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Update: Booze Banned After 2 Killed, 83 Arrested At OZZFEST Concert
- Aug. 17, 2007
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WNBC reports: Two people are dead, 83 were arrested and drinking in the parking lot has been banned following an unruly Ozzfest concert at the PNC Bank Arts in Holmdel, New Jersey center on Thursday night (August 16), police said. WNBC.com's Brian Thompson has learned that Raymond Guarino, 26, died Thursday night at Bayshore Hospital. Guarino, of Forked River, N.J., had to be resuscitated in the PNC Bark Arts center parking lot shortly after 3:15 p.m. on Thursday before being transported to the hospital. New Jersey state troopers received information that Guarino had injested cocaine, marijuana and alcohol prior to the incident. Troopers searched the vehicle he arrived in and discovered small amounts of both drugs in the vehicle. An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause and manner of death, and whether the presence of drugs is detected. According to police, Patrick Norris, 24, of Coram, N.Y., passed out at the concert around 10 p.m. and was transported to Bayshore in cardiac arrest. He was declared dead in the hospital. Police said he had also injested cocaine, marijuana and alcohol before and during the show. Drinking alcohol in the parking lot of the PNC Arts Center will be banned starting with Friday night's VELVET REVOLVER concert. Read more at www.wnbc.com.
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COMMENT | Thanks!
posted by : Sof
8/17/2007 12:03:56 PM
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Way to ruin it for everybody, dumb bitches.
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COMMENT | Not to say I told you so, but...
posted by :
8/17/2007 12:04:41 PM
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Yeah, Freefest = worst idea of all time.
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COMMENT | Good Grief
posted by :
8/17/2007 12:05:19 PM
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Maybe the "Free OzzFest" wasn't such a hot idea ... since they didn't have to buy a ticket, these jugheads obviously had plenty of extra $ to blow on "cocaine, alcohol and marijuana"
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COMMENT | "Guarino had injested cocaine, marijuana and alcohol prior to the incident."
posted by : MetelDik
8/17/2007 12:08:08 PM
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ummm and why should I be banned from having a few beers in the parking lot?
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COMMENT |
posted by : TrippyZippy
8/17/2007 12:09:39 PM
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Funny, in most places drinking in public is against the law anyway...
I don't blame the Freefest, blame the idiots who can't handle their shit.The drugs would have been there regardless if tickets were paid for or it if was free. We are just hearing more about this one because it was free. If it was Ozzfest's fault, everyone would be dead. If you are gonna be dumb, do it at home and stop ruining things for the rest of us.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
8/17/2007 12:13:51 PM
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"People ate coke and died! Therefore, we should ban beer."
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COMMENT | TrippyZippy
posted by :
8/17/2007 12:18:05 PM
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I'd agree with you, except this year's Ozzfest has had record numbers of injuries/deaths/arrests/etc associated with it, and I can't help but assume there is a correlation between increased trouble and this year's festival being free.
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COMMENT | Damn...
posted by : Mechanix84
8/17/2007 12:19:34 PM
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Looks like I'll have to drink on the drive over to PNC next time. Oh well...
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COMMENT | It could also be that...
posted by :
8/17/2007 12:21:40 PM
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The coke was cut with something that should have never been used.
Just something to think about.
PEACE!
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COMMENT |
posted by :
8/17/2007 12:23:13 PM
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Wow, I do not understand that logic at all.
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COMMENT | prezuiwf
posted by : TrippyZippy
8/17/2007 12:25:50 PM
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Not knowing the stats of the previous Ozzfests I cannot say if there are more now, or if we are just hearing about it more because of recent stories about other ozzfests, maybe there is more attention drawn to coming shows.
Even if the show is "free" we all know that you pay for parking, food, beer, merchandise and the prices are always super high.
I still place the blame on the person involved, not the event. Somehow tens of thousands managed to get home or stay alive through the concerts. The ones we are hearing about are a small percent. it is just those a-holes that give all rock a bad name.
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COMMENT | typical
posted by :
8/17/2007 12:26:25 PM
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response to blame the event and not the individuals. You do coke, weed and drink, you might die. Doesn't matter if it's at Ozzfest or a church parking lot.
Take personal responsibility people and stop blaming everyone else.
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COMMENT | free = payment in some other form
posted by : IFH
8/17/2007 12:27:28 PM
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Man, what a bunch of lightweights. How odd that Ozzfest is free and there's a rash of issues...arrests, people dying before, at, or after the show, etc. I doubt Sharon will do this again.
Wow, Blabbermouth must really care about how articulate our posts are...they now have spell check!
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COMMENT | Glad some people got it....
posted by : Bastard Fetus Eaters
8/17/2007 12:28:10 PM
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Who knows, since the alcohol problem is soooooo bad, maybe they'll just ban money. Because if nobody has any money, they can't buy alcohol.
