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COHEED AND CAMBRIA Frontman Does Not Like Fighting As His Shows

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I've been a Coheed and Cambria fan for years, and never once have I ever imagine Cludio angry; he's just too much of a nice dude to really get up in arms about something. Or so I thought.

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Skip to 3:30 and watch the sparks fly. The band is halfway though "Key Entity Extraction III: Vic the Butcher," when Claudio just completely loses his shit over kids fighting in the crowd. He gets so angry that he just walks away from the microphone, kicks them out again, and then apologizes to the crowd for having to stop the song because of the incident. This isn't just a lead singer getting angry about a fight- you can tell it really bothered the living hell out of Claudio that there was any sort of violence going on in the crowd that endangered his fans. How's that for loving your audience?

After reading through a little bit of the comments section, I agree with the people saying Claudio did the right thing. It sucks that he had to stop the song because people obviously can't handle themselves in a way that allows for the enjoyment of the concert by everyone around them, but it was either that or continue and have someone (or multiple people) get themselves hurt.This goes for a lot of violence at concerts now though- it's awesome when you've got an energetic crowd that's looking out for one another, but when you're practicing your tough-guy karate in close proximity to everyone else… well, what the hell are you doing? Now the band is potentially worried, the crowd is having to pay attention to you and not the music, and everyone's having a little less of a good time. Thanks for that.

Regardless if it were just a fight between two people, a pit, someone spin kicking like they're really cool, or otherwise; just be cool. It's sad to see someone performing their art have to drop out of "the moment" and really get angry and even potentially upset.

 

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  • http://www.facebook.com/Danielpigsqueals Daniel Ramirez

    Good Guy Claudio

  • herp

    Fighting "At" his shows.

    • Eseris

      ~ No, "as".. meaning he'd rather have a show featuring music instead of fighting. It may have been a typo, but it's still grammatically correct.

  • http://www.facebook.com/ryan.grabau.9 Ryan Grabau

    Claudio is the fucking man.

  • Chop fest

    His chin had a butthole

  • goodapolloimkate

    exactly. I had to give up my great spot at his Charlotte show because I was getting beat up by idiots who don't know how to enjoy good music.

    • http://www.facebook.com/robert.w.urick Robert Wobbuffet Urick

      Hey man I know exactly how you feel. Same show, same problem. I don't mind moshing and all that stuff but people just get out of hand and it stops being fun.

    • http://www.facebook.com/scottofsc Scott Barber

      I was also at that show, there were a shitton of drunk assholes. The band was great though.

    • Randomname415

      I was there, ended up picking people up off the ground from trying to crowd surf all night. The first time he spoke to the crowd that night, I thought something of a similar magnitude was going to happen, he didn't seem happy with us.

  • Nunnya Bidnnezz

    This article sucks, you didn't even spell his name right.
    who is "cludio?"

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=711266197 Ian Quadri

    I was there. Pretty crazy.

  • Sierra

    I would be pissed if I was there, people need to chill the fuck out!

  • Daniel

    Absolutely awesome!

  • Arin

    Crazy stuff. This is not the first artist I've seen this kind of thing from. Very classy. (And I mean that) I keep getting more respect for him. He's always been a sweetheart to me (Both times I met him) Here we get reminded he is the same man who wrote "Welcome Home" Don't piss off claudio :)

  • Zoron

    When I met Claudio he was like the nicest dude ever. If people would stop acting like assholes then we wouldn't have to see this. I never go to the front of the crowd because of this crap. I go to see Coheed and Cambria perform, not to see a bunch of drunk assholes fighting.

  • http://www.facebook.com/RussianBear Minister Samuel Ronen

    Of course this fucking happened in my town. Idiots.

  • Springles

    It's also pretty interesting that it happened during Vic the Butcher, which was inspired by a time that Claudio almost got into a fight at a show and ditched the situation, leaving his wife behind. It must have affected him personally.

  • phil

    bit silly, if people want to fight, people want to fight

    this silly safety culture faggotry is what gets stagediving and crowdsurfing banned and kills the atmosphere

    • Derek

      The problem, everyone. Give phil a hand!

