The Automatic come close to death over Paris
Drum-banger for the The Automatic Iwan Griffiths has revealed that the band were involved in a near-death experience on a flight to Paris recently.
After missing their train, the band took a jet from Heathrow to the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. As they were due to land, however, they encountered severe turbulence and were prevented from touching down.
"I've got a thing about planes as a high ratio of musicians die in planes - including Glen Miller and Buddy Holly... then we had this dodgy flight," said Griffiths.
"We were meant to get the train to Paris but missed it, so we had to fly even though the weather was horrific.
"Our guitarist, Frost, was throwing up in a sick bag then there was weightlessness in the cabin. My drink hovered above me long enough for me to gasp, 'Oh My God,' and then it went over my lap.
"It was boiling hot."
Griffiths revealed that the band were genuinely fearful for their lives.
"It was so windy the plane couldn't even land. Everyone went silent. I thought that was it."
Photograph by Peter Hill, taken from the band's MySpace page
"A high ratio of musicians die in planes"
Fuck me. They're as intelligent as they are talented.
Haha, I thought the same thing...
"it was boiling hot".
gets its own paragraph. for emphasis?
hmmm...
"I've got a thing about planes as a high ratio of musicians die in planes"
what was he worried about?
I laugh
at people who are scared of flying...
Im scared of flying
:(
Stuff that heavy shouldnt be up that high
I love flying
it is pretty much one of the best feelings I have ever had.
.
The notion of thousands of tonnes of metal, sitting in the sky is a bit absurd, though, don't you think?
You've got no chance in a plane. At all. If the plane crashes, you're dead. If your train crashes, you may be a bit luckier.
Since 9/11, I've been petrified of flying. I did fly though in 2002. As for doing it in the future, the only place I want to go abroad is America, really.
I couldn't go to Spain or anything like that again if you paid me.
LOL
ridic.
nearly this exact thing happened to me on NYE
It is fucking scary.
still, they're benders
sad thing is,
if they didnt have that screechy guy in, they'd probably have 75% less haters!
yeah
I'm thinking now of the singer saying "god, we nearly crashed there" and that twat scrteeching "and we nearly crashed"
ha nothing like your own review!!
i dispute that they can label themselves musicians....
haha do you think he does
that to everything he says?
singer:
"i'm going for a piss"
shouty man
" i-m go-in for a pi-ss!!!"
LMAO
haha, brilliant, that cracked me up
xx
LMAO!!
Love it.
only nearly...
Welsh indi time-wasters The Automatic were nearly killed in a ‘hair em scare em’ flight to Paris recently, only nearly though. Equating their near death experience to the untimely demise of Glen Miller and Buddy holly – have they no modesty – is annoyingly egotistical, you see those two guys played…music.
The news here isn’t that The Automatic nearly died, it’s that they survived and we’re forced to relive their debut shitty ditty about a monster over and over again on hideous loop. When oh when will British music, particularly the emo, indi and ‘new rave’ bullshitters start growing some nuts and stop posturing, UK music since Britpop is a wash with stylists, PR, promo and fucking strutting, unlike our transatlantic buddies who seem to garner substance rather than idiotic punk styling – The Horrors. Who by the way should be shoved into the engine of which ever plane take the Automatic to their next asshole convention. A glorious epiphany of killing two bands with one plane. Hurrah.
It would be worse if they died
We would hear from loads of hacks that they are just like Buddy holly & miller. Also monster would be played everywhere for the next year.
yeah at prince charle's
funeral
rof'l;
ihb
LOL
calm down dear
i have it on good authority
the entire story is made up by the band too :)
imagine if they were on a terrorist hijacked plane
i could imagine being horrified in the first instance about a terrorist strike
then the news would reveal members of the automatic were in the crash
how much of a comflict of emotions?!
Why
is everyone anti- Automatic?
Jokes about them dying etc aren't really THAT funny, y'know?
Imagine if your gran was on that flight....
Imagine if I was on yr Gran
What
does "yr" mean?
Yes Reginald.
Your
It means 'your'. It was started, i think, by the Beat writer Jack Kerouac. Lots of indie bands have since appropriated it.
anyone else
think about almost famous?
you mean
"not near enough" in the headline, i take it?
I just flew in from Munich...
and boy are my arms tired.
(insert drum fill here...)