News Extra: ‘Little Guy’ John Rich Involved In Brawl
Police are investigating an altercation between John Rich and Jerry Montano, the former bassist for the rock band Danzig, that occured early Friday morning at the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood. Sources for TMZ claim that Rich got into an argument with “two tattooed, large gentlemen,” when things escalated and he swung a beer bottle at Montano, hitting him in the face, supposedly breaking his nose. Following the clash, Montano repeatedly mumbled, “the little guy hit me.” Paramedics arrived on the scene shortly after the fracas, but no one was taken to the hospital and neither party has pressed charges.
Stay tuned for updates as more details are released.
UPDATE: Pictures from TMZ.com.
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October 17, 2008 at 1:16 pm Permalink
it’s bad enough to admit having been hit by a big guy, but by a little one….
October 17, 2008 at 2:23 pm Permalink
I guarantee you Montano deserved it.
October 17, 2008 at 4:54 pm Permalink
tick the odd one:
al capone, lucky luciano, tony soprano, john rich
October 17, 2008 at 8:04 pm Permalink
Awesome, sporting the McCain cap no less!
October 17, 2008 at 8:21 pm Permalink
Way to raise McCain, Mr. Rich.
October 17, 2008 at 9:12 pm Permalink
Iran JOHN. Its Bam Bam Bam IRAN, not Bam Bam Bam some random band guy.
October 18, 2008 at 6:22 am Permalink
stormy,
“little guy” john rich was on target, although, a couple of decades late. danzig and surrounding poland used to be commie territory.
by the way, how’s the new job going?
October 18, 2008 at 10:24 am Permalink
Get on with your bad self, John Rich. I have a new kind of respect for Mr. Rich now. I get the feeling he may not be all blowhard after all …
October 18, 2008 at 2:52 pm Permalink
actually, this whole thing is looking more and more like a stupid john rich move (as in ‘he’s an angry drunk’ flailing away at friends and acquaintances):
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=107138
October 18, 2008 at 3:00 pm Permalink
Thomas: I think I like my new job. I’ll Let you know if I ever get to sit down for five seconds and do it.
October 19, 2008 at 8:57 pm Permalink
Nice to see John Rich is a practitioner of compassionate conservatism.
October 21, 2008 at 12:47 am Permalink
goes to show you not to mess with the little guy because he packs a mean ass bottle
October 22, 2008 at 11:26 am Permalink
The more and more I see John Rich the less I like him. He sure does think a lot of himself. If he were actually a tough guy he would punch the guy not hit him with a bottle. It could have been a small women who hit the guy with the bottle because they did the same thing. John can write some songs but he is going to ruin his brand if he keeps doing stupid stuff and being annoyingly political.
October 26, 2008 at 12:42 pm Permalink
Nashville4U, you are correct if he keeps playing tough guy and not concentrating on his music and making himself better instead of trying to sell his image as a tough guy he is not going to have a career because fans will want nothing to do with him let alone the recording studios
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