I just watched the VICE documentary and found it fascinating, partially because I could relate to Jesse Hughes and his unabashed love for America, guns and faith in God. The dude is 100% Rock n roll and rough around the edges, much like I see myself and some of the gents I associate with (well the rough around the edges part anyways .) It was also fascinating to see the Paris Attack through the eyes of an American gun lover and his bands candor of what they went through. The terrorist waged their war for 2:30 hours and with no way to stop them, it was a bloodbath.   The concert goers were 100% dependent on the French gov to save them and the horror the band and fans endured that day was unbelievable. Instead of being your typical Nugent type gun lover and talk politics, rah rah, and about the great things guns could of done that day,  he lays out what the emotional toll has been like and relives the complete feeling of helplessness.

No love here for the Eagles?

Is it available online? Link?

I liked his reply when asked about banning guns.

I guess I didn't even realize that the film was just released a few days ago. I am in a hotel tonight and watched it on HBO. I am not a big music buff and generally wouldn't have watched it but I heard the word "gun" while flipping through the channels and ended up watching it. It was interesting how he was able to identify the different guns the ROP'ers were using. Normally, terrorist victims are clueless on what gun is in play and why that matters.

I've seen snippets of the interview...  You've got to feel for the guy.  He's been pretty outspoken on the whole issue and was even removed from the one year anniversary vigil or whatever at the Bataclan because he's pissed off the French.

Sidenote: Boots and the rest of EODM, not to mention Joshua Homme, put on an amazing show.  The wife and I saw them in DC just a few short weeks before the attacks in Paris.

I love me some EODM but I didnt know they were involved in the Paris attacks.

Have you been living under a Rock?

Well Im watching it now and getting thru the obligatory "how I grew up" stories, which I could care less about. I had never heard of this band and i cant understand 1/2 of what they are talking about rock and roll wise. Or anything else-wise.

But they went thru a terrible thing. It just seems that we have terrorist attacks after terrorists attacks and people in the west just never learn. Already people seem to have forgotten it, like the thousand before it, and once again they are immersed in their own damn opinions and politics and political correctness. Well I jumped 30 mins into it and they are still talking about themselves and not what happened. We'll see.

I dont want people forgetting this shit. I think they had guts going back there and doing another show and I salute them for it.

I'm a huge QotSA fan, and somewhat into EoDM. I haven't seen the recent HBO doc, but Jessie and Josh did an interview with Vice (I believe), very shortly after the attacks that really drove home the helplessness the band felt, and the survivors guilt. I became a bigger fan, after hearing Jessie talk about how the attacks opened his eyes about self-defense, and how quickly EoDM went back to Paris to give the terrorists the middle finger. That reminds me, I've been meaning to buy some merch of theirs to show some support.

I guess I missed that part of the story.

what's shitty is that they weren't allowed at a memorial for the attack because they wouldn't toe the 'love all muslims' company line

Josh Homme and Jesse Hughes are good people.   Its tragic all the way around.

I wonder if you asked the average American about this attack how many could tell you what exactly happened that night. I mean other then that theater what else happened and how many died and were injured. I wonder how many could tell you it was a coordinated Muslim terror attack at multiple locations staged and timed with military precision. All designed to confuse and neutralize the police response.

So what guns did they use? I assume mostly AKs, and it seems like VZ 58s are popular around there. The big scare in Europe right now are deactivated firearms, because apparently they are buying those and re-activating them. My understanding is the requirements in most countries are looser than in the US.

The Iranian-German guy in Munich this summer used a theater prop Glock that had been converted back...  I think he bought it on the 'dark web."