Below are statements from band members Dan Donegan and David Draiman regarding this past weekends goings on:
Dan Donegan:
"THERE IS SOME TRUTH AND A LOT OF FALSE THINGS BEING SAID. I WILL CLARIFY A FEW THINGS. FIRST OF ALL ,THIS ALL STARTED WITH DEATH THREATS FROM RANDY AND FINCH, TO THE BAND AND DAVID THAT WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY. THERE WAS NO ATTEMPT FROM ANYONE FROM FINCH TO APOLIGIZE OR CLEAR THINGS UP. WE HAD NEVER MET THEM OR DONE ANY SHOWS WITH THEM BEFORE SO WE DIDN`T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR PROBLEM WAS. IF SOMEONE SAYS THEY DON`T LIKE OUR BAND, I REALLY DON`T GIVE A FUCK. BUT AS SOON AS COMMENTS WE`RE MADE THREATENING TO PUT A BULLET IN ONE OF OUR HEADS, I DON`T SEE THE HUMOR IN THAT AND I TAKE IT VERY SERIOUS. RANDY DID NOT SAY SORRY OR HOLD OUT HIS HAND FOR ME TO SHAKE, NOR WAS I INTERESTED IN DOING SO. THEY HUDDLED UP LAUGHING, THINKING IT WAS FUNNY WHEN THEY NOTICED THAT WE WERE THERE. I CONFRONTED RANDY TO ASK ABOUT HIS COMMENTS AND THEN DID WHAT ANY MAN SHOULD DO, DEFENDED MY FAMILY AND BAND FROM ANYONE WHO THINKS IT IS OKAY TO THREATEN SOMEONE`S LIFE. WHEN ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE, IT WAS FINCH MEMBERS AND THIER CREW MEMBERS AGAINST ONLY ME, DAVID, AND MY MANAGER. WE DID WHAT WAS NECESSARY. THIS WAS NOT PRE-MEDIATED OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE DAVID WAS WALKING HIS DOG WHEN HE CAME UP AND MIKE AND JOHN WERE NOT ANYWHERE NEAR. MY FIANCE WAS HOLDING MY 8 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER WHEN A FATHER OF A FINCH MEMBER PUSHED HER AND MY DAUGHTER SO HE COULD GET INVOLVED. I GUESS IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY AND SHOWS WHAT KIND OF MEN THEY ARE. HIS SON SHOULDN`T RUN HIS MOUTH AND MAKE THREATS IF HE CAN`T BE MAN ENOUGH TO STAND UP AND FIGHT THE BATTLE HE STARTED. AFTER THE CHAOS, THEY ASKED FOR SECURITY TO WALK THEM TO THEIR BUS WHERE THEY HID UNTIL THE STATE TROOPERS CAME TO ESCORT THEM OFF OF THE PROPERTY. FUCKING COWARDS. MOST OF THESE COMMENTS AND RUMORS ARE SO FAR OFF. THIS IS NOT THE NEW EAST COAST VS. WEST COAST OR EMO VS. METAL. IT IS A SIMPLE LIFE LESSON, THERE IS CONSEQUENCES FOR YOUR ACTIONS. WE JUST FINISHED THE BATTLE THEY STARTED. DAN DONEGAN"
David Draiman:
"REGARDING THIS WHOLE FIASCO, LET ME SIMPLY SAY THIS. I STAND BEHIND EVERY WORD DAN HAS ALREADY EXPRESSED ON THIS MESSAGE BOARD, MY ONLY REGRET IS THAT THIS IS THE SHIT HE HAS TO DEAL WITH ON HIS BIRTHDAY. THE ENTIRE CROWD GOT TO SEE THE INCIDENT HAPPEN SO NOTHING MORE NEEDS TO BE SAID OTHER THAN DON'T LET THOSE PUSSY ASS, RUNNING AWAY WITH THEIR TAILS BETWEEN THEIR LEGS MOTHERFUCKERS GET ANY MORE PUBLICITY FROM THIS THAN THEY ALREADY HAVE. PEOPLE SAW WHAT HAPPENED. THE SHOWS OWN PROMOTERS PROCLAIMED IT, AND IT'S FINISHED. THEY ARE NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGHT TO EVEN FUCK WITH. ONCE AGAIN MY THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, BUT DON'T LET THE FINCH FUCKS GLORIFY THIS SITUATION ANY MORE THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE BY FUELING THEIR FIRE. THEY ARE SIMPLY NOT WORTH OUR TIME. WE MADE OUR POINT. NOW THEY HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT. "
ALL MY LOVE AND RESPECT TO MY BROTHER DAN, OUR MANAGER JEFF, MIKE AND JOHN."
SEVENDUST- MUCH RESPECT MY BROTHERS, ANYTIME YOU NEED US, WE'RE HERE"
