Kittie groped at Sonar?

I heard the lead singer for Kittie got groped during their show at Sonar over the weekend, and the crowd beat up the guy who did it. Was anyone at that show? Or does anyone have any info on that?

I remember seeing Kittie quite sometime ago and I would steer the HELL away from them after witnessing their performance. ;)

good show.

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According to Bob Suehs of the Rock N Roll Experience web site, KITTIE frontwoman Morgan Lander was groped by a member of the audience at the band's August 19, 2007 concert at Sonar in Baltimore, Maryland, forcing the group to cut its show short.

"Morgan jumped off the stage with her mic in hand and stood against the rail on the inside of the barricade that separated the crowd from the band," writes Suehs. "I didn't even see a need for the barricade up until this point, because the crowd was small and it seemed to be a decent crowd with no problems, until some asshole decided to grab Morgan's boobs when she got up close to the crowd and when I saw it happen, in all honesty, I wasnâ??t even sure if I saw what I thought I saw. I had to ask others what happened and needless to say, this made Morgan erupt… She jumped back on the stage almost immediately and it was clear from the expression on her face that she was pissed off and upset. Morgan ran to the back of the stage where she grabbed her guitar and the first thing that struck me was the feedback that was coming from her guitar… it was loud and Morgan acted as if she didn't even notice it because she was pissed off and when her sister Mercedes [Lander, drums] got wind of what happened, all hell broke loose and Mercedes jumped from behind the drum kit and grabbed the mic and began yelling at the asshole that violated her sister. . . Morgan commented that it was sad that the show had to end like that, but she was too upset over the incident, and if that situation wasnâ??t bad enough, the next three minutes are when things got bad though…the crowd knew who groped Morgan and the crowd took it on themselves to rectify the situation, and there was a guy who was beat up pretty freakin' bad and I actually saw club security people going into the crowd with some sorta club/bat/baton in their hands to break up the situation and this is the first time I've ever witnessed a situation where someone in the crowd violated a performer who was trying to connect with the fans, and then the crowd turned into an angry mob and got revenge for their dissed idol."

Now that's a party.

Makes me want to read Among the Thugs again to break down the mentality of crowd behavior.

this is the first time I've ever witnessed a situation where someone in the crowd violated a performer who was trying to connect with the fans

I once "violated" Eddie Vedder way back in 1991 or 1992 when he dove into the pit "to connect with the fans" and I inadvertently caught his package. Not sure if that counts, though.

Originally posted by vansmack:
Now that's a party.

Makes me want to read Among the Thugs again to break down the mentality of crowd behavior.

Sounds like an interesting read. Recommend it?

Wow is that band still around?


I filed them away with slipknot and disturbed and staind in the "bands I'll pretend never existed" section of my brain years ago.

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
so there is this thing… called google. it's really not that hard to use. anyway…
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They were probably afraid to google "kittie and grope." I know I would be.

Originally posted by 6949:

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
so there is this thing… called google. it's really not that hard to use. anyway…
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They were probably afraid to google "kittie and grope." I know I would be.

that's why you add more words than that…geesh.

Yes, I've heard of google - meow. I've never heard of that site and I was hoping someone had been to that show and had better info.

That is, I've never heard of the Rock and Roll Experience site.

Didn't Courtney Love get groped at an hfstival many years back?

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Didn't Courtney Love get groped at an hfstival many years back?

Probably so, but being that she's a slightly different breed of human that operates outside of perceived normal logic . . . .

She probably dug it. :eek:

If you're in a metal band and you get offended at being groped while getting INTO the crowd, you're probably a bit of a poser. Just saying…

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Didn't Courtney Love get groped at an hfstival many years back?

Didn't someone throw a shotgun shell at her while she was on stage and she went ape shit?

That is probably not as reliable as what you could find on google about the incidnet though….

That's disgusting that someone felt the need to do that. He deserved the rear-kicking.

I don't care if you're a fan of the band or not, there are some things you don't do to performers at any venue. Touching them in places that you're hands shouldn't be is one of them. Just ask the woman Faith Hill called out for touching her husband during a concert weeks ago!

there are few things that get me more worked up than someone groping someone else at a show. now i wish i was there. morgan and mercedes are friends of mine. the guy would've been asking for a crowd sized beat down if i had gotten my hands on him.

Originally posted by jd930:
Sounds like an interesting read. Recommend it?

I read it every other year. I started reading it as a soccer book - the author, Bill Buford, who's most recent book Heat is a NYT best seller, follows soocer hooligans around and mingles with them as if he is one of them - but after a while, I discovered that it's a sociology book wrapped in soccer paper.

From his experiences, he writes first and second hand accounts as to the nature and experience of crowd violence. I found it brilliant and would highly recommend it to a thinker.

i remember at HFS 94, courtney love got groped while she was crowdsurfing.

i wish they had hit her over the head with a blunt, heavy object instead. oh, the missed oppertunities…