EXODUS' Tour Bus Catches Fire!

EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt has posted the following message on the band's web site:

"Well, as some of you might of already heard yes our bus caught on fire somewhere between Rome and Bergamo Italy. I awoke to our driver shouting, 'Everybody off the bus, the bus is on fire!' and I ran like a bitch outta' that motherfucker! Flames were shooting outta' the back of that fucker bigtime! Everyone made it out alive so that's the good part, and none of our luggage or gear were damaged but that was it for the bus. All we could do was fuckin' laugh, what else can you do! We were singing, 'The bus, the bus, the bus is on fire, we don't need no water let the motherfucker burn!' And then we hear the sound system at the next gig had caught fire as well! What the fuck!!!!! Then we get to the gig (after MANY HOURS!) and our power converter blows, so we can't run our U.S. equipment. So Rick runs a distortion box through a bass head, I franticly try to get a 5150 working, with success in the end. No soundcheck, almost no gear, but fuck it, if there's one thing this band will not do is tuck tail and run! We went and did what many others bands would not, we didn't bitch and moan, we fuckin' rocked! We once again did what others would not, we got our asses in a couple of vans and headed to the ferry to get our asses to Greece. Luckily we found what is undoubtedly the last remaing tour bus in Europe and we hook up with that in a few days. Until then we're vanin' it. But the show must go on motherfuckers! And all the shows have been killer, there's no fuckin' way I'm backin' down now! I'll try to keep everyone updated as much as possible. Til' then, keep up the faith motherfuckers!"

The group's tour manager has issued the following statement regarding the fire incident:

"Hello friends, people have been writing in with their concerns about our bus fire yesterday morning. The band and crew were awakened by the sound of our driver yelling for us to get off the bus as it was engulfed in flames. Fortunately for us the driver had pulled the bus over at a gas station where other truckers were able to help put the fire out. I fear that if we were on the side of the road not all of us would have made it alive as the smoke itself was enough to do the damage. To top that off, we got news that the PA at the venue we were heading to was also on fire. Of course after many hours we made the show only to find out that we have no way to Greece because it was too late to make other arrangements and the power converter which we use to power the EXODUS heads died. Rather than cancel the show on the maniacs that were there, Rick played through a bass head, Gary was able to rig some contraption and the show went on (and sounded like shit by the way, hahaha) Anyway, to make a long night short, thanks to the persistence and kindness of our good friend Debbieat Get Smart Agency, we were able to find transportation to the middle of Italy where we are now sitting on a ferry to go tear up the maniacs in Greece."