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OBITUARY Guitarist Survives Mobile Home Fire - May 16, 2006

Vocalist John Tardy of the legendary death metallers OBITUARY has posted the following message on their official web site:

"We just finished several days of practice and got our new setlist done for our upcoming West Coast dates. It was a good to have all of us together and a few friends over for some cool ones. I have been going crazy trying to get everything together before we go. We are also all thankful that Allen [West, guitar] is OK. He recently bought a new mobile home and only after a few days the thing caught fire while he was in it. He woke up to find himself in a flame-filled, smoke-filled room and almost did not make it out. Luckily he made it out and other than losing most of his stuff he is OK! Quite scary!!!

"We have things here ready to go and we are getting fired up to get out to the West Coast for some way over due shows. We are looking forward to seeing the DEAD TO FALL and SADUS guys and seeing all of you!!!

"It has taken us a while but it looks like we finally have the new video done. You should see it out soon!"

OBITUARY are continuing to tour in support of their latest CD, "Frozen in Time", which was released in July 2005 via Roadrunner Records. The group's first collection of new songs since 1997's "Back from the Dead" was self-produced by the band, with Mark Prator and Scott Burns engineering, and was mastered by Tom Morris at Morrisound.

Check out new OBITUARY rehearsal photos at this location.

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	COMMENT \| damn posted by : mega-man 5/16/2006 1:08:57 PM

	good thing too

	COMMENT \| FIRST POST posted by : mazinmario 5/16/2006 1:09:08 PM

	LUCKY BASTARD!!!! I HOPE YOU'LL OK!!!!

	COMMENT \| damn posted by : \m/...Baron Von Wasteland...\m/ 5/16/2006 1:10:09 PM

	that sucks.

	COMMENT \| posted by : Where Proper Manners Dwell 5/16/2006 1:11:23 PM

	Glad he made it out. Obituary rules!

	COMMENT \| well posted by : PikeChopsaw 5/16/2006 1:20:56 PM

	I would hate to read an obituary for a guy from Obituary.

	COMMENT \| Geez... posted by : CronosWarchild 5/16/2006 1:27:42 PM

	Big Al is trailer trash? Will have to ceremonially burn all my Obituary CDs now... :-)

	COMMENT \| hetfield03 posted by : WartOfLemmy 5/16/2006 1:31:20 PM

	I can probably laugh at your comment, but at least he did have a roof over his head, and he did get out. Besides, people do buy what is within their means house-wise nowadays, with the prices of residential housing going through the roof. Its not that bad of an option.

	COMMENT \| ... posted by : EllipticAlOrbit 5/16/2006 1:43:37 PM

	DEATH METAL IS GAY...

	COMMENT \| check this out? posted by : TBS1986 5/16/2006 2:00:19 PM

	Isn't there supposed to be a new Obituary album this year? If not, then what's up with this?: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=46243

	COMMENT \| posted by : D-Man 5/16/2006 2:11:17 PM

	Wow, good thing Allen is ok. Cant wait for the West Coast tour!

	COMMENT \| Let this be a lesson to all the aspiring "Death Metal Stars"... posted by : Blackwater_Park 5/16/2006 2:15:46 PM

	If you make it big like Obituary, you can afford to get your very own trailer to live in! If you get really big, you can get yourself a double-wide!!!

	COMMENT \| Blackwater_Park posted by : Van Hammersley 5/16/2006 2:32:46 PM

	hahah...good point...you won't be on MTV Cribs being a death-metaler...

	COMMENT \| ^^^ posted by : Bonzoholic 5/16/2006 3:02:16 PM

	Maybe not MTV Cribs, but you might get on MTV Pimp My Mobile Home.

	COMMENT \| posted by : Sunny_D 5/16/2006 3:50:06 PM

	Glad yer fuckn okay there allen cuz I no how you feel those coksukkers ricky and joolian bernd down my fuckin shed and i almose losst all my kitties rock on and rush rools!!! bubbles

	COMMENT \| Roll on June 11th in London posted by : SlowlyWeRot87 5/16/2006 4:13:11 PM

	CHOPPED IN HAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!

	COMMENT \| posted by : i am the riotstarter!!!!!!! 5/16/2006 4:27:54 PM

	thats what he gets for being a white trash piece of shit

	COMMENT \| posted by : i am the riotstarter!!!!!!! 5/16/2006 4:28:50 PM

	CircleOvZaphyan is also a white trash piece of shit. but he thinks he is more underground than everyone else. so watch out you "nu-metal mallcore" something or other

	COMMENT \| this guy bleeds death metal, posted by : Frank Zito 5/16/2006 5:19:14 PM

	does'nt bow down to the almighty dollar. A good example for aspiring death metal bands. Don,t expect financial rewards. The credibility obituary has does not have a price tag. Its to bad the good guys always get shit on.

	COMMENT \| Hope the smoke inhalation posted by : Dogface 5/16/2006 6:59:14 PM

	dosent effect his vocal chords for those GRAVELLY back ups he does!!!!!!!!!!! Is this the same guy that went missing about 15 years ago???? Did they ever find him??? Sorry im a bit behind in my Obituary news.

	COMMENT \| Oh, yes! posted by : S.O.B. 5/16/2006 7:09:07 PM

	I'm glad everything went ok with him. I will be seeing Obituary this Sunday! I'm sure John will be back in top form by then. OBITUARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!eleventyone!!!!!!!!!!!!1!

	COMMENT \| Too Bad posted by : crimsonking24 5/16/2006 7:27:22 PM

	Its too bad that a hard working legend like Al West has to live in a fuckin' trailer, when talentless pricks like Tommy Lee are living in mansions! Maybe Roadrunner will hook him up with a new pad soon.........ya right!!!

	COMMENT \| Allen West posted by : DeathDealer1369 5/16/2006 7:39:18 PM

	OBITUARY RULES!!!

	COMMENT \| THATS A PICTURE. AN OLD METAL GUITARIST RIFFIN IN HIS TRAILER posted by : marko79 5/16/2006 7:54:30 PM

	BAD LUCK THOUGH HE SHOULD HAVE HAD AN APARTMENT AND KEPT SOME DIGNITY.

	COMMENT \| Ha! He's Trailor Trash posted by : DeadGuy 5/16/2006 9:53:03 PM

	Amazing that a member of a lame Florida death metal band that has been making horrible albums for years can't get proper financing to buy a house. Obituary = Typical Florida Death Metal Garbage

	COMMENT \| posted by : wajahat_k 5/17/2006 1:46:14 AM

	Im glad he made it out. OBITUARY FUCKING RULE!!!!!!!

	COMMENT \| HAHAHAHAH! posted by : fafaflowley 5/17/2006 10:10:51 PM

	I'm glad he's ok man. Ilove Obituary! Hey Sunny D, that shit was funny as hell. I wonder if Mr. Lahey was there cookin some hawtdawgs with J-Roc!

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