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CRADLE OF FILTH Frontman: 'I Know That Most Of Our Fans Are Intelligent, Well-To-Do People'

January 28, 2009

Vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH recently told Heath McCoy of The Vancouver Sun that he knows nothing about Jeremy Steinke, a CRADLE fan who, along with his girlfriend, slaughtered the girl's family — including her mother, father and eight-year-old brother — on April 23, 2006, in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, stabbing them to death.

Both Steinke and the girl have since been convicted on three counts of first degree murder.

Filth is unaware that his band's name was brought up time and time again in court and in the press as both of the killers were obsessive CRADLE OF FILTH fans who posted lyrics from the group's extreme shock-and-gore-laden songs on their Nexopia and VampireFreaks profile pages — online communities to which they belonged.

"We've got quite a lot of fans, fortunately," the 35-year-old singer told The Vancouver Sun. "You can't be responsible for each and every one of them. . . . You can't tell if someone living next door to you is a powder keg waiting to blow (no matter) what music they're into. I mean, you get gang killings and shootings and rape and murder associated with hardcore rap as well, don't you?"

Filth is also quick to defend his fans, stressing that nobody should condemn the lot of them for the actions of two. "I know that most (of our) fans are intelligent, well-to-do people," he said. "They have their day jobs. They're accountants, lawyers."

"People can find blame in anything," added Filth. "Oh, they have songs with a bit of violence and a dark side so that must be the immediate problem. . . (Heavy metal) is an easy target. . . . It's a very easy scapegoat. . . . You may as well blame testosterone."

Read the entire report from The Vancouver Sun.

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