Man Gets His Ear Bitten Off at Eagles of Death Metal Show

Whenever we post about Eagles of Death Metal, a band which plays bizarre garage rock, some dickhead (looking at you, dickhead) makes this big deal about reminding us that they are not, in fact, a death metal band. Which we know, okay? We are aware.

But even if Eagles of Death Metal aren’t metal, what happened at a recent show of their sure is.

Apparently, while EoDM were performing at the Opera House in Toronto this past Saturday, a fight broke out between two concert-goers that ended with one of them getting his ear bitten off, Mike Tyson style.

When asked about what happened to the bitten-off body part in question, the Opera House’s general manager said the following:

“A customer picked it up, because I didn’t know where it was. She put it on ice and we gave it to the ambulance when they arrived. I asked the police to follow up with me but they never did. This is a first, let’s say. I didn’t actually believe it when someone came up to me and told me what happened. It’s just bizarre.”

I can only dream of someday being rushed to the hospital while holding a plastic Bud Light cup full of ice and a bitten-off part of my body.

Anyway, while this is tragic for the loser of the ear, and I hope he’s okay, fuck if this isn’t, you know, super metal. Sure, I would never wish this upon anyone I knew, and I urge all concert-goers to not fight at shows, at all, and certainly not to bite each other’s flesh off at shows, as long as this happened I think we can acknowledge that it is metal as Hell. Sometimes, super-tragic things are all the most metal things in the world.

Anyway, we hope the owner of the ear is okay, and that the biter…offer? Of the ear is getting his just desserts. Obviously, this was not great for anyone involved, but at least it was better than, you know, that last horrible thing that happened at an Eagles of Death Metal show.

[via Metal Insider]