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The Word Alive’s Manager Was Jumped by a Florida Local Band

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I’d never heard of The Word Alive before today, though a quick listen of their music explains why — emotional metalcore, not my thing. But it still sucks that their tour manager was jumped and beaten during a show at Pensacola, FL venue the Vinyl Music Hall. The culprit? Local Pensacola band Rainey’s Revenge.

The Word Alive frontman Telle Smith posted the following on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/tellesmith/status/710313716559044609

https://twitter.com/tellesmith/status/710313907022331904

https://twitter.com/tellesmith/status/710316342918975488

https://twitter.com/tellesmith/status/710344940446945281

https://twitter.com/tellesmith/status/710346638636802048

Ryan Joseph Kirby of Fit for a King also confirmed The Word Alive’s story:

For their part, Rainey’s Revenge released the following statements via Facebook, which appear to have since been taken down but which we have thanks to Twitter user Jean-Raphio and The PRP:

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“The Word Alive show at Vinyl.
What really happened.

“RR set was cut short due to time issues. We set up fairly quickly but due to some sound issues unbeknownst to us apparently we went 10 min over. After our first song the TM told our vocalist that we had 5 minutes left, and before our guy could even get the word to the rest of the members he said dont try me I will cut the pa off! Needless to say we werent happy about it, but we played one more song and rushed off.

“Afterwards two members were OUTSIDE of the venue smoking a cigarette and admittedly they were venting over what had happened. By THEMSELVES. The TM approached our band members getting loud and rowdy with our guys because he overheard the venting they were doing. The RR guys had went to where they were COMPLETELY alone and away from everyone to discuss the show. The TM approached them because he didnt like what he overheard.

“After much yelling and finger pointing from both sides the TM punched our member in the face. They then proceeded to grapple with each other. Our other member grabbed the TM and everyone went to the ground. The security asked our member to let him up now that things had calmed. Our member did and the minute he was back up again the TM punched the other member in the face AGAIN and went after him.

“The member who grabbed the TM breaking up the two fighting never even threw a punch and the member who was punched was merely defending himself. He was never JUMPED. Other people can claim they saw what happened but there were only 4 people there. Security, 2 RR guys, and the TM.

“The TM came from inside the venue, the security was at the door and the RR guys were outside. We sincerely hope the venue has tape on it, because that will show the truth of what really happened.”

Man, The Word Alive must have one scary fucking tour manager, for him to be taking down two dudes and fighting even after being dragged off by security. This definitely sounds like a convoluted retelling by Rainey’s Revenge, and the fact that they’ve since taken it down from Facebook suggests that maybe this isn’t exactly how it went down and shouldn’t be discussed in public, legally.

Now, that said, tour managers aren’t the nicest dudes all the time, and that’s because it’s their job not to be. A tour manager is there to kick the ass of anyone keeping a band from doing their job and getting theirs in return (including the band). Would your average tour manager punch someone in the face for badmouthing their talent? No, of course not. Can I picture someone’s tour manager doing just that? Absolutely.

Anyway, if you were hoping to catch another The Word Alive/Rainey’s Revenge double bill, you’ll be sorely disappointed. We’ll let you know if this story goes any further than an alley in Pensacola.

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