Members of CEREBRAL BORE Arrested By NYPD In Hunt For Murderer

Two members of Scottish death metal act CEREBRAL BORE were mistakenly arrested in New York City recently amidst the hunt for a man who murdered a number of people at a drug store.

The band had been out celebrating the end of their tour when guitarist PAUL MCGUIRE and bassist KYLE RUTHERFORD went to a drug store in the early morning hours. Although the store's doors were open and the lights were on, it appeared that it was not officially open for business as an alarm went off, so the band members left and went to another store down the road. As they were leaving, a number of NYPD squad cars surrounded them and they were thrown to the ground by police officers and arrested at gunpoint. The two were charged with criminal trespass, petit larceny, burglary and criminal possession of stolen property.

MCGUIRE and RUTHERFORD spent the next 36 hours being moved between crowded jail cells and witnessing violence and intimidation from the other inmates. The real drug store killer was later arrested and, following a court appearance, all charges were dropped and the members of CEREBRAL BORE were eventually released.

Watch a video of CEREBRAL BORE guitarist PAUL MCGUIRE and bassist KYLE RUTHERFORD discussing their harrowing experience below.

Despite the band's ordeal at the end of their trip, the rest of the tour was a success and the band are keen to return to the USA as soon as possible.

Guitarist PAUL MCGUIRE comments:

"Our latest trip to the US was possibly the most fun we've ever had on tour! The shows were great and the hospitality shown throughout the tour was second to none! Besides the problems that occurred in New York at the end, the tour went without incident and was smooth as could be! Fresh off the plane from Cancun, still celebrating three blinding shows in Mexico, we were hours away from boarding the plane home when we had our run-in with the NYPD in Brooklyn on the last morning.

"It was a hell of an ordeal, but it has only made me more eager to get Cerebral Bore back to the US, considering how long we went thinking that we may never get to tour the US again! But we are home now and gearing up for the second part of the year, and getting ready for our upcoming appearance at Bloodstock, as well as the trips to India and Ukraine, and a solid batch of work on album number two!"

View some photos from the band's stay in New York City:






See CEREBRAL BORE live on tour at the following shows:

CEREBRAL BORE
Aug. 12 - Derbyshire, UK - Bloodstock Open Air
Aug. 27 - Huddersfield, UK - The Parish
Aug. 28 - London, UK - The Purple Turtle
Sep. 17 - Kiev, Ukraine - Bingo Club
Sep. 30 - Darjeeling, India - The Underground Unleashed Festival

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Tags:  Cerebral Bore, nypd, murder  

Jason Fisher    July 12, 2011