After this happened I automatically thought of a few times at Rileys when it was definitely beyond capacity, two of them were In Flames and also seperately Arch Enemy when they first got Angela on dog barx. Both those times you were literally on top of each other inside. Thank God nothing ever happened.
And every time I saw that Great White show footage I get physically sick to my stomach. Getting burned alive is probably the worst way to go ever.
I also remember about a year later reading some mag about the anniversary of the fire, and about the survivors. There were quite a few people that were so severly burned that they never could work again, and their medical bills were through the roof. Somebody has said in the interview that they (survivors) got no more assistance from the state government because it wasn't in the news anymore. They had said since they were just dumb rock fans that they weren't worth getting any other attention. I found that statement a bit far-fetched but also a tad bit sad.
The whole thing was a fucking tragedy, and even though both the club and GW were negligent, I thought more of the blame should have gone to GW. Who the fuck lights pyro in a dinky-ass club like that? Jack Russell should give half (or more) of the rest of his life's income to the survivors for that stupidity.
