Gym Class Heroes lead singer Travis McCoy was arrested on July 1 in St. Louis on one charge of third-degree assault, when he attacked a black audience member who called him a “fucking ignorant nigger” after his punk-hop group had just performed the tune “Peace Sign,” according to a report on Rolling Stone.com.
According to the report, McCoy calmly asked the man, “What did you just call me?” As security was removing him from the crowd, the frontman reached down and broke his microphone over the man’s head. McCoy immediately apologized for his reaction, but said, “When someone calls you something that ignorant and that offensive, you have to bash their head in with a microphone.”
McCoy was arrested onstage at the end of his set and was released the following day on $500 bond.
MusicVixen says...
Calling people racist names is not cool"”and neither is hitting someone in response. This "fan" was probably just mad because he realized he wasted his money on tickets to see this lame band.
