Among those killed at the concert hall was Nick Alexander, the band’s merchandise manager, along with three people from their record label – Thomas Ayad, Marie Mosser and Manu Perez.
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“I can not wait to come back to Paris”.
A crew member who was monitoring sound for the band from another part of the venue said he and a group of fans had to “jog over dead bodies to escape”. Another group of fans, left behind at a separate hiding spot inside, was viciously mowed down. And I didn’t want anything to have happened to them.
One of the gunmen even fired at him but missed, he said, Variety reported.
“Jesse ran towards me and we went into the corner”.
In a tearful tribute to those who died, band members Hughes and Josh Homme commended the heroism of the many people who chose to risk their lives and died trying to protect others. “I pledge to every person who loves rock and roll, join me, and I may be scared, and maybe I went through some bad shit, but I’m breathing”, says co-founder Jesse Hughes.
“I see the pops go off, the lights flashing. then just to have to make the decision whether to run across the stage or go in a room”, McJunkins said.
The band said they wanted to reach out to anyone who was there on the night, “anyone who is recovering from hospital, if they need a phone call from us”.
“I saw two guys out front and that might be just the most very bad thing ever, them just relentlessly shooting into the audience”, he told Vice.
Mr Hughes also mentioned how he came face-to-face with one of the gunmen, and it was actually a doorframe which saved his life. “It hit my console and buttons went flying everywhere”, he said. “I opened up the hallway door and that’s when I saw the shooter, and he turned on me, brought his gun down and the barrel hit the door frame”.
“It started trickling down the stairs and we were anxious that might alert someone that there were people in this room”.
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Watch the emotional and sometimes gut-wrenching 26-minute video interview with Eagles of Death Metal above. Also, the band has asked music publishers such as Itunes and Spotify to give proceeds from the song “I Love You All the Time” to these families.
