![]() ![]() With the thousand-yard stare of a shell-shocked soldier, Blythe slants his head across the room, directly at the camera, and slowly raises his hand to give a relieved thumbs-up sign. When “Not Guilty of Manslaughter” is proclaimed in Czech by the judge, Blythe remains vigilant until a translator assures him of the favorable verdict. He’s traded in his Bad Brains t-shirt for a suit and tie. The screamer’s signature dreadlocks are gone, replaced by a clean-cut trim. We’re transported to a Prague courtroom, where Blythe appears as dazed as a deer in headlights. Under the condition that he return to Prague for his ensuing trial, Blythe was eventually released on $400,000 bail and returned to America.įast forward to March 5, 2013. Meanwhile, his band and manager weathered a trippy mind-f**k of surreal legal wrangling. Accused of pushing a fan offstage to his death during a concert held two years prior, Blythe endured 38 days of incarceration in Prague’s Pankrac Prison. According to goateed band drummer Chris Adler, the scene resembled “a SWAT team raiding a drug dealer.” Adler and his fellow musicians stood helplessly by as Prague authorities, sporting menacing ski masks and brandishing machine guns, carried Blythe to prison and charged him with manslaughter. Departing from their jet plane, Blythe and his bandmates found the airport runway teaming with cops. On June 27, 2012, during a world tour, Lamb of God flew into Prague. ![]()
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