Fans of Lamb of God reached out to President Obama for help in their quest to free the American heavy metal band's vocalist, Randy Blythe, arrested and charged with manslaughter in Prague.
Members of the rock and metal communities are showing their support for Blythe on Twitter.
"Please donate to the Randy Blythe legal fund. He is still in custody & the legal fees are mounting.https://t.co/rdYMzqUV," twitted the legendary guitarist Slash on Thursday.
An online petition to the Obama Administration was put forth by a fan requesting White House's help to free Blythe (h/t: MetalSucks). The petition says:
WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:
Help Free D. Randall Blythe From Prage, Czech Republic. Where he is falsely accused of commiting Manslaughter.
This petition is so it can be brought to the attention of the white house that one of our citizens is in need of help. His name is D. Randall Blythe. He was doing what he loves to do bring his music along with the rest of the band LAMB OF GOD. During one of the dates he was taken into custody in Prague and was extorted for money after posting bail he was not released which is a direct violation of his civil rights. This petition will show that the people of the united states will not stand for this outrage and hope you and the us state department will do something about this travesty.
o far, it only has 688 signatures out of the goal of 25,000 by August 3.
