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Originally Posted by TimSJ
Dec 23 1985
In a school playground, James Vance presses a shotgun to his chin and pulls the trigger. He and cohort Raymond Belknap had forged a suicide pact while listening to Stained Class by Judas Priest. But where Belknap succeeded, Vance fails. The dumb**** survives, destroying his face. He later uses his disfigurement to his advantage, terrorizing small children on his bicycle. Both kids' parents file suit against the band, but a judge ultimately rejects their subliminal message theory. Vance dies from painkillers on Thanksgiving three years later.
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i believe this story was the basis for the arse-face character in the comic 'preacher', they had one issue 'the story of arse-face' that mirrored this incident except it was a tribute suicide to kurt cobain.
arse-face is kind of a sidekick afterwards but no-one really understands anything he says, the shotgun blast went through the top of his face and took most of said face wth it.
i'd never heard that this was a real incident, true life is stranger than fiction i suppose...