Guitar Zero: Trail of Dead smash game

Kevin Allen, guitarist with Texan firebrands …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, was detained by police in Austin last Wednesday for getting violent with a video game.

Allen was playing Guitar Hero at a downtown Austin bar when he flipped, causing several thousands of dollars worth of damage, according to trailofdead.org. Police were called to The Beauty Bar, owned by Allen’s bandmate Jason Reece, after Allen smashed a television and threw a games console at a passing car.

Eyewitnesses reported that Allen attacked a plasma-screen TV with the Guitar Hero controller, and the screen subsequently fell to the ground. One onlooker said: . "The television just quite exploded. I've never seen anything like it. Three or four times might have been enough to take it out, but he kept pounding after it had hit the floor.”

Reece spoke after the incident:

"I've known Kevin for years and he's one of the most competitive people I know. He was trying to prove to one of the guys in the Sword that he could do that crazy DragonForce song 100% on expert and he messed up during the long solo. You know, the totally over the top, masturbatory three-minute solo towards the end. I can relate, man. The game has an effect on people. I guess he just got a little frustrated and decided he didn't want to play anymore."

Clash just did a little LOL…