. He was just exactly what he seemed to be. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686/20 "2003-10-02T16:07:21Z")
Florida has long been known for it’s extreme music scene , from the band Death to the starting point for Marilyn Manson, so shock rock from FL is not news to anyone. This is just a cheap publicity stunt. And Bosda, You can count two GG Allin fans on the board now. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-hell-on-earth-to-defy-new-st-pete-fla-law-with-onstage-suicide/204686.md?page=2)