Webster Hall pulls plug on hardcore show after punk rockers battle
Sources: Former Cro-Mags member slashes two current band members
BY KERRY BURKEAND SHAYNA JACOBS/ NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
A former member of the Cro-Mags hardcore band slashed two current members of the band as they were set to take the stage in Manhattan shortly after 8 p.m. Friday, police sources said.
The show at Webster Hall, part of the CBGB Festival, was canceled and two members of the band were taken to Bellevue Hospital. One was treated for a bite mark and a cut to the face and the other for cuts to his arm and stomach, the sources said.
The attacker was also taken to Bellevue Hospital to be treated for a broken leg, according to police sources.
Harley Flanagan, a founding member of the New York band who has a history of strained relations with newer members, is believed to be the attacker. He was seen in photographs posted on BoweryBoogie.com being wheeled from the venue by EMTs.
Several tattooed punks in black waited for the injured band members at Bellevue Hospital late Friday.
“Harley was doing so good but then he f—– up,” said one man in the group of the former Cro-Mag.