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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Gossip / News Three Members of Mad Rad Charged For Neumos Brawl

Posted by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee on Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:17 PM

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City prosecutors have filed charges against three members of Mad Rad for an altercation at Neumos on January 11th.

According to a police report, officers were called to the club around 3 AM to deal with a disturbance.

When police arrived, the report says, Neumos security staff had Ty Finnan and Nathan Quiroga—who perform under the names Darwin and Buffalo Madonna—pinned to the ground.

Neumos security staff told officers that Finnan and Quiroga had been removed from the club and had repeatedly tried to reenter. Each time, the report says, Finnan and Quiroga had been turned away until security staff were forced to "physically restrain them" from entering the venue.

When things got physical, the report says Finnan and Quiroga took one of the bouncers to the ground and began hitting him with their fists and elbows, gashing the security guard's left cheek.

After police took Finnan and Quiroga in to custody outside the bar, officers told another member of Mad Rad who was at the scene—Peter Robinson, who performs under the name P Smoov—to leave.

The report says Robinson was "extremely intoxicated" and refused to leave. When an officer attempted to escort Robinson to his patrol car, Robinson "went limp and refused to walk."

Officers were able to get Robinson to the hood of a patrol car, but eventually had to put him on the ground and handcuff him to keep him from moving, the report says.

All three men were arrested and spent the night in King County Jail.

Finnan and Quiroga have been charged with assault while Robinson has apparently entered a pretrial diversion program to avoid obstruction and trespassing charges.

Things aren't looking good for Mad Rad right now. They've apparently been banned from Neumos, Chop Suey and the Showbox, and according to another club security staff member, Mad Rad may have also been banned from King Cobra and Havana. The group may also no longer be playing the Obama Inauguration show at the War Room next week, although the War Room's website still lists them on the bill.

Management at the clubs could not be reached for confirmation.

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What's to debate? Normally if you pick a fight with staff your are 86'ed for life. Are these guys really so special they get to enjoy all the benefits of a double standard?

Posted by Zander on January 15, 2009 at 5:46 PM

See what happens when privileged white hipsters try to play rappers?

Posted by But we're big rappers now, waaahhh! on January 15, 2009 at 5:59 PM

#2's comment made me laugh out loud.

Posted by bunnypuncher on January 15, 2009 at 6:55 PM

Who the fuck are Mad Rad? They seem to be douchebags. Fuck 'em.

Posted by heywhatsit on January 15, 2009 at 7:07 PM

Are they trying to get 'street cred' or are they just ugly, cocaine-loving, hipster douchebags? Probably the latter. It's awesome when little bitches like Mad Rad get taken down the necessary pegs. It's good to see these morons get what they deserve. Don't drop the soap, bitches!

Posted by keep 'em in jail on January 15, 2009 at 7:33 PM

Oh no, now that Mad Rad are banned/in Jail whom shall the Stranger talk about now? Gasp! To think that they might pay attention to press worthy bands like, oh I don't know.. the Panda Conspiracy, Staxx Bro's, Down North, Handful of Luvin' and local heroes Ari Joshua, Joe Doria and KJ Sawka? Whom am I kidding, I just support local talent that's all...

Posted by Support Local Music on January 15, 2009 at 8:20 PM

What is Mad Rad? A VH1 show about the 80's?

Posted by fucking losers, never heard of them on January 15, 2009 at 8:43 PM

how much are these guys paying you for all this god-damned presssssssssssss.

Posted by thisisthis on January 15, 2009 at 8:59 PM

HAHAHAHAHA! Mad Rad are the running joke of Seattle. No one with any sensible taste in music could tolerate their shit 'music'. Hope you had fun with your fifteen minutes of capitol hill fame, fuckers. You fuck with the bouncers, and you gonna get bitch slapped! Oh and, two guys from Mad Rad took on ONE bouncer? The ultimate BITCH move, indeed.

Posted by let's crush the mad rad skullz on January 15, 2009 at 9:29 PM

This is proof that Terry Radjaw should be on his own and ditch the fugly shitstains that leech off his talent...More solo shit Radjaw, make a break from the drama...

