Logo
DiS Needs You: Save our site »
  • Logo_home2
  • Records
  • In Depth
  • In Photos
  • Blog
  • Podcast
  • Search
  • Community
  • Records
  • In Depth
  • Blog
  • Community

THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND CLOSED.

Please join the conversation over on our new forums »

If you really want to read this, try using The Internet Archive.

3211

news

'art-break Hotel: The Horrors destroy porcelain Elvis
TheBoyDeadly by TheBoyDeadly March 15th, 2007

The Horrors were forced to abort a gig on Monday (13 March) in Boston after they destroyed a 2 foot tall figurine of Elvis Presley.

Playing at the Great Scott venue in Allston the band were, according to Boston Herald reporter Michael Marotta, on good form as they plugged away in their own habitually chaotic vein. Until...dun dun DERRRR: frontman Faris Badwan ran through the crowd to the back of the room, shimmied up onto a ledge and grabbed a 2 foot porcelain bust of Elvis before he "carried the bust back towards the stage, and smashed it into a hundred pieces onto the crowded dance floor."

Probably not the best of ideas. Many Americans have something of a soft spot for the King.

A scuffle ensued, in which Badwan claims he was spat on by Great Scott's security. Earlier, Marotta said, Badwan had "appeared to punch a female onlooker in the chest".

The Horrors: bloody horrible? Or horribly good? DiScuss.



LATEST


  • Drowned in Sound's Albums of the Year 2025


  • Why Music Journalism Matters in 2024


  • Drowned in Sound is back!


  • Drowned in Sound's 21 Favourite Albums of the Year: 2020


  • Drowned in Sound to return as a weekly newsletter


  • Lykke Li's Sadness Is A Blessing

Share on
   
Love DiS? Become a Patron of the site here »




LATEST

    news


    Drowned in Sound's Albums of the Year 2025

  • 106149
  • news


    Why Music Journalism Matters in 2024

  • 106145

    news


    Drowned in Sound is back!

  • 106143
  • news


    Drowned in Sound's 21 Favourite Albums of the Y...

  • 106141

    news


    Drowned in Sound to return as a weekly newsletter

  • 106139
  • Playlist


    Lykke Li's Sadness Is A Blessing

  • 106138

    Festival Preview


    Glastonbury 2019 preview playlist + ten alterna...

  • 106137
  • Interview


    A Different Kind Of Weird: dEUS on The Ideal Crash

  • 106136
MORE


    feature


    DiS meets Gang Gang Dance

  • 26689
  • Interview


    A Holy Flower Floating In The Air: DiS Meets Je...

  • 105997

    Interview


    "We became seminal for doing nothing": DiS meet...

  • 88284
  • Interview


    Best Case Scenario: DiS Meets dEUS

  • 97106

    review


    The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Comatorium

  • 4317
  • feature


    Another band dies at the discotheque: DiS remem...

  • 20732

    Artist 'n' Artist


    In Conversation: Meredith Graves meets Stuart M...

  • 98796
  • Interview


    DiS Meets Marissa Nadler: "If you don’t bare yo...

  • 95803
MORE
Drowned in Sound
  • DROWNED IN SOUND
  • HOME
  • SITE MAP
  • NEWS
  • IN DEPTH
  • IN PHOTOS
  • RECORDS
  • RECOMMENDED RECORDS
  • ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
  • FESTIVAL COVERAGE
  • COMMUNITY
  • MUSIC FORUM
  • SOCIAL BOARD
  • REPORT ERRORS
  • CONTACT US
  • JOIN OUR MAILING LIST
  • FOLLOW DiS
  • GOOGLE+
  • FACEBOOK
  • TWITTER
  • SHUFFLER
  • TUMBLR
  • YOUTUBE
  • RSS FEED
  • RSS EMAIL SUBSCRIBE
  • MISC
  • TERM OF USE
  • PRIVACY
  • ADVERTISING
  • OUR WIKIPEDIA
© 2000-2026 DROWNED IN SOUND