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Thursday, May 7, 2009

The Rock Dose

Great White’s Jack Russell: "There’s always someone out there that blames me because I’m the face of Great White,” Russell said. “And I’m OK with that."

Posted: 06 May 2009 07:35 AM PDT

Six years after the fatal fire at The Station Nightclub in Rhode Island and Great White frontman Jack Russell is still blamed for the tragedy of that night. The fire, which was caused by pyrotechnics in the small venue, claimed the lives of 100 people and injuring 230 others. I, like many others don’t think they should have been using pyrotechnics in such a small venue, nor do I really think at that point in the bands career, did they need pyro. That’s all beside the point.

Jack still has issues dealing with that and family members of the dead and/or injured constantly criticize him and some want more money. Money is not going to bring anyone back, however if people are still struggling with hospital bills, then perhaps that could help.

In an article in The Boston Herald, the frontman discusses his struggles with alcohol, drugs, relationships and the constant haunting of memories from that fateful night. He also talks about the bands recent release called Rising.

"There's always someone out there that blames me because I'm the face of Great White," Russell said. "And I'm OK with that. We've tried to handle it as sympathetically as possible. But we've received literally thousands of e-mails from around the world telling us to keep going. I didn't realize how much positive influence I had on people's lives."

Read the rest of the story at The Boston Herald

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