Vor wenigen Tagen sorgte ein Vorfall an Dimebag Darrells Grab für große Aufmerksamkeit: Reece Eber, Ex-Sänger der Band Nuclear Hellfrost, legte ein Stück Papier mit der Aufschrift „FAG“ auf das Grab des Pantera-Gitarristen und veröffentlichte ein Foto davon. Er fügte hinzu, ein paar Stiefel entwendet und auf Dimebags Grab gespuckt zu haben.

Die Band, welcher Eber zuvor angehörte, hat sich mittlerweile zu dem Vorfall geäußert und deutlich erklärt, dass es sich um einen unentschuldbaren Scherz ihres Ex-Sängers handelte und sie sich davon komplett distanzieren.

Auch Eber, welcher seitdem Unmengen an Morddrohungen erhalten hat, suchte die Öffentlichkeit, um sich für seine Tat zu entschuldigen. Lest hier die Erklärung von Reece Eber:

“This is Reece Eber, the guy who ignorantly acted like a fool and pulled the dumbest possible delinquent act of my life… And where to begin… I’ve become famous today in the worst possible way. My friends and I have received death threats and multiple insults over the past day or so, I’ve made the news, and all I can say to sum it all up is I’m deeply sorry. I acted ignorantly and completely out of line. There is NO reason for doing what I did, and when I say “I”, I mean ME alone.

My friends were not present for the event and should have caught up with them when they were walking away, instead i left a piece of paper with an insult to a man many people idolize and for a cheap laugh that I didn’t think about the consequences. I did not carve into it and it was a piece of paper and nothing was stolen. I’m not asking for forgiveness, I’m not asking for sympathy, I am only attempting to express an apology that I want to reach out to the people I hurt and offended with this dumb act.

There is no reason for what I did and it was the worst mistake I’ve made in my young and evidently dumb life. I don’t blame the threats and comments. I understand how you feel and that’s why I’m an asshole because I knowingly was out for blood, and so I don’t blame anyone for wanting to do god knows what to me. The fact of the matter is I feel awful and guilty and this will stick with me forever, just like the Seinfeld guy using the N word…

I can not express how sorry I am to Vinnie Paul and the Abbott family for the distress I caused, and the other members of Pantera and other acts Darrell was a part of. I owe everyone an apology for my actions because they were uncalled for, and horrible, despicable, and I went way too far. Some jokes are NOT funny and this is one of them. I took a joke way too far with a piece of paper and some hurtful words and as I’ve expressed, I don’t expect any sort of acceptance or sympathy.

I’m doing this out of the guilt I feel, knowing I caused this and I want to attempt to make it right even though I’m sure many will not accept this… I’m truly sorry for my actions and I’m sorry I put people I care about in potential danger and upsetting people for my selfish and morbid sense of humor. Anyways to wrap this up, I hope this was read, I hope at least someone will accept this and I hope for a better future for everyone…”

Nun wurde leider auch die Band Hellfrost, welche rein gar nichts mit den Geschehnissen zu tun hat, aufgrund der Namens-Ähnlichkeit von vielen Pantera-Fans bedroht.

Über ihre Facebook-Seite nahmen Hellfrost Stellung:

„Lately we have been receiving a lot of hat mail because people have been confusing us with Nuclear Hellfrost. We just want to clarify that we are not associated with them or the recent vandalism to Dimebag’s grave. Please share our post so we can clear things up.“

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