Patrick Roy Passed Away
Patrick Roy died today, because of his pancreatic cancer.
He was a French politician, member of the National Assembly, and a member of the French Socialist Party (left-wing), known among other things for his bright red jacket.
But, more importantly for us metalheads, he was a fan of heavy metal (starting with Led Zeppellin, but now leaning more towards Gojira and Opeth), which he defended on various occasions during the debates concerning the Hadopi law or the controversy about the Hellfest festival. You can check this DailyMotion video, but it's only in French, sorry. He often had a Rock Hard magizine in hand to prove his point, saying it was a cultural magazine (at that time, his right-wing opponents would cry and boo in outrage, of course).
And, as if defending Metal at the National Assembly wasn't enough, he was also the main promoter and programmer of the Metallurgicales festival in Denain, a French city of which he was the mayor. On 5 June 2010 he joined the French metal band Mass Hysteria on stage during the 2010 edition of the festival:
In November 2010, he revealed that he suffers a digestive cancer. In February 2011 he announced that he will come back to the National Assembly on March 15th and he did it, thanking the other congresswomen and congressmen for their support. Sadly, it wasn't enough, as he passed away last night.
Thanks for all you've done for our, for your music. You'll be sorely missed.
He was a French politician, member of the National Assembly, and a member of the French Socialist Party (left-wing), known among other things for his bright red jacket.
But, more importantly for us metalheads, he was a fan of heavy metal (starting with Led Zeppellin, but now leaning more towards Gojira and Opeth), which he defended on various occasions during the debates concerning the Hadopi law or the controversy about the Hellfest festival. You can check this DailyMotion video, but it's only in French, sorry. He often had a Rock Hard magizine in hand to prove his point, saying it was a cultural magazine (at that time, his right-wing opponents would cry and boo in outrage, of course).
And, as if defending Metal at the National Assembly wasn't enough, he was also the main promoter and programmer of the Metallurgicales festival in Denain, a French city of which he was the mayor. On 5 June 2010 he joined the French metal band Mass Hysteria on stage during the 2010 edition of the festival:
In November 2010, he revealed that he suffers a digestive cancer. In February 2011 he announced that he will come back to the National Assembly on March 15th and he did it, thanking the other congresswomen and congressmen for their support. Sadly, it wasn't enough, as he passed away last night.
Thanks for all you've done for our, for your music. You'll be sorely missed.
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| BloodTears ANA-thema Elite Posts: 11835  |
RIP.
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| Windrider Raureif Posts: 684  |
Why the heck did he appear to be a socialist?? :/ Anyways R.I.P.
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| Ag Fox Angel No More Elite Posts: 4774  |
Oh wow. some awesome politician for real. RIP
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374  |
Oh man, that's a shame, one of the few politicians that saw the bright side of metal. RIP man, cool jacket btw.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| Darkside Momo Retired Elite Posts: 9089  |
Written by worm_is_gloaming on 03.05.2011 at 20:37 Last year, Christian politics said Hellfest was an antichristian fest, that it was promoting a 'culture of death', etc., and as such it should be forbidden...
---- My Author's Blog (in French)  "You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you" "I've lost too many years now I'm stealing back my soul I am awake"
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| worm_is_gloaming Posts: 150 |
Written by Darkside Momo on 03.05.2011 at 20:42 Unbelievable to see such mentality in this day and age. I thought anti-metal attitude lived and died in the 80s-90s... In the US, political correctness is associated with liberalism, but it seems that in France/Europe the liberal left has a very different and more emancipatory meaning. And Hellfest is not the only Euro metal fest... it's ridiculous how it even got singled out.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62018  |
RIP BTW when I saw pick K thought its french porn dude not Tonny Carerra but other who's simmilar to this guy
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| Mikyz Posts: 711  |
I just watched the news on TF1, they did a little homage to him and the causes he supported. RIP, we need more politicians like him, who don't discriminate against metal and what it stands for. With his red suit he doesn't look like a corporate sellout, he looked unique.
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| Darkside Momo Retired Elite Posts: 9089 |
Written by worm_is_gloaming on 03.05.2011 at 20:51 Yeah in France if you want a caricature freedom is left-wing and conformity is right-wing.  Hellfest is singled out for the sinple reason that it's the only one in France to be this big... you can read more about it in this interview
---- My Author's Blog (in French) "You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you" "I've lost too many years now I'm stealing back my soul I am awake"
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| unswabbed Posts: 25  |
RIP Patrick, the french metalheads never forget you. I'll hope Hellfest honor him during the festival
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| Urs Blank Posts: 319  |
He has been of great support during the struggle against those right-wing christian fundamentalists. The French political scene has lost not only its first metalhead, but above all a relentless defender of free speech and expression, one of the few among those too many hypocritical and opportunistic politicians! May his memory be celebrated during next Hellfest, RIP Patrick Roy
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| Elodie Artour Slania Posts: 1175  |
This is sad.  Despite his political views, that guy seems to have been decent. RIP!
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| Darkside Momo Retired Elite Posts: 9089 |
Written by Elodie Artour on 03.05.2011 at 23:07 Hey! wait a minute... 'socialist' in France clearly hasn't the same meaning as in eastern Europe... 'Socialist' isn't 'communist' like were the 'socialist republics' of Eastern Europe. Think Labour (UK), democrats (US) or Zapatero (Spain)...
---- My Author's Blog (in French) "You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you" "I've lost too many years now I'm stealing back my soul I am awake"
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by Darkside Momo on 03.05.2011 at 23:17 Democrats (US) are anything but socialist They aren't even comparable to European Liberals they are on the right side of that.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Darkside Momo Retired Elite Posts: 9089 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 03.05.2011 at 23:22 True but our 'socialists' (at least the heads of the party) often tend to forget what being 'left-wing' means (simply left, I mean, not communist), just check Dominique Strauss-Khan for example...
---- My Author's Blog (in French) "You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you" "I've lost too many years now I'm stealing back my soul I am awake"
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Darkside Momo on 03.05.2011 at 23:30 And even she is way more left-wing than any democrat
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10094  |
Written by Darkside Momo on 03.05.2011 at 23:17 yeah, there's a distorted view some people have that anything "socialist" equals "communist"... anyway i haven't heard of this guy until today, but i see he was a defender of freedom of speech and opinions, and a fellow lover of metal. may he keep on rocking, wherever he is.
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| BitterCOld The Ancient One Admin Posts: 15287  |
He was a hell of a goaltender as well.
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@Momo: Aah!  Thanks for the explanation!
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306  |
Holy shit I thought this was about my favorite goalie (appearing on MS for some unknown reason).
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| LeChron James Helvetesfossen Posts: 3561  |
Written by BitterCOld on 03.05.2011 at 23:57 Instantly what i thought when i first read this.
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