The moral of the story is:do all the blow you want, then blame the alcohol!!!!! Kinda like if you kill someone, blame the music/TV/movies/video games.
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COMMENT | Oh the irony
posted by : Bastard Fetus Eaters
8/17/2007 12:31:07 PM
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there is a CD review for a band called WEEDEATER on the same page as this story.
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COMMENT | hugs...
posted by :
8/17/2007 12:32:08 PM
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not drugs people.
why do you think they call it dope?
dag.
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COMMENT | Boycott the PNC Arts Centers in NJ
posted by :
8/17/2007 12:41:00 PM
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fuck this place. all outdoor shows especially in the north east are poorly planned. there's never any shade, water in the bathrooms sometimes gets turned off so you dont drink it and have to pay $3 for water, $10 for a lg beer (actual price at PNC), fuck eating there, for the prices on that shit food. like people arnt smokin, snortin, and drinking in the parking lot of every major sporting event too? it's an excuse... (we wanna make more money selling drinks inside)... blame it on the BAD ozzfest kids... then when jimmy buffit plays those folks cant drink either (so smoke, or snort) it's the kids fault sorry ( that'll be $70 for those three beers and two orders of chicken strips) BOYCOTT THIS SHIT HOLE!!!!
"This place rapes anyone that goes to a show there and laughs all the way to the bank".... cuz they are a bank.
Boycott this place as much as possible!
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COMMENT | I've been to this place a lot lately...
posted by : Mechanix84
8/17/2007 12:47:11 PM
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The last time was, I believe, for Rush. Also so Heaven and Hell there as well. Now if they were really serious about "banning alcohol" then they wouldn't sell it as well, but we all know that is not the case. Greedy fucks.
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COMMENT | My 2 Cents
posted by :
8/17/2007 12:49:49 PM
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Having to pay for a concert automatically weeds out a certain type of people. With it being free....the crazies are out in full force and any of you going to an Ozzfest this year, I advise you to be careful and watch your back.
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COMMENT | jane's addiction said it best...
posted by :
8/17/2007 12:50:38 PM
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idiots rule.
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COMMENT | Bottom line...
posted by : fullshred
8/17/2007 1:08:23 PM
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Anyone that drinks and drives or serves booze to underage kids is an idiot.
No wonder NJ has the highest insurance rates in the country.
Thanks IDIOTS!
BTW, I'm the one that's laughing at you when your teeth are rapped around a lightpole at 3AM with no other cars in sight.
Don't your parents teach you about 'good judgement' and 'responsibility'?
Thank goodness we have these 'Youtube' and 'Myspace' shut-ins as the next generation adoring the landscape to look forward to.
It's about time the NJTA banned drinking in the lot. WTF were they thinking??
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COMMENT | if there had been deaths in prior ozzfests...
posted by : darthadv
8/17/2007 1:25:08 PM
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...we would've heard about in the mainstream news
i don't feel bad for this person and am glad that he didn't pass out while behind the wheel on the highway with innocent people on the road...
the 'free' ozzfest will likely now be a memory... do you think sharon and company want to open themselves to this kind of liability in the future (i'm sure someone somehow is going to try to sue this tour this year)? and how much are sponsors going to want to associate with a tour that has trouble with multiple arrests on several dates?
let's be fair... this isn't only happening in nj... i'm actually glad they didn't bring this trainwreck to ny this year...
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COMMENT | What a senseless waste of booze...
posted by : fatjimmorrison
8/17/2007 1:27:34 PM
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and human life.
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COMMENT | GREAT...
posted by : platinum maze
8/17/2007 1:28:37 PM
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another Jones Beach.
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COMMENT | change the headline
posted by : platinum maze
8/17/2007 1:29:42 PM
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these guys were not KILLED!
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COMMENT |
posted by : captmellow
8/17/2007 1:36:17 PM
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Free ozzfest is just sharon's attempt to mitigate the ill will she reaped after w/ that iron maiden debacle.
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COMMENT |
posted by : pigchop
8/17/2007 1:40:12 PM
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Booze banned?
And we ALL know how well such bans work out.
Ban what you please - doing so will not have anyone's desire suffer denial.
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COMMENT | damned amateurs ruined it for everyone!
posted by :
8/17/2007 1:46:44 PM
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^
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COMMENT | Banning booze...
posted by :
8/17/2007 2:01:18 PM
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You know what... maot of the Ozzfest crowds are douchebags. Not everyone... but most. Ozzfest and stories like the Holmdel Ozzfest perpetuate the metalhead stereotype. Concerts are not like they used to be even 10 years ago. You can't party like you used to because people want the goddamn lawmakers to be their parents... Fuckinassholes...
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COMMENT | Next week ought to be interesting
posted by :
8/17/2007 2:10:15 PM
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Isn't this fest coming to the Tweeter Center in Camden next week? It's also in NJ, so does anyone think there will be any "heightened security measures" there because of what happened in Holmdel last night?
