prayers for all of them. A tragic nightmare that hopefully will never happen again.

Great White are getting off easy from this. A $1M settlement amounts to $3,333 for each of the 300 defendants. Not much when you consider the emotional turmoil the families went through and the band’s gross negligence. Great White ought to hang it up. These 80’s hair metal bands just plain suck.

Anybody who thinks that the club owner wasn’t aware that GW was going to set of Pyro is a retard. No band goes into a club without prior notification of their stage show and requirements. The club owner, GW, and the pyro tech should all be held responsible. Not only was the club owner neglagable but he also did not have all the exits properly posted. It’s a sad deal for all the victims. My thoughts go out to them.

I am still convinced that the town of West Warwick Fire Department and the town itself are most culpable in this tragedy. They inspected the building every year for the liquor license renewal and ignored the foam because it kept the neighbors happy and let the business continue to pay sorely needed tax revenue to a struggling community. I understand why they did it, but look what happens when we put fiscal concerns ahead of common sense.