Scorpion Meets Gibbard: Death Cab bitten
The picture above is of the scorpion who tried to grab a piece of Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard last Thursday. In what can only be described as something that could only happen on a rock tour, the bizzare incident took place as the band were warming up for a show in San Diego. Bassist Nick Harmer picks up the story in his own blog:
As were were getting ready to go onstage to play our set, Ben changed into his show pants that were hanging in our wardrobe case. He put his pants on, and felt something stick him twice in his thigh and when he pulled them off, this guy [the scorpion] came running out.
We all screamed. A scorpion was honestly the last thing we could imagine that would come scurrying out of his pants. Ben said that it felt like a wasp stung him and it didn’t hurt so bad, but it sure rattled all of us. We called the EMTs and they checked him out and thankfully he was fine and able to play the show, he said he had scorpion power in his veins.
Wow, I wonder what it would feel like to have “scorpion power” in my veins. In anycase, stay tuned later in the month for a live report of the band’s brief UK tour, regardless of whether or not they will be powered by reptiles.
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Posted on November 4th, 2008 by Max
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