so the black lips were doing a show in India and the moment just seized guitarist cole anderson to strip down and crowd surf. the Chennai crowd who came to see the black lips as part of a 'campus rock idols' tour at Sir Mutha Venkata Subbarao Concert Hall (which was a bunch of Indian metal bands) got to witness the dude go bat crazy and proceed to make out with his bandmates, all of which would be plenty awkward and funny the morning after (this appears to be a normal or tame version of their performance aesthetic) if not for the fact that they were fleeing from the police.
ill let the band describe it themselves:
After the fiasco, which the kids seemed to like, the financial backers of the event were furious and threw us off the tour. They tried to get security to restrain us until the Tamil police arrived. We locked the door while they were kicking and banging on it. Meanwhile, we slipped out the other emergency exit.
When we got to the hotel our tour guide informed us that the that the Campus Rock Idols sponsors were pressing charges and that the police would make their arrest. At that point our tour driver informed us we would have to drive six hours to get to the next town and cross state lines where we would be out of the Tamil authorities jurisdiction, because apparently the jail in Chennai is no joke. Word on the street said that it was teeming with tuberculosis, violence and live maggots so instead of risking going there we fled the scene. The drive ended up taking 10 hours because of a horrific accident on the road. We were also informed that all of the shows on our tour had been canceled effectively fucking all funds for the trip. This was a cultural clashing shit storm."
whoa boy, punk rockers. its all fun and games until someone gets naked in India.
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