Machine Head are currently on tour in Europe, and when in Rome, the band decided to take in some landmarks. Flynn, who was rocking a pretty metal Duff's Brooklyn hoodie with a large 666 print on it got the attention of the guards, who eventually kicked him out. We'll let Flynn explain:
The Sistine Chapel is a must-see-before-you-die type thing.
So, of course I had to document it and bring my video camera. The guards didn’t stop me one bit as I filmed everywhere and as I entered the Sistine Chapel I was journaling myself walking and taking “you guys/ the viewer/readers” through what I was doing. In the midst of doing so it was then that a guard warned me in broken english “no camera!” Of course I disregarded him. I don’t know what it is with me but when someone tells me not to do something that I want to do, that “fuck you” button gets hit. So I just hung the camera around my neck and kept filming.
I snapped the one photo included below of the famous “hands”, and as I watched other people taking iPhone photos, I thought “hey, why not… they didn’t get thrown out…?” When in Rome, right?
Now… maybe cause I already received a stern “warning”… or maybe cause I had a Duff’s Brooklyn hoodie with “666” on the hood tied around my waist… but ya know… let’s just say I kinda stood out, and dudes were… uh… eyeing me. I snapped 3 iPhone photos, and security swarmed on me. Poor Jern and I got escorted out lickety-split-like which in the end was a good thing as there was a line to exit! So I saw it as a way to cut in line and get out first, LOL!!
I had to laugh.
When it was all over I just literally laughed out loud! “Wow, I just got kicked out of The Sistine Chapel!”
And I still got these pictures!
Take that motherfuckers!!!
Flynn says this is the photo that was the last straw that got him kicked out:
Photo by Robb Flynn
Worth it! Read Robb's entire Rome journal entry here.
[via MetalSucks]
