Back in 2007, Lamb Of God’s Randy Blythe auctioned off his Grammy nomination medallion for “Redneck” to help raise money for Myotonic Dystrophy research. The singer did the good deed after his friend Todd Stone’s children were diagnosed with the disease. It was then purchased by Dan Gerawan, who was generous enough to gift it to Stone’s kids. Stone then put the item back on eBay in an effort to raise money for Blythe’s sister-in-law, who is currently battling cancer. It was recently won by Dan Rubino, who, like the first winner, has told Stone to keep it. Now, Blythe and Stone are going to work on finding another good cause they can auction it off for next year.
Blythe said the following:
“Going once, going twice… SOLD!!!!! My Grammy nomination medallion & certificate for the song “Redneck” went for $3,050!!!!! Man, that was exciting! I even did an attempt at the live-auctioneering voice thing (you can watch it in my live stories.) Now, here’s the UNBELIEVABLY COOL part of this whole thing: the first time I auctioned off this medallion 11 years ago it was to benefit Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy research after my friend @toddbstone’s sons were diagnosed with the disease.
The winner of the first auction, one Mister Dan Gerawan of the great state of California, gave the medallion to Todd’s kids & said “Keep it!” Years later, Todd heard about my sister-in-law Bianca’s GoFundMe for her breast cancer treatment, & decided to pay it foreword & re-auction the medallion to help with her medical bills. Today, one Mister Dan Rubino of the great state of Georgia won the second auction for the medallion.
After the auction, Todd called him & Dan said “Don’t bother shipping it to me- y’all keep it & do what you want with it.” FREAKING AMAZING! So Todd & I talked & next year we will figure out a different good cause that we can auction this thing off for, a charity of some sort or a life-saving medical research foundation or something that will help others! Holy cow, this Grammy medallion is gathering up some good karma. So thank you to Todd & BOTH Dans for being downright AWESOME people.
We’ve sold this thing TWICE already, & although both of the guys who bought it were big lamb of god fans, they didn’t keep it- they just wanted to help out someone else- there are still plenty of decent people out there that help renew my faith in human nature. I salute y’all!”
