EAGLES OF DEATH METAL Laugh Off AXL ROSE's Ohio Rant

November 27, 2006

MTV.com reports that EAGLES OF DEATH METAL have issued a statement in response to being unceremoniously dumped from the GUNS N' ROSES tour after a chilly reception on the first night of what was supposed to be a three-week stint opening up for Axl Rose and Co.

Following a well-received set by tour opener SEBASTIAN BACH Friday night (Nov. 24) at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, the EAGLES took the stage and, according to John Soeder, pop critic for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the band was met with "not deafening boos, but lots of grumbling and grousing and ... indifference."

After a two-hour wait for the headliners, Rose came out and promptly dissed the EAGLES, asking the audience, "So how'd you like the PIGEONS OF SHIT METAL? Don't worry, that's the last show they're playing with us." And, just like that, the EAGLES were tossed out of the nest.

The EAGLES took the Rose kiss-off with their usual fistful of salt. "At first the audience refused to welcome us to the jungle, but by the time we took our final bow, it had become paradise city," reads a statement from the band released on Monday (November 27). "Although Axl tried to November rain on our parade, no sweet child o' mine can derail the EODM night train. We say live and let die."

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