Metal Anarchy

Last night (October 26), The Bunny And The Bear’s set at the “Hell Over Midway” festival in Bedford Park, IL was cut short following a violent altercation. According to vocalist Matthew Tybor, his wife and a female promotor were both attacked by an audio engineer.

Tybor said the following:

“Alright. I’m sorry we didn’t finish the last two songs of our set tonight Chicago.
Ya’ll know I’m a changed man. RETIRED FROM DRAMA and just trying to enjoy my family, music, and LIFE.

BUT. The fact that the sound guy tonight… in Chicago… came to stage … during our set… and berated/attacked MY WIFE…

That’s never going to fly.

I immediately stopped the set . Would 10x over.

Will always stand up for my family. I handled the situation the way I needed to. And it is what it is.

The same sound guy proceeded to hit the female promoter in the head with a mic stand and then was arrested on assault and outstanding warrants.

I just want to clarify that we came here to enjoy a fun night with you guys. This wasn’t planned. I’m sorry we abruptly ended the set. But I had to handle shit.

I’m NEVER going to allow bs like that to slide.

Huge thanks to The Convalescence, Casket Robbery, 9 Dead, Fight From Within and all the bands who played tonight. Yall were amazing.

And I appreciate Magoos standing by our decision to handle things the way we needed to.
And massive thanks to Mel for taking a mic stand for the head. Standing up for us
Chicago, we’ll be back soon.

As you can see… we still had fun.”

[via Lambgoat]