Animals as Leaders gear stolen
2012-06-17 by Puzzles | 79 Replies | 3256 Views

Animals as Leaders recently posted on their Facebook page that a large amount of their gear had been stolen from their LA home while on tour.

"We've got some pretty terrible news to report. Upon returning home to our house in LA we discovered that we'd been robbed while were out on tour. The thieves were able to get away with Javier's Chevy Blazer and all of the equipment we didn't have on tour with us. 10 guitars in total. This includes many of our one of a kind custom instruments (Stranberg,Rick Toone ) as well as amplifiers, PA equipment and personal items.

This is beyond devastating. We know so many of you have been beyond supportive with Javier's legal troubles. We may need more of your help now to potentially find some of these one of a kind instruments that may pop up on Ebay, Craigslist, pawn shops, used music stores etc. "

The band have added a detailed description and pictures of the stolen gear on their Facebook page and has urged anyone with information about the stolen gear to contact them at animalsgear@gmail.com.

This tragedy comes after the much talked about conflict between guitarist Javier Reyes and Los Angeles police.

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Lambda
June 17th 2012

2113 Comments


I read about this..... sucks.

andcas
June 17th 2012

59398 Comments


this band can not catch a break lately.

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immortalizepain
June 17th 2012

322 Comments


Wow, this band is getting busy. Sucks. But I still wanna steal Tosin's skill.

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Thane
June 17th 2012

1879 Comments


wow this sucks.

exportnow
June 17th 2012

77 Comments


This blows.

MO
June 17th 2012

14915 Comments


wow that's friggin' awful, I remember seeing interviews with tosin where some of his setups were in the tens of thousands of dollars

fuckin' scumbags whoever did this

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Da11thMytrillSphere
June 17th 2012

546 Comments


This thing really fucking blows

jdennis31
June 17th 2012

5133 Comments


'This tragedy comes after the much talked about conflict between guitarist Javier Reyes and Los Angeles police.' are you talkin about the boston thing? jw cause if not these guys get fucked with by police alot

Spare