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COMMENT | Yep many problems happen at free festivals
posted by :
8/17/2007 2:12:19 PM
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loads of idiots get in, this is why the free festival scene in the UK is no longer big. just ask Hawkwind about the problems they experienced with them.
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COMMENT | Yet even more proof that
posted by : I-777
8/17/2007 2:23:52 PM
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American metalheads are violent ignorant degraded cavemen.
That kinda shit never happens in european festivals, and there is no need to ban booze. What sick sick people, I'm ashamed of them and glad I'm not one of them. They lack education and brains, like the average american does.
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COMMENT | Blabber_Zombies
posted by :
8/17/2007 4:19:50 PM
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not soccer games, football games hence football hooligans
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COMMENT |
posted by : TheEagle
8/17/2007 4:25:46 PM
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Their logic here is to scare parents whose kids will attend such a concert. The real logic should be to educate your kids so that they don't have to drink or snort themselves to death to make sure they'll have fun at a concert.
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COMMENT | yeah, how many people have died at those Donnington shows?
posted by :
8/17/2007 5:11:56 PM
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And it wasn't from alcohol. It was from the savages who attend the shows trampling over others....
Remember I-777, when you point your finger at someone, you got three fingers pointing back at YOU.
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COMMENT | I-777
posted by : fatjimmorrison
8/17/2007 5:14:10 PM
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are you aware that Europe has countries like England, Ireland and Finland in it? No binge drinking happening there.........
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COMMENT | What a bunch of morons
posted by :
8/17/2007 5:16:35 PM
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1. I-777 is an idiot because he thinks the U.S.A. has cornered the market on moronic behavior. A: Explain France. B: Explain Lordi. C: We are not all named George W. Bush.
2. If you want to see a massive amount of drunk idiots, go to a race. Yes, I mentioned this in a previous post, but at virtually every track, you can bring in coolers with whatever. At Bristol, you can bring in bottles of Jack. I'm talking fitfths!
3. How the fuck can you ban beer when coke was to blame?
4. This is an example of how pissed off the venues are that they get no ticket receipts.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
8/17/2007 5:22:07 PM
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Full Metal Jackie will be even more nostalgic about tailgating parties in New Jersey if she wasn't before now.
I-777: Nice try but you're fooling no one here, magor.
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COMMENT | Stop this war of mouth...
posted by :
8/17/2007 6:28:23 PM
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hey dudes, come on!
what's the point of americans this, europeans that.....
This shit happens worldwide, I'm only drinking beer at festivals, and don't do any kind of other dope. But there are loads of kids who do smoke, drink, eats, and shoot up all kinds of dope, here in europe and also in the states!
Why bashing each other with this crap, users are fools and if they O.D. it's sad for those left behind, don't blame country's, bands or me.....
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COMMENT |
posted by : RiotAct666
8/17/2007 9:38:00 PM
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COMMENT | Damn...
posted by : Mechanix84
8/17/2007 12:19:34 PM
Looks like I'll have to drink on the drive over to PNC next time. Oh well...
Yeah and if you do that , looks like you'll be getting a ticket.
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COMMENT | It's not ozzfest's fault
posted by : I-777
8/18/2007 1:13:50 AM
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It's ignorance's fault.
More education=less violence.
And few nations have got such a great number of uneducated slobs. Just look how many people are absolutely unable to spell on this thread. It's nauseating, poor them.
PS: Throwing insults around is pointless. If you think you can win people over by insulting them it only proves how silly and immature you are. If you think you can intimidate them, think again. Spreading propaganda online is useless anyway, everyone has their point of view, I respect other people's and state mine. The ones who can't do the same clearly have an aggression problem and use the internet to vent their frustrations because in real life nobody listens to them. Funny.
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COMMENT | Coprophagiac aka shiteater
posted by : I-777
8/18/2007 1:15:47 AM
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is the perfect example of mispelling american.
Lol.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
8/18/2007 3:33:06 AM
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Whether the show was free or not, these morons would have done the same exact thing!!!
They are pathetic, and the venue is also pathetic for banning parking lot partying.
Use better judgement!!!!!!
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COMMENT | ^
posted by : TrippyZippy
8/18/2007 9:25:19 AM
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BTW I-777, if you must comment on spelling, don't MISSPELL your own words.
Thanks.
Getting back to Ozzy, I just heard a rap song sampling Crazy Train and I nearly puked.
No more free Ozzfests. I will pay for a better band lineup.
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COMMENT | Thanks Douche
posted by : YOURDADDYDEVILANDLORD
8/19/2007 6:00:08 AM
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One fool does the world a favor by offing his dumbass self, and now we all pay for it. Pretty soon it's gonna be like Demolition Man, everything is illegal and we have to walk everywhere wrapped up in bubble wrap. Oh sorry, walking is bad for the knees, we will be on Segways. I hate people so bad.
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