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Demented Are Go turned away by U.S. immigration officials, prep new album

Contributed by InaGreendase. Posted by Justin on Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 7:00 AM (EDT)

London's Demented Are Go were recently forced to cancel their string of dates in the US. As the band flew in to play their show on March 30th in Anaheim, CA, fonrpterson Mark "Sparky" Phillips was turned away by officials at LAX. Phillips has a prior criminal record and while details were not made available, it appears that may have been the reasoning. The band was forced to cancel all their tour dates and headed back to London.

Demented Are Go were formed by Phillips in 1982 and will be releasing their first album in five years, Hellbilly Storm on March 14th via Hep Cat Records.

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Someone (April 13, 2006)

Sounds like the band needs a new manager. This shit can be sorted out in advance.

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Someone (April 13, 2006)

yeah

Someone (April 13, 2006)

Yeah!

Someone (April 13, 2006)

Fuck Yeah!

Someone (April 13, 2006)

haha. thats what they get for working with artists worldwide.

Someone (April 13, 2006)

Poppycock

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Someone (April 13, 2006)

Rubbish.

Xine (April 13, 2006)

"fonrpterson"

It's early.

LushJ (April 13, 2006)

They've toured over here before, did he have the criminal record the other times they've been in the US? Sounds like bad luck with the customs officials. Border officials are the lowest form of life on earth- besides rapists.

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Someone (April 13, 2006)

i heard no one wanted to book their overpriced tour. truth, or not? last time they dealed with an booking agent that wasnt even from the states. i guess he thought could go from texas to new jersey overnight. well jersey, did they make the haul?

givemeamuseumandillfillit (April 13, 2006)

It's really just random. I got denied once and had to spend two days locked up while they were doing research on me, because "my last name doesn't match up to my nationality".

I'm a swede with a finnish last name.
If you know your geography, you know how stupid that is.

___waltz (April 13, 2006)

I've heard it's happened before for molesting a 14-year old girl and for getting pulled over 3 times in the same 10-mile stretch. But that might not be true.

Someone (April 13, 2006)

that fuckin blows. i wanted to see them so bad...

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Someone (April 13, 2006)

Fuck Yeah!

Someone (April 13, 2006)

Damn that sux!!!!!!

Imagine yor all ready to go , shits all packed and gear all read go
and Then BAM!!!!!!!!!! it short by this shit

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Someone (April 13, 2006)

Fuck Yeah!

givemeamuseumandillfillit (April 13, 2006)

If you read the article you can see that it was even worse, they WERE already in the states and had to fly home.

sickboi (chris) (April 13, 2006)

Does anyone think the logistics of this tour are a little odd? Flying from Londong to California?

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Someone (April 13, 2006)

Its the best place to start, they would make MUCH more money on the tour in california.

Someone (April 13, 2006)

cali probly has the biggest psycho scene.

___waltz (April 13, 2006)

I would like to have known this BEFORE I went to the show last Saturday.

Someone (April 13, 2006)

i remeber hearing about him getting arrested years ago in shopping mall wearing a tutu and a tiara pinching a 15 yeard old girls ass. that could be one of the many reasons why they dont get in.

the cover art for hellbilly storm

TheeValiantRA3 (April 13, 2006)

and the obvious clever punknews comment is: demented are go is a no go

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Someone (April 13, 2006)

Hahaha. Clever.

OzmanX (April 16, 2006)

hah so that's why the show was off.

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