Today in 2003 Great White killed all 100 of their fans. The band was playing a show at The Station nightclub when a pyrotechnics display ignited flammable soundproofing foam that covered the walls and ceilings. The inferno killed 100 people and resulted in a lawsuit against the band and the owner of the club.

A grand jury indicted club owners Jeffrey and Michael Derderian and former Great White tour manager Daniel Biechele, though many victims believed members of the band and the local fire inspector also were culpable. All three reached plea deals, and Biechele and Michael Derderian were sent to prison in 2006. Biechele is scheduled to be released on parole next month, and Derderian in 2009. Jeffrey Derderian was spared jail time and ordered to perform community service.

The survivors of the conflagration live with disfigurement, depression (presumably because they were freaking burned at a Great White show), and steep medical bills. The victims' relatives endure flashes of bitter anger and loneliness. But they have been told 'Once burned, Twice as Shy."

Can't we remember the good times, when the band was on top of the 80's? They had hit record after hit record and were tearing up the charts? Oh right they only had one hit and tore up the charts once.

Here is an ironic music video for Great White. They were Burger King's number one video in the 80's. You know, home of the flame-broiled Whopper.

You didn't know that Rock n Roll burned
So you bought a candle and you lived and you learned. -Great White "Once Bitten Twice Shy"

Truer words were never spoken.