An overseas fray involving the Bloodhound Gang and, specifically, an obscene prank their bassist pulled onstage with a Russian flag has left them black-and-blue and barred from further performances at other Russian venues.
It's a painful reminder that, although it may be just a piece of cloth, you don't mess around with another nation's flag unless you're prepared to take some heat for it. Especially when you're a guest in their land.
A concert video of the American band's pariah guitarist Jared Hasselhoff stuffing the Russian flag into the front of his trousers and then pulling it out from the back of them has now gone viral, both here and abroad.
The incriminating film footage shows Hasselhoff simultaneously yelling "don't tell Putin" to a boisterous audience before tossing the desecrated banner into the crowd.
That buffoonery was enough to get all the Bloodhound Gang members ejected from Russia and ambushed by a small mob of angry nationalists whom they say attacked them at the airport with fists, feet and whips.
There were no serious injuries reported in the altercation apart from some bruises, but the Bloodhound Gang was then escorted by Russian guards -- for their own protection and to ensure they catch their departing flight.
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