Damn. We lost our frickin’ bet. We wagered that Marilyn Manson would leave the Slayer tour before metal-loving’ horror rapper Necro bailed on Sounds of the Underground, but Necro bowed out first. He’s not the only one. Mondo Generator, the band’ featuring ex-Queens of the Stone Age bassist and singer Nick Oliveri, has bailed on Ozzfest and the band has also canceled its dates with Circus Diablo.
In a press statement, Oliveri said Mondo’s departure was due to “matters out of my control” and that he “tried everything to make things work so that we could remain on tour.”
The psychedelic punk-inspired metal band was out of place with the rest of the the second stage lineup — which features mostly extreme metal — and had not been received well by many festival-goers (new bet: Who will be next to go, Circus Diablo or The Showdown?)
“We’re very sorry to all the fans that will not be able to see us on these remaining dates and promise that we will be back soon,” Oliversi said. “We would like to thank Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, as well as the entire Ozzfest crew for giving us the chance to play Ozzfest 2007. We’d also like to thank the fans that came out to show their support at the shows.”
As for horror rapper Necro, judging by his press statement is seems like he battled a little harder to stay on Sounds of the Underground, but that his fighting spirit was endangering those around him.
“I was facing hostile, disrespectful crowds and was returning the same energy back ten-fold by being more aggressive than them,” Necro said. “It was making a lot of people in the tour crew nervous and there was concern someone might get hurt.”
Necro claims he was asked to tone down his show in order to “not antagonize the already antagonistic crowd,” but he decided to leave instead. “I couldn’t roll with that as it’s not my style,” he said. ” I was holding back enough as it is but there is a line. All the bands on the tour loved us and everyone behind the scenes knew we displayed major heart and never once got phased by the hostility. We finished every show with middle fingers up and a big fuck you to the crowd.”
While he admits the crowds were unappreciative, Necro claims he was never booed off the stage. “A ton of emo kids booed us at every show, but we had a twenty-five minute set every night and we stayed on stage for every minute of it, and we represented,” he said. “Every show had at least 100 to 200 Necro fans in the pit tearing it up, and our meet and greets were incredible. It’s just a shame these little kids are so close-minded.The majority of the hate was coming from mop top emo sixteen-year olds who have no clue who the originators of metal are, and didn’t respect my rest in peace chant to metal legends (Dime, Cliff, Chuck, Piggy, SOB).”
