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The Vandals Boycotted In Greece

Posted by Archive Bot on Saturday, February 19, 2005 at 7:08 AM

The Vandals show in Athens, Greece had to be cancelled last minute due to some 500 boycotters surrounding the venue. The violent crowd caused The Vandals to remain inside the venue for about two hours until they were able to be escorted to safety. This was a dissapointing situation for fans who came out to have a good time with The Vandals.
This scene was described by a Greek street teamer:

"As a Kung Fu Street Team member in Athens and a longtime Vandals fan i would like to Apologize and express my disgust on behalf of everyone that went to the show, only to find outside the club 30-40 people holding bats, chains and knives trying (and ultimately succeeding) to shut the place down.

The people that were there to listen to good music and enjoy the show, were A LOT more than those who didn't. But people went to the show to have fun, not a confrontation with "anarchists" (that's what they call themselves) with lives so empty and meaningless they'll jump on every chance to make other people miserable. Did those "anarchists" know who the Vandals are? Probably never heard of them before. Did they even read why the Vandals played in Iraq? Most definitely not, they are too stuck up to consider another opinion and anyway, they're single digit IQ doesn't really allow them to read.

They just heard of the words Vandals and Iraq, and all the processing their little brain was able to do was: Vandals + Iraq = Mass murdering capitalist who eat babies alive. You should not be angry at these people, just be sorry for them. Unfortunately on February 15th, they got it their way. Once again i would like to apologize on behalf of the many people over here that love the Vandals and really wanted to see a good show, and ask the band to consider visiting Athens sometime in the future, when the whole Iraq deal is forgotten.

The actions of these people do not, and never will represent the majority, just keep in mind that the Vandals and everyone in the Kung Fu family will always be welcome in Greece."

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