Black Tusk bassist killed

2014-11-09 by HenchmanOfSanta | 43 Comments
Jonathan Athon, the bass player for sludge metal band Black Tusk was hospitalized and put into a medically induced coma following an accident on Saturday night, in which his motorcycle collided with an SUV in his hometown of Savannah, Georgia. It has been reported that Athon was taken off of life support on Sunday. He was 32.
Athon's girlfriend, Emily Boutwell, was also on the motorcycle, but escaped without serious injury. Tributes have been posted on social media by a number of bands involved in the Savannah scene as well as metal in general, including Baroness, Inter Arma and Red Fang. It is unknown what will happen to Black Tusk at this time.
http://www.metalinjection.net/latest-news/bummer-alert/black-tusk-bassist-jonathan-athon-in-medically-induced-coma-after-motorcycle-accident

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emester
November 10th 2014
8271 Comments


Rip hard. Black Tusk was one of the first sludge bands I got into

InFiction
November 10th 2014
3995 Comments


Fucking awful, he was so young. RIP.

demon of surveillance
November 10th 2014
924 Comments


Apparently the SUV that hit them ran a stop sign.

Never listened to the band but he seemed like a really fun guy, RIP.

zaruyache
November 10th 2014
27437 Comments


:/

IronGiant
November 10th 2014
1752 Comments


never listened to the band, but it's a travesty for such a young guy to be killed so ruthlessly and suddenly regardless. RIP

ExplosiveOranges
November 10th 2014
4408 Comments


Fuck, this is awful.

wwf
November 10th 2014
7198 Comments


damn............ that sucks.........

Regulator
November 10th 2014
623 Comments


Shit. I was really staying positive for him. Man, this just sucks. Band is great

feargm
November 10th 2014
361 Comments


R.I.P..

MeatSalad
November 10th 2014
18616 Comments


Damn

Spec
November 10th 2014
39527 Comments


He had some pretty groovy bass lines. Such a tragedy.

RIP.

MoosechriS
November 10th 2014
6353 Comments


fucking awful news, another person taken too early. RIP dude

RunOfTheMill
November 10th 2014
4514 Comments


fuck just saw them this past summer and was hoping to see them again sometime soon, they were such a great show. this sucks

RIP Athon

Tyler.
November 10th 2014
19025 Comments


awful

pedro70512
November 10th 2014
4169 Comments


we spend so much time talking about how a Black Veil Brides DVD is a catastrophe and then something like this puts it in perspective and fucking hell.

tempest--
November 10th 2014
20634 Comments


Tragic loss. Rest in peace, pal.

By the way, he wasn't "killed," he was taken off life support, as per his wishes.

beachdude
November 10th 2014
849 Comments


Sad, never listened to this band but anyone dying this way is a tragedy. RIP.

Makemebad35
November 10th 2014
1050 Comments


horrible news. RIP John

ScuroFantasma
Emeritus
November 10th 2014
12023 Comments


RIP, so many musicians are dying lately, such a sad time.

botb
November 10th 2014
17918 Comments


rip, rad band

titanslayer
November 10th 2014
2714 Comments


Damn that sucks, I'm gonna check this guys out now RIP

henryChinaski
November 10th 2014
5043 Comments


RIP

HenchmanOfSanta
November 10th 2014
1994 Comments


By the way, he wasn't "killed," he was taken off life support, as per his wishes.
He was effectively killed in the accident.

Gwyn.
November 10th 2014
17270 Comments


Rest in Peace.

HenchmanOfSanta
November 10th 2014
1994 Comments


Killed=/=murdered.

Taking someone off their life support is an act that ends their life, i.e. killing them. He was killed.
But nobody frames it that way. I went with this headline because his cause of death will be listed everywhere as "motorcycle accident."

undertakerpt
November 10th 2014
1645 Comments


Events like this make me want to hang up my helmet, rip.

stuck_in_decades
November 10th 2014
814 Comments


Can we stop losing talented musicians now, please. Rest in peace.

PappyMason
November 10th 2014
5702 Comments


Horrible news. RIP.

Tunaboy45
November 10th 2014
18430 Comments


Oh for fuck's sake, not another. RIP, my thoughts are with his family and friends.

TomAkaVeto
November 10th 2014
1963 Comments


I don't understand why people continue to ride motorcycles. People driving cars are too irresponsible for it to be safe to ride a motorcycle. Almost everyone I know who rides a motorcycle has been hit by a car at some point. Many of them were hospitalized too.

titanslayer
November 10th 2014
2714 Comments


"I don't understand why people continue to ride motorcycles. People driving cars are too irresponsible for it to be safe to ride a motorcycle. Almost everyone I know who rides a motorcycle has been hit by a car at some point. Many of them were hospitalized too. "
You could say the same thing about any vehicle.

feargm
November 10th 2014
361 Comments


You could say the same thing about any vehicle. [2]

DatsNotDaMetulz
November 10th 2014
4318 Comments


Yeah just ask Decapitated

kris.
November 10th 2014
15504 Comments


well shit. i never really listened to Black Tusk but saw them with Kvelertak last year and they killed it. this is pretty upsetting.

Archelirion
November 10th 2014
6594 Comments


Wow, this has put a major downer on my evening RIP and best of wishes to his family, he was a talented guy and didn't deserve this.

kris.
November 10th 2014
15504 Comments


ugh yahoo posted about it and half the comments were like hur dur who is black tusk ive been in rock music for 20+ years never heard of em who cares

Tunaboy45
November 10th 2014
18430 Comments


Yahoo is still a thing? And people still use it to comment?

kris.
November 10th 2014
15504 Comments


i was curious and googled black tusk to see who else was reporting on it i swear i don't go on yahoo for anything but fantasy football

Archelirion
November 10th 2014
6594 Comments


Yahoo is (and I say this as a generalisation, so sorry if anyone here uses it) a melting pot of idiots most of the time. Wouldn't have expected much else.

Tunaboy45
November 10th 2014
18430 Comments


http://imgur.com/6xYsCuX These idiots right here

HenchmanOfSanta
November 11th 2014
1994 Comments


"You could say the same thing about any vehicle."

Getting hit by a car while on a motorcycle is much more dangerous than while in a car. Yeah, you can get killed in both, but you're far more protected in a car.

AcidCaravan
November 11th 2014
503 Comments


Holy fuck....may he rest in peace. Sucks dyin' so young.

sputnik1
November 15th 2014
357 Comments


R.I.P.- sad news



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