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Black Tongue frontman falls out of tour bus looking for toilet
By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 13 February 2015
Now, before we start this, I want you all to remember that this isn’t funny and should not be laughed at. A man was hurt during what I am about to describe to you, and it could have been much worse. If I see one of you so much as snigger, I’m going to be very upset.
Right, earlier this week Alex Teyen, frontman of doom metal band Black Tongue, fell out of the band’s moving tour bus and onto the motorway after he mistook the emergency exit for the toilet door.
As you can see, not funny. I’m glad none of you mistook this for a humorous incident. The band were in Poland at the time, on their way to their next show in Berlin. A passing motorist came to Teyen’s aid, the frontman subsequently being taken to hospital with head and face injuries. He is apparently healing well and on his way back to the UK.
According to The Telegraph, local police spokesperson Piotr Kaciak said: “The victim told his colleagues he was going to the toilet. The toilet turned out to be engaged so he opened the bus’s door instead and stepped out while the coach was still moving”.
“Judging by the manner of the victim’s behaviour, speech and smell we suspect he was under the influence of alcohol”, added Kaciak, perhaps unnecessarily.
The band have since said that, while they have been forced to cancel the remainder of their European tour, they will still head to the US as planned next month.
Here’s the video for their song ‘Coma’, which shows a pre-motorway exfoliated Teyen:
