Bad choices. It's a shame that his wife and daughter will have to live their lives alone because of his selfishness while drunk. Alcoholism is a disease. Being a dick is a choice.

So he was drunk when he crashed? Good thing he only killed himself then...

Alcohol? Oh yeah - I remember that crap. Stupid fucking way to die.

As an ex-drunk it's hard to have much sympathy for this. I drove drunk all the time and got in two accidents and put some people in the hospital. I can tell you that even in the middle of active addiction I KNEW FULL WELL that drinking and driving was dangerous. Bad choice, pal.

It's a terrible lose for the family, friends and fans, but at this point, is there anyone who's not aware of the potential consequences from drinking and driving?

I agree with ZvartZaft's post - good thing he only killed himself then.

... well, acting like a "rock star" was obviously more important to him than his family. i'd be pissed off if i were the driver of the nissan ...

Can someone please explain to me why alcohol is legal and weed is illegal? It should be the other way around. If dude would have gotten stoned, he probably would have just chilled out at home.

amen!

Shouldn't be the other way around. But they should just not make any of it illegal. Probibition, regardless of the substance, does not work. History has proven that. people will drink alcohol if they want it. People will smoke weed if they want it. People will do harder drugs if they want it. No laws. Stop filling up the prison system. If someone is gonna abuse something, let them work themselves out and make their own choices.

More than likely it's just because you can get a contact buzz from being around people smoking weed, but you can't get contact drunk. I would guess that that's the reasoning... but who knows. It's an interesting argument, for sure.

..more grim truth comes out. What a fucking asshole... selfish motherfucker. And, yeah, he could've easily killed someone else. Anyone who gets behind this false-metal asshole now is just as big a cunt as he is. She fucking begged him...

From all the boasting he was making in the past about speeding down the highways on his bike and his alcohol problems this was a timebomb waiting to happen, atleast the jackass didn't take anyone else with him.

blind drunk and haulin ass...impact is imminent

No respect for this guy for being DUI driver. Condolence to his family though.

What about that 2007 Nissan Pickup? Justice must be served. Somebody must pay.

Dimebag is going to be pissed. Good luck trying jam with him.

Not such a "bad boy" anymore huh? Tough to be cool with your mangled body and pavement ground down face isn't it??? What an idiot.

i don't really care for this band or support this guys decision to drink and get on a bike, but this is pretty sad news.

and as for the damaged nissan, all the guy has to do is make an claim and let the insurance companies deal with it.

Not by me inparticular, but mitch is going to be missed by alot of people. my condolences go out to his family and loved ones.

Good riddance. Glad no one else was hurt.

Let this be a lesson kids.......must pay the consequences for ur actions!

Considering that the story on Yahoo! news said there were nearby trick-or-treaters, it's a miracle he didn't kill any children as well as himself. It's a damn shame things had to happen this way, but I find myself feeling a lot more sorry for his family and bandmates than I do for him.

Never drink and drive. Please.

This is even more depressing.
Please. If you have a family, don't act so selfishly.

Wonder how many people who complain about drinking and driving (I think dd is fu$#ing dumb) continue to text and drive?

"Just don't. Just think before you guys do something stupid. Please learn from this. Please."

Unfortunately, there will always be people who will not learn from this or similar incidents.

fuck this loser. i feel bad for his family though, and at least he didn't kill anyone else. terrible overrated band too, i never bought an album or saw them live thankfully.

I didn't care at all about this band or their music but I definitely feel sorrow for the family of this dude. What a stupid decision.

I had a family member refuse to give me the keys and they left the house driving. I immediately without hesitation called the cops. They were busted for a DUI. No excuses for this kind of crap and no consideration for the drunk driver.

People who drink and drive and put others lives at risk are fucking morons.

His widow seems to be pretty upbeat considering he hasn't even been dead for two days.

yea I agree with you on that one. RIP Mitch

I'm sorry for his family's loss. His mother and father, band members... But watching the wife curse in front of their child and ask for a moment of silence while she checked a text was total disrespect. The fans were crying more than she was...

Dickhead could have killed way more people than himself. His family are better off without him. Hopefully his wife can meet someone who is not a selfish arsehole to raise his daughter.

......least Mom and Dad had the brians to put there little girl into a Christian School. The American public school system is fuckin terrible! I know, I am a parent three times yo! and i pay out the ass for a good education.

RIP Mitch.

Kids, learn a lesson. Please.

If I saw someone drunk trying to ride or drive I'd fucking call the cops on them right then & there without hesitation, regardless of who they were, a friend, brother, sister, mother, father or even my wife. It sucks that those who cared about him now have to deal with the fallout but I have zero sympathy for any selfish cunt who drives drunk & wraps themselves around a pole. They need to start banning these fucking losers from driving for life, get caught driving drunk once then lose your license for a year, if you get caught a second time then you get banned for fucking life, get caught a third time you go to fucking prison. Maybe if there were some real consequences then these fuckstain drunk drivers might think twice before endangering the rest of us along with themselves.

I have a friend i no longer seek out because i know his drinking is going to kill him or someone else. Sucks.

So, let me get this straight... His widow of less than a day shows up at a candlelight vigil for him... with their daughter??? And tells stories about him?

Doesn't this strike anyone as, oh I dunno - completely fucked in the head?

What kind of attention whores are these people?

That wife of his doesn't seem very grief stricken...Not to judge, but it's kind of wierd to see her so...normal?

I've seen people lose their dog be more upset.

She has basically been talking shit about him the whole time. She mentions that he was drinking and driving in most of her statements. She seems to have zero grief.

Sorry to hear about his passing but "hardcore" is putting your 5 year old ahead of yourself when you are drunk and thinking on getting on a bike that you love to floor.

Everybody loses now.

These comments about his wife/girlfriend not being grief stricken; I'd say she feels angry more than anything at the moment. She told him not to go out on his bike and he ignored her. The grief will hit in a day or two when his death finally sinks in.

I remember Courtney Love being angry at Kurt Cobain at the vigil following his death. A needless death will always make the surviving partner angry before any of the other emotions hit.

You guys have harsh comments. Obviously the guy made poor decisions in his life, but no need to call him trash, the guy just died! As if you guys are all saints...

Her tweets made it sound like they were over and done for awile now.

this bitch killed him. guaranteed

Never have I seen a bigger bunch of 'holier than thou' types than on this website. Up on your high horses preaching about this.

Yes, the guy was an idiot, and he has been killed by his own diseases of alcholism and stupidity. But it is still a tragedy and there's no need for you preaching tough guys to line up to put the boot into his mangled corpse with your words of condemnation.

I don't know about anyone else but if someone from my family died in any way i couldn't get a word out of me for a week, and this poor guy is not even cold yet and they are already talking shit about him. The wife is just..WTF...people are cracking jokes (which i kind of understand but...) and let me just add it is not normal to be casual after someone you love has died not of natural causes but a violent death. Yes it's fucked he had been drinking and driving but no one deserves to die because of that and no one deserves this kind of a vigil. R.I.P. Mitch, it's good you don't need to see or hear this.

Agreed!

The truth comes out. Of course, this was completely his fault; but she shouldn't of followed him (knowing he was drunk and going to rip away) with her daughter in the car as well. Call the police or forcefully take his keys...I don't thinking hauling ass after him was a brilliant idea.
With that being said, even though it was his fault; he paid the ultimate price with his life, and I won't provide any opinions of my disdain for their music and his life choices. Anyone who can watch this video and not feel sympathy for his mother, who clearly isn't handling it well; or his little daughter; is just completely coldblooded and heartless.
We ALL have made bad choices at some point; whether it be driving drunk, speeding, not wearing a seatbelt/helmet, or even reaching in the backseat of the car for something; we've all made them. It's a heartache when one dumb decision costs someone their freedom of life, and loved ones to deal with a tragic loss.
I own a supercharged GTP that I've been sinking money into for 5 years, trying to get every ounce of power I possibly can. I know the feeling of that adrenaline rush with over 500 horses at your command...it's just phenomenal. As I got older, I began to really understand how important it is to channel that desire, and keep it on the track; away from innocent bystanders coming home from work, or going to the grocery store. I also know how much alcohol intensifies that urge to tear it up. However, growing up means making the right decisions. No matter how much it seems "cool" or how awesome the rush may be; you need to start making decisions that's better for your entire family. Drinking, ok; fine. I understand the disease of addiction, and how people cope with things a different way. But everyone knows the dangers of drinking and driving, and most of the time it's the innocent who take the worst beating from it. Luckily, his life was the only one that was taken; and I don't mean that ignorantly at all...of course, it would have been better for this not to have happened at all; but it could have been much worse if his daughter would have been on the back, or the motorcycle would have killed someone else before sliding to a stop into that truck. One more tragic story to be heard as an example of why not to drink and drive. I hate hearing about this, when it was 100% avoidable. And this is coming from someone who couldn't stand their music. Just because we didn't like the music, doesn't mean we need to hate on the people who created it. Music is like acting, once they're off the stage, they can be totally different individuals; and by the stories given, he seemed like he was one hell of a nice guy. Shame he's going to be remembered forever for his bad choices. Deepest condolences to his family, friends, and fans who lost someone important in their lives. Hopefully, a few more people in the world learn from this tragic mistake.
And to the alcohol vs weed comments, I agree with the majority. If something as mind-numbing as alcohol can be legal to purchase for ANYONE over the age of 21, then you might as well legalize marijuana too. Pot doesn't do much to affect your ability to drive, but that doesn't make it right to drive around and smoke 4 blunts either. Reactions do slow down. Why not just use the recreational comfort aids safely and stay put? Or walk? Or call someone to pick ya up? Yeah, it could be a pain in the ass, but if that's what you're choosing to do, do it responsible so your family isn't dealing with the result of that once selfish action. : /

After watching the vigil video, I'm convinced that there's MUCH more to this story than just "he was drunk and crashed"...

I bet the cops are figuring that out right now.

We should all just form a line, and give her a sympathy fuck while she's vulnerable...

...just sayin'

And i bet he didn't have any insurance!

He disrespected his wife and kid by riding a motorcycle drunk. As far as I'm concerned, they could dance on his grave for all I care.

Like Anthrax sang on Finale.....You give respect, you get respect.

Drunk drivers don't deserve any better. I hope this fag-core douche's suffering was intense before he gave up.

His crap band falling apart is such a nice side effect btw.

See you in hell cocksucker!!!

Was playing down on Main street so I drove and stopped at the memorial after my gig. Sad deal. The road curves a bit there, but it's not tricky or dangerous. You would have to be toasted, speeding and not with it to lose control there.

By the way, if there were trick or treaters, 855pm is pretty late for most kids. It's usually done by 8ish.