Moby Assaulted Outside Boston Club (12/12/02, 6 p.m. ET) -- Moby was assaulted by three men outside Boston's Paradise Club after having performed there Wednesday (December 11). Writing on his own website (moby.com), the New York artist explains that he was signing autographs when he was punched several times by what he believed to be "three men with mace," first from behind, and then in the face. He was "bloody and beaten up," he wrote, but suffered no serious injuries. "I'm not angry," he said. "I don't feel vindictive. Not to sound weird or wimpy, but I'm a pacifist and I believe in forgiveness. I just hope that at some point in these guys' lives they come to realize that hurting other people is wrong." He also appealed to the aggressors to contact Moby via his website and explain their motives. He says he has little understanding for the attack, pointing out that he's "hardly the most physically threatening person in the world." "I'm left very confused as to why these guys wanted to attack me in the first place. Maybe they don't like skinny bald guys who play cover songs? I'm sure that's it. It's my fault, I should've posted a warning on the entrance to the club, 'Warning: tonight's show will at time be comprised of cover songs poorly played by Moby, a skinny bald musician.'" "We're all a little bit wiser now, aren't we?" Moby mused. "It's like The Lion King, we laughed, we cried, we ran the gamut of emotions." Further information from Moby's spokesperson was not available at press time. He is still scheduled to play at radio-sponsored festivals in San Francisco on Friday (December 13), Los Angeles on Saturday (December 14), and Chicago on Sunday (December 15). Moby is touring in support of his latest album, 18. --- other links: MTV-UK MTV-USA NME.com
We are afraid of what we don't fully understand...that's it. When some of us are afraid we fight or flight.
Eminem fans, no doubt. Anyway, where the hell was security? Why aren't those assholes in jail right now?!?!
the exact journal entry from Moby's website states: brief update... we played a concert tonight at a small club in boston, the paradise club. and after the show i went outside to get into my car. and there werea few people waiting for autographs, so as usual i stopped to sign a few things. and then all of a sudden i was attacked by (i believe) 3 men with mace. they punched me from behind and i really had no idea what was going on. i assumed that a bar-fight had spilled out of the bar and that somehow i had gotten caught in the middle of it. but no. after being punched in the head from behind a few times i turned around to see what was going on and one of them punched me in the face a couple of times and then they all ran away. so now i'm sitting here bloody and beaten up and waiting to file a police report. the assault could've been a lot worse. but i'm very curious as to why 3 men would coordinate an attack on me? you know, 3 against 1? and the'one' in question is me, hardly the most physically threatening person in the world. so if one or more of the people who attacked me tonight happen to be reading this, i'd be really curious to know why you attacked me. you could anonymously sign on to the boards and describe the attack from your perspective. i'm honestly very curious. and if anyone sees me in the next couple of weeks and i have some big bruises or stitches on my face, well at least you know why. thanks. moby excellent point about his security AntiSonic. Where the hell were they. These idiots punched him from behind. Utter bull****.
Hey, I got the quote from cnnsi.com. Rice is the man, JAMMER is a 22 year old kid who held out earlier. But, stats can lie.
a moestavern19 quote - coming to a sig near you. But like Triumph said, Moby is not a 36 year old bald headed... *ahem* He is 37.
For a minute I thought the title read "Mobley attacked" and clicked to see what the dealio was. Blame it on the dyslexia.
