30-year death metal veterans MASTER were stopped at the American border and turned away for a paperwork technicality.
Clearly the terrorists have won if we're blocking death metal bands because they "might" be terrorists.
"The police came to explain that the visa waiver program didn't apply to musicians...The guys were escorted to the plane by four police officers and returned their passports when we arrived in Amsterdam." -
But now, we're not being brave. We're busting people for the wrong crap, and not busting enough people who need to go to jail. It's both deterrent and security theater. I'm sure it works, but what the hell is the point in busting death metal bands from Eastern Europe? Al-Qaeda hates death metal. - [URL=http://www.anus.com/metal/about/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=210]Dark Legions
If you think this is an injustice, sign the petition:
master not playing was the best thing to ever happen to that show, not cause master is bad or something, they are sick, but tons of people showed up and we all had an awesome time and actually got PAID for once.