COLUMBUS, Ohio (CelebrityAccess) Heavy metal act Gojira got some unwanted attention for its performance at the Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival in Columbus, Ohio, over the weekend because the band’s guitarist Christian Andreu was hit with a blast of pyro flames during the band’s performance.
Andreu had to leave the stage with minor burns after a gust of wind blew the flames directly into the musician’s face. He returned to finish the set.
Lamb of God singer Randy Blythe was performing with the band and wrote the following on Instagram:
“Yesterday at @sonictemplefestival, my brothers in Gojira took the stage & destroyed the place. I lost track of time & forgot when they were playing- when I realized they were on, I went running to the stage with my camera. I got there right as they were playing “Backbone”- their tech @notoriouswog was like “Here’s your mic!”- I took off my glasses, put down my camera, & ran out onstage wearing flip-flops (which I immediately kicked off- hard to rock in flops) & started singing. Suddenly there was a HUGE blast of flame- SCARED THE SHIT outta me, ‘cause I didn’t know they had pyro! Anyways, I got done singing, shot a few photos, then ran to my dressing room to get a different camera lens. When I got back, Woggsy said “Christian just caught a blast of flame to the face!”- the wind was REALLY bad yesterday, & it blew the pyro right into Christian’s face- THANK GOD HE HAD HIS EYES CLOSED at that second! I looked at him & he was still playing, mostly with his eyes closed, obviously hurting & looking PISSED OFF. In between songs he walked over & asked for water & threw it on his face. Then he finished the set, & medics attended to him. He’s gonna be alright (except for some peeling & missing hair & eyebrows) but that was scary & it could have been really, really bad.”
h/t COS