Posted by MadDog on January 15, 2009 at 9:39 PM

just for the record buffalo is latino... and it was a bar fight not a shoot out chill out pansies...

Posted by jules on January 15, 2009 at 11:50 PM

What a terrible band.

Posted by kuribo on January 16, 2009 at 1:04 AM

@6 all those bands you mentioned are complete shit. that's why nobody writes about them. they suck. you suck. your whole world is a little suck fest. start a zine or a blog and do something about it you pathetic piece of shit.

Posted by fuck mad rad and fuck you too on January 16, 2009 at 7:46 AM

pathetic hipster douchebags on the way to stardom as jailhouse bitches for real gangstas. next show in the rec room at king county jail.

Posted by sad bad fad on January 16, 2009 at 8:11 AM

who cares

Posted by . on January 16, 2009 at 8:24 AM

Now I feel less bad about ribbing the Comet's sound guy in the regrets issue. Turns out I could have done a whole lot worse!

Posted by J. Burns on January 16, 2009 at 8:31 AM

i like Mad Rad
fuck all of you winy bastards
do you have nothing better to do than hate on people
why don't take a good look at yourselves and ask
"what am i doing that's so great" the answer will probably be, Not a damm thing.
GET A LIFE CRYBABBYS.

Posted by MEMEMEME on January 16, 2009 at 8:40 AM

@17 HOW IS CRYBABBY FORMED?

Posted by MEME MEME on January 16, 2009 at 8:50 AM

@ 6 I'm guessing you're quite good with a hacky sack

Posted by Brah! on January 16, 2009 at 10:37 AM

i was there and they were all pretty much acting like idiots, crying about one of their buddies getting kicked out of Moe Bar for being wasted and continually trying to get back in. Moe security was cool about stuff, and even the Seattle cops basically pointed down the street and just said "Go home". The one guy in question (I'm guessing "P SMOOV") was being a drunken asshole and provoking. Finally, he ended up on a cop car, with his two buddies sitting on the front. He started yelling a whole lot and squirming around, and the cops put him on the ground. His bros freaked out, and all of a sudden there were 8 cop cars and a bunch of douchey guys in girl jeans and ball caps freaking out. Shit got totally out of hand really quick because people wouldn't just shut up and leave.

Posted by casual observer on January 16, 2009 at 2:38 PM

I don't like their music and I think they were acting like douchebags and should have gotten 86'd, but why the showbox? I thought they just got kicked out of moe's? Is it because the bouncer works at the showbox? Was it for a different night? Are the owners of nuemo's affiliated with the showbox? Some clarification would help.

Posted by Glad Bag on January 16, 2009 at 3:23 PM

they were 86'd from the showbox because they suck.

Posted by crab flab on January 16, 2009 at 3:39 PM

someone please put them and the Lineout editors in a gigantic slingshot and fire them all into space.

Posted by hack reporters on January 16, 2009 at 4:33 PM

madrad ate my burrito

Posted by buthert on January 16, 2009 at 5:56 PM

I'm wondering how those skinny punks took down a bouncer. They better not of sucker punched him like little bitches.

Posted by Two Level Beats on January 19, 2009 at 2:17 PM

@21 - they got banned from Showbox and all the other venues because they're all tied to the same management/ownership network. I'm not familiar with the specifics, I just know that they're all those venues are connected.

Posted by #me_hard on March 25, 2009 at 12:31 PM

I wouldn't blame too much on Mad Rad. Its pretty easy to get in altercations with Neumo's staff. They love their power and will kick you out on a whim. They also steal belongings they like. I had my flask taken, and when I said I would go put it in my car, the bouncer said, with a smirk, "it's mine now." I started to argue and got bullied then kicked out for being too drunk. I called numerous times the next week without any regard. I have never heard of a Seattle venue with more horror stories of inadequate staffing. Hopefully enough people will complain. Neumos's has the best shows. Too bad they have the worse staff.

Posted by raynaseth on January 13, 2010 at 10:10 PM