Pitchfork

The continuing saga of Deerhunter took a turn for the worst Friday night, when frontman Bradford Cox and guitarist Lockett Pundt were robbed at gunpoint in their hometown of Atlanta. Don't worry, they're OK now. But on Saturday morning, Cox posted the following message on the band's blog and MySpace:

"We got a friendly homecoming surprise last night in Atlanta when Lockett and I got robbed at gunpoint after our show at Lenny's last night. We literally had just walked off the stage and I was pretty wasted. Lockett was trying to take care of me and get me home. He grabbed my guitar and my stuff and we walked to his car which was parked about a block away from Lenny's because it was so crowded. I heard a commotion behind us but like I said I was pretty out of it. I just opened the door to the car and collapsed in the passenger seat.

"Then I heard all this yelling and I hear this loud metallic banging on the window and look up and there is a gun in my face and a guy yelling 'get the fuck out the car man.' I stumbled out and see the other guy has Lockett with his arms spread on the roof of his car and is patting him down. Lockett was begging them to leave me alone. The guy put his gun up to my temple and said, 'give me EVERYTHING motherfucker I ain't fucking with you.'

"I just mumbled something and he put his hands in my pants and took everything I had. My cell phone, my wallet (empty except for credit / bank cards which Kristin immediately cancelled, and about 450 dollars in cash I had for my rent.) They also got all of Lockett's money. They even took my fucking Camel Ultralights and Orange Bic.

"All I can say is that I'm glad we are not dead. Or more specifically, I am REALLY glad they didn't hurt Lockett. He was just trying to help me get home and would not have even been there at that time otherwise."

Whew! Close call, guys. We're very happy you're all right.

Deerhunter hit the road again in August-- see dates below.

Deerhunter dates:

08-25 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex (Fuck Yeah Fest IV)
08-30 Washington, DC - Black Cat Backstage
08-31 New York, NY - Seaport Music Festival *
09-01 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
09-06 Seattle, WA - Neumos !
09-08 Portland, OR - Doug Fir (Musicfest NW)
09-27 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn #
09-28 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge #
09-29 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle (Adventures in Modern Music) #$
10-01 Urbana, IL - Canopy Club
10-02 Newport, KY - Southgate House
11-02 London, England - The Forum (ATP Presents Release the Bats)

* with Battles
! with Grizzly Bear
# with No Age
$ with Daniel Carter and Michael Reed, Sin Ropas with the films of Brent Green