I personally met the lead singer of Filter backstage at the Masquerade in Atlanta. He told me that it was about RB Dwyer. He saw the movie/shockumentary called "Traces of Death". After the Dwyer suicide is shown, a boy who had attempted suicide incorrectly and was disfigured said he wished there was someone he could have talked to in order to do it right.
I believe you guys both have it basically correct. I'm not sure about the "Traces of Death" movie, but I read an interview where Patrick discussed a kid who had badly botched a suicide attempt and seriously messed up his face, and regretted that he hadn't done the deed correctly. I believe the kid was James Vance, who sued Judas Priest for 'subliminal messages' after his failed suicide attempt in 1985. Vance eventually died in 1988 and I seem to recall suspicion that it was a 2nd suicide attempt. The case was dismissed in 1990 but cost Judas Priest over $250,000 in legal fees.
I personally met the lead singer of Filter backstage at the Masquerade in Atlanta. He told me that it was about RB Dwyer. He saw the movie/shockumentary called "Traces of Death". After the Dwyer suicide is shown, a boy who had attempted suicide incorrectly and was disfigured said he wished there was someone he could have talked to in order to do it right.
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Others have noted the connection to Dwyer, which is definitely referenced. But this tidbit explains the line "I could have saved some face."
Others have noted the connection to Dwyer, which is definitely referenced. But this tidbit explains the line "I could have saved some face."
@lastofthedogman
@lastofthedogman
Others have noted the connection to Dwyer, which is definitely referenced. But this tidbit explains the line "I could have saved some face."
Others have noted the connection to Dwyer, which is definitely referenced. But this tidbit explains the line "I could have saved some face."
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I believe you guys both have it basically correct. I'm not sure about the "Traces of Death" movie, but I read an interview where Patrick discussed a kid who had badly botched a suicide attempt and seriously messed up his face, and regretted that he hadn't done the deed correctly. I believe the kid was James Vance, who sued Judas Priest for 'subliminal messages' after his failed suicide attempt in 1985. Vance eventually died in 1988 and I seem to recall suspicion that it was a 2nd suicide attempt. The case was dismissed in 1990 but cost Judas Priest over $250,000 in legal fees.
@lastofthedogman I do not believe you.
@lastofthedogman I do not believe you.