New Zealand rock musical band Headless Chickens are facing warning for scattering the ashes of late band member bassist Grant Fell while an award show was running on Tuesday.
The Band was planning to pay a tribute to Grant Fell who died after three years of battle with cancer in January, by sprinkling his remains on-stage at the Taite Music Awards in Auckland, where the band were being honored for their 1987 album Stunt Clown.
“I think Grant probably always wanted to play on this stage,” said Vocalist Chris Matthew while processing to pour a small vial of ash on stage before launching into a song with the band.
Criticizing this effort, a musician of Maori heritage named Teeks who was nominated for a Taite Music Prize, tweeted that he was glad he didn’t win because he “wouldn’t have gotten on stage with those ashes under his feet.”
“I felt like he was there with us and it was a total magic moment for me,” said Headless Chickens member Rupert E Taylor, “I waved his ashes into my face and all over my Workshop suit. It was a surprise and it should happened, he should have been there with us.”
> Shatabdi Sarker Poushi
Headless Chickens Criticized for Sprinkling Ashes of Dead Musician on Stage
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