Flock of Seagulls - equip theft

[sadaist]

How the once mighty have fallen....

Funny story. How did they have $70,000 worth of equipment? These guys haven't seen $70k since 1985 between the bunch of them. And the were staying at the Comfort Inn in Downey? What a shit hole. That place is for hookers & tweakers and is like $39 a night.

They should have saved the $39 and slept in the van to protect their $70,000

Pad insurance claims much?


Flock of Seagulls says $70,000 in equipment stollen from them in van theft

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment...#ixzz2ZtGZbdaE




The 1980s band Flock of Seagulls says someone flew off with $70,000 of its equipment during a Southern California gig.

Frontman Mike Score tells the Los Angeles Daily News that someone stole the band's rented van at around 2 a.m. Sunday from the Comfort Inn in Downey.

Hotel video recorded the theft. Score believes the band was followed from a Saturday night show in Bellflower.

Score says the stolen gear included stage clothing, guitars, drums, a keyboard and hard drives containing the songs for his first solo album — 18 months of work gone.

The band used rented equipment to perform at another show Sunday and is leaving for London to continue its tour.

Flock of Seagulls is best known for its 1982 hit "I Ran (So Far Away)."

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment...#ixzz2ZtGkTd00

[sadaist]

Here is an actual photo of the classy place.

[sadaist]

Seriously....at some point don't you just throw in the fucking towel and get a job? This band thing doesn't appear to be working out for these guys.

[vandeleur]

Was it 70 grand of hairspray ?

[DONNIEP]

Oh man, those clothes were PRICELESS!!!

[jhale667]

Uh, no. Not cool. I got a call from Joe their guitarist (seriously cool peeps) Sunday morning when this happened. He almost ended up borrowing a couple of my guitars for the gig. The assholes broke into their van while they were checking in to the hotel, and were done in less than 15 minutes. Thieves suck.

[LoungeMachine]

Here is an actual photo of the classy place.

Hey, the janitor with the mop.....could it be?

[LoungeMachine]

Funny story.

Not really.

Gear theft is NEVER funny.

Mock them for their clothes and hair and music if you want....

But playing the road isn't always about the money, and having gear stolen that sometimes has even more sentimental than cash value is a real bitch. Ask any band.



But I still think the janitor could be

[chefcraig]

Seriously....at some point don't you just throw in the fucking towel and get a job? This band thing doesn't appear to be working out for these guys.

Not at all. For one thing, folks that feel a passion for music should be allowed to continue to create it, whether it happens to be in vogue or current at all. For another, it is unfair to deny anyone a working wage in this country. J is correct, scumbag thieves that take the easy way out by taking from others rather than earning their own do indeed suck.

[hambon4lif]

The worst part of the whole thing is that the thieves are getting together with their new stolen equipment, and next month they're releasing a single called "I Ran (Off With Your Shit)"

cruel...just cruel!

[FORD]

Hey, the janitor with the mop.....could it be?

Maybe he stole their stuff, and he's going to form his own tribute band, "Sock of Fleagulls"?

[Igosplut]

Seriously....at some point don't you just throw in the fucking towel and get a job?

If I'm remembering correctly weren't three of them Hairdressers before forming the band?

[Kristy]

So another of one your cretin 80's bands is seeing hard times? Theft is never funny but these guys are.

[Kristy]

If I'm remembering correctly weren't three of them Hairdressers before forming the band?

They definitely left their legacy

[FORD]

If I'm remembering correctly weren't three of them Hairdressers before forming the band?

Well, it would be obvious why they didn't have much of a future in that line of work..... just look at them..

Seriously, I think they're all bald now. Or at least Mike Score is, and he's the only original band member, I think?

Not sure which one has the higher ratio of baldness.... 80's Euro "new wave" bands, or 80's hairbands, but either way it seems proof that massive doses of product to hold your hair up, be it gel, mousse, Aqua Net, or whatever, really ain't healthy for the follicles.