He later returned to the Czech Republic to stand trial, and was acquitted of all charges. We wanted to make sure he was gonna be okay. All the band stuff came after that. Adds Chris Adler, "There was just a large amount of emotion and feeling going through all of us at that time. To hear that sort of news, like, oh my god, you're telling me someone died at our show? That changed us in ways that I don't think any of us were prepared for.
We were dealing with real life and death situations. There were times where we had to hunker down and do what was right for Randy, or what was right for Daniel's family. Or we just needed to be home with our own families. It wasn't about being 21 and drunk and trying to write the heaviest thing you can write. And all of that influenced the record. And yet, when it came time to compose lyrics, Blythe made a conscious decision not to focus too heavily on the events of the past few years.
And that would have been a really shitty move. I mean, we're not a gangsta rap band. I'm not a thug. So I'm not gonna sit there and endlessly beat people over the head with this tragic subject. But what I did was, I finished a couple things I had actually started in prison.
And ',' that was the number of one of the cells I was in, and I started writing the words when I was there. The song is about the internal changes that occur when you get locked up.
And I thought it was an artistically valid thing to bring to this record," he continues. I'm actually in prison. If there was ever a time to do it, it's now. Beyond that, it's just not what I felt like writing. The project into which Blythe ultimately did channel most of his thoughts on the incident was the Dark Days book.
But even there, he says, "The only reason I wrote a book is because I got convinced to do so by my literary agent. I said, 'I'm not ready to do this. And that's it. There's nothing else to add. It's covered. You know what I mean? Now, when someone asks me, 'What was prison like? Read it and it will answer all your questions.
I'm not in this constant state of getting out of prison. Other things have happened since then. Another thing about the book, according to Blythe: "I think that maybe it can help some people. Because there's a big message in there about personal accountability. In a statement, he wrote, "While I maintain my innocence percent, and will do so steadfastly. I will not hide in the United States, safe from extradition and possible prosecution. The latter song also finds the singer opining at length on modern culture, in particular on how people attack one another anonymously on the internet.
When asked to delve further into the topic, Blythe is only too happy to oblige. What people accept as normal about life these days fucking blows my mind.
If you think about the type of shit you can talk on the Internet anonymously, this would never, ever happen 30 years ago. But he's just getting warmed up. I want you to think about the Bieb , OK? Now, I can't name a single Justin Bieber song. I don't really know what his music sounds like. But I'm sure it's not good. Then I got out on bail, and was out for, I think, eight months maybe, then went back to trial and was found not guilty.
It was a really sad time, and it's super tragic that this young man died," Randy added. So I went back and stood trial and was found not guilty. Blythe went on to say that the Czech judicial system is "very much" different from the one in the U.
And they were, like, 'We paid bail, [and] you'll be coming home soon. In America, you're granted bail, and you go. There, they're, like, 'Nope, you're not going. Luckily, some rather wealthy friends of ours in the music industry loaned us that money. And then I got out, and then went back and went to trial.
So it's three judges. And it's weird — you've gotta get up and tell your side of the story. It's totally different than any American judicial system.
So it was kind of a weird, weird time. But I knew I hadn't purposely tried to injure anyone or anything, and I felt that the kid's parents deserved some answers. The prosecutors argued that Blythe could leave the country and never return. Copyright , The Associated Press.
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