  • Joe Figg

    Claudio Is ,in general, a really great guy. I can remember 2 years ago when he came to spokane washington my little sister, who suffers from dwarfism, wanted to go to his show so i took her and let her sit on my shoulders in the pit so she could enjoy the show same as anyone else. Security at the show however didnt want her in the pit and so they tried to force us out and as they were ripping my little sister off of my shoulders Claudio stopped playing picked her up onto the stage and let her sit next to Travice through the rest of the show. I have sense then always thought Claudio was a great guy and i suppose the evidence above supports my theory. So Kuddos to you Claudio keep being a great guy!

    • http://www.facebook.com/michaudsawyer Dee Michaud Sawyer

      im speechless, this is unheard of,,, well done good man.

  • AGE

    I can respect a musician who knows how to control his show. And I like how the crowd wasn't mad at all about him stopping a great song.

  • Leigha

    I was just at their show last night and I had the same problem. Ive been to shows before that are playing heavier music and havent encountered as many violent people. I waited 10 long years to finally see Coheed and the other people attending the show really ruined it for me.

  • http://www.facebook.com/anna.gates1 Anna Gates

    Good for him! I love, LOVE that man!!!

  • Jonny

    Man. I almost went to that show!

  • _Lina

    Needs editing.

  • James Sanchez

    We should have a vote too ban any kind of moshing in concerts seriously i dont like getting hit in the face when im trying to watch someone who i idolize play that i payed good money for -_-

  • North

    It's good he's looking out for people's safety, but maybe they shouldn't be touring with Between the Buried and Me then?

  • StJimmy

    I actually saw something like this happen at a show once. Of all the absurd places it could happen, it was an acoustic Dashboard Confessional show. Two drunk guys started fighting and the singer stopped and walked over to as close as he could get to them on the stage and said "guys, not cool. If you're going to be like that, leave." It's always nice to see bands care about their audiences.

  • http://twitter.com/Atheis4 Andrew

    Good for Claudio! I didn't think it was possible for me to love and respect him more. Great music, great guys.

  • Leah

    the problem is that the between the buried and me fans are starting shit with the coheed fans, or so ive heard. like…grow the fuck up. im sure BTBAM wants their fans to be a bunch of pricks and start fights in the pit. *sigh*

  • philipmurphy

    I was at the show at Jannus Landing in St Pete, FL. The entire crowd was happy that Claudio did this. I was nowhere near the fighting and couldn't see it, but I was understanding that you cannot do that. I have a feeling it was probably some Between the Buried and Me fans and not Coheed fans honestly. I like both bands, but really Coheed fans do not strike me as fighters

    • Kerry

      Im not so sure that its BTBAM fans, I was at the Charlotte show so it was their hometown show in a way them being from NC. But there was hardly any energy in the pit when they were playing compared to coheed. I myself didnt try to get into the pit till coheed started but from what i remember seeing there wasnt as much if any moshing trying to start during BTBAM's show a few crowd surfers is all i saw. but once coheed got on that completely changed almost all songs had way more energy in the crowd than BTBAM.

      This was my second coheed show and first show indoors where i had a chance to the pit, although if it was up to me I would have stayed where I was at first and that was on a second level, but I had a group of friends that showed up to see coheed only really and they wanted to go to the pit and I tried following them but decided I was better off close as I could get without getting into the pit.

  • http://www.facebook.com/michaudsawyer Dee Michaud Sawyer

    well done

  • http://twitter.com/LilTenou Tenou Haruka

    Your editor should not have allowed you to publish this article with that title.

  • http://www.facebook.com/jakebittle1220 Jake Bittle

    I was in the audience for this show at Jannus Landing in Tampa, and just before he stopped the song, the guy who was fighting (viz. "you too, the one they f—-ing dragged off") was NOT a very friendly looking character. Needless to say, Claudio did the right thing. I could see him very well from where I was standing, and he was extremely upset — even distraught, even guilty — about the whole affair.

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