Three Minutes to Doomsday. Romesh Ratnesar.
by Ratnesar, Romesh; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 28Environment. Publisher: Time, 2003ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Building laws | Fire prevention | Fires | Fireworks | Jackson | Music-halls (Variety-theaters | Rock concerts | Rock groupsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "It has been more than a decade since Great White recorded a recognizable hit, which is one reason the band was playing the Station, a cramped and sweaty nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., last Thursday [Feb. 20, 2003] night. The venue often is host to bands whose popularity peaked in the 1980s, and when Great White took the stage shortly after 11 p.m., the band decided to provide the audience with a reminder of its heavy-metal past. Sets of 'gerbs'--sparking pyrotechnic fountains--shot up from the stage as the band kicked into its first song, Desert Moon. Within seconds, flames crawled up the foam-covered wall behind the band and spread to the 9-ft.-high ceiling. Thinking the blaze was part of the band's act, a few fans let out cheers. Those cheers soon turned to screams." (TIME) This article illustrates the horror of the "fourth deadliest nightclub fire in American history."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Three Minutes to Doomsday, March 3, 2003; pp. 50-53.
"It has been more than a decade since Great White recorded a recognizable hit, which is one reason the band was playing the Station, a cramped and sweaty nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., last Thursday [Feb. 20, 2003] night. The venue often is host to bands whose popularity peaked in the 1980s, and when Great White took the stage shortly after 11 p.m., the band decided to provide the audience with a reminder of its heavy-metal past. Sets of 'gerbs'--sparking pyrotechnic fountains--shot up from the stage as the band kicked into its first song, Desert Moon. Within seconds, flames crawled up the foam-covered wall behind the band and spread to the 9-ft.-high ceiling. Thinking the blaze was part of the band's act, a few fans let out cheers. Those cheers soon turned to screams." (TIME) This article illustrates the horror of the "fourth deadliest nightclub fire in American history."
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