Lead singer of the country/rock band Big and Rich, John Rich got into a fight with former Danzig/Hell Yeah bassist Jerry Montano at a hotel in West Hollywood, California.

See the reports at TMZ here:

http://www.tmz.com/2008/10/17/cops-big-and-rich-singer-in-hotel-smackdown/

And here:

http://www.tmz.com/2008/10/17/john-richs-attack-this-buds-for-you/

And here:

http://www.tmz.com/2008/10/17/schlitz-happens/

And another one here:

http://www.tmz.com/2008/10/17/john-rich-2-fights-in-2-days/

Here’s how I think the fight went down:

Jerry Montano is just hanging around the Hotel and he saw John Rich walking by.

Jerry: “Dude, are you that singer from that country band, Big & Rich?”

Rich: “Yep, and who are you?”

Jerry: “Why I’m Jerry Montano, I used to play for Danzig years back. Remember the song ‘Mother’?”

Rich: “No, my band wasn’t around back in those days to even know what kind of music that is. I’m a country musician, now if you excuse me, I gotta go.”

Jerry: “Wait wait wait, I just wanted to tell you how much I love your band and wondering if you would like to jam with me sometime.”

Rich: “Sorry, but country and metal doesn’t fit”.

Jerry: “I may be a metal musician but I like country, some of it…”

Rich: “I don’t jam with tattoo’ed long haired punks like yourself. I only jam with cowboys who play tunes for country line dancers”.

Jerry: “I ain’t letting you go until I get my opportunity to jam on my bass with you…”

Rich: “Get the hell outta my way, asshole…”

Kev