Night Of “Mayhem” In Dallas - Benefit Concert & Book Signing 7pm July 13, 2007 at the Lakewood Theater
By Dave Lewis
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
100 Proof Hatred is playing the "A Night of Mayhem" Tribute this Friday, July 13th 2007, at Lakewood Theatre in Dallas, with Texas Hippie Coalition, Hillbilly Orchestra, and others. The Lakewood Theater is located at 1825 Abrams Parkway, Dallas, TX 75214 more details
Directions to Lakewood Theater
This is a Jeffery “Mayhem” Thompson Benefit Concert & Book Signing, celebrating both his life, and the lives of Darrell Abbott, Nathan Bray, and Erin Halk
Mayhem was a radio shock jock sidekick for KEGL, a musician, a Dallas club bouncer, a personal bodyguard for celebrities and rock-n-roll royalty, and head of security for the heavy metal band Damageplan.
Mayhem’s life was taken away from us when a crazed gunman ran onto stage, senselessly attacking and killing guitarist Darrell Abbott. Mayhem was on the attacker in less than a second. Regardless of the 4 shots which were already fired, he was committed to protecting his friends and the audience from the armed killer. During the struggle, the killer fired two fatal shots at point blank range. Jeffery “Mayhem” Thompson died a hero, placing the safety of others ahead of himself. He fell with two other heroes—audience member Nathan Bray and venue security member Erin Halk, who bravely took to the stage to give assistance and subdue the killer. The rampage finally ended when first responding police officer James Niggemeyer shot and killed the attacker.
A new book, A Vulgar Display Of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa (AVDOP), will also be on sale. It is written by Chris A., with a foreword by Officer Niggemeyer, and a memorial written by Frank Thompson. AVDOP is the authorized biography of Mayhem, Bray, and Halk. A book signing table will be set up at the venue.
Tickets are $10 at the door, and books will be sold for $16.00. The concert takes place on Friday, July 13 at 7pm, at the Lakewood Theater located at 1825 Abrams Parkway, Dallas, Texas 75214.
The mental disorder called Paranoid Schizophrenia is what drove the killer to cause these tragic deaths. Thus, the Thompson family has requested that this concert be for the benefit of an institution that assists in the campaign to treat and cure such a disease. “A Night Of Mayhem” is a charitable event in which 100% of all proceeds from ticket and book sales will benefit NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness).
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Dave's Review
Well, it was Friday the 13th, so I knew there was gonna be trouble ! Actually it well fairly smoothly for the most part. 462 productions did the sound and light for the gig.....thanks to Herg and Logan of 462 productions for their hard work, they were nursing hangovers from The Clubhouse the night before, and no doubt again today. We played the long set, which was cool.
Thanks also to the other people we met and bands that played, Bury the Trend, Mother Truckin Skull Diggers, Texas Hippy Coalition, and of course Mongo and Hillbilly Orchestra.
It was also good to run into all our friends we see from time to time, Thrashin Alan, Dave Chaos from KNON 89.3, and all the folks you see at these events.
An extra big thanks to Mongo for inviting us to play this show, we are proud to help any way we can with the DFW Dimebag family.
Dave Lewis plays guitar and does the website for 100 Proof Hatred.
