Eagles of Death Metal at the Bataclan concert hall a few moments before four men armed with assault rifles stormed the venue.
The band that was playing on Friday evening at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, where about 100 people were killed in one of a wave of attacks on the city, has an inadvertently alarming name: Eagles of Death Metal.
Some people on social media found the name disturbing. Others mistook it as an indication that the group plays death metal — a particularly dark subgenre of heavy metal — leading to a few insistent corrections on Twitter as well as carefully worded explanations from television news anchors.
In fact, the group, from Palm Desert, California, mixes driving blues-rock of 1970s vintage with a heavy dose of humour. For fans of Eagles of Death Metal, the band’s name is part of its irreverent charm.
“We kind of have a rule with Eagles of Death Metal that it’s the fun show, and we want everyone to belong,” Jesse Hughes, one of the group’s two leaders, said in a recent interview with Rolling Stone.
But as news spread across social media, fans — as well as many more who had probably never heard of the group before — expressed horror over the scene at the Bataclan. Witnesses said gunmen fired into the audience, and French television and news services reported that at least 100 people had been killed.
Eagles of Death Metal at the Bataclan concert hall a few moments before four men armed with assault rifles stormed the venue.The band that was playing on Friday evening at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, where about 100 people were killed in one of a wave of attacks on the city, has an inadvertently alarming name: Eagles of Death Metal.Some people on social media found the name disturbing. Others mistook it as an indication that the group plays death metal — a particularly dark subgenre of heavy metal — leading to a few insistent corrections on Twitter as well as carefully worded explanations from television news anchors.In fact, the group, from Palm Desert, California, mixes driving blues-rock of 1970s vintage with a heavy dose of humour. For fans of Eagles of Death Metal, the band’s name is part of its irreverent charm.“We kind of have a rule with Eagles of Death Metal that it’s the fun show, and we want everyone to belong,” Jesse Hughes, one of the group’s two leaders, said in a recent interview with Rolling Stone.But as news spread across social media, fans — as well as many more who had probably never heard of the group before — expressed horror over the scene at the Bataclan. Witnesses said gunmen fired into the audience, and French television and news services reported that at least 100 people had been killed.
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