DROWNING POOL's Equipment Ripped Off Again

January 7, 2008

Jay Gormley of CBS 11 News reports: Music equipment is everything to a rock band. But one Dallas band has felt the sting of having its equipment stolen not once, but twice in one month.

"We always joke that DROWNING POOL has a black cloud that follows us," said Mike Luce, the band's drummer.

The holidays have been anything but happy for the alternative-metal band. On the day before Thanksgiving, cameras caught thieves stealing the band's amplifiers and other valuable sound equipment.

"I think someone has a target aimed right at us. We're in the crosshairs," said bassist Stevie Benton.

Convinced that the thieves focused on them alone, DROWNING POOL moved the rest of their gear from a rehearsal studio in North Dallas to Public Storage just a block away.

But as bad luck would have it, lighting would strike twice exactly one month later.

"I got here and saw it was cut, and then I opened the door up and literally started crying," said guitarist C.J. Pierce.

Thieves didn't cut the lock. Instead, they cut the metal that runs through the lock. This time, they got away with much more than just amplifiers.

"They mean a lot more to me than a P.A. cabinet. My bass guitars are extremely personal, and I would love to have them back," said Benton.

DROWNING POOL lost two Basson speaker cabinets, four Lakland bass guitars, two Kustom '72 Coupe amplifiers, one D.W. drum kit and other equipment. But this time, there were no cameras to catch the crime.

"Money doesn't grow on trees. We're now with our third singer, and we're just getting by as it is," said Pierce. "Who has the money to go out and buy all this gear? It's a lot of gear, and it costs a lot of money."

Sunday, the band moved what little gear they had left to another storage facility. This time, they say they are going to keep the location a secret.

Watch a CBS 11 News report on the latest theft at this location.

Watch security-camera footage capturing DROWNING POOL's Thanksgiving theft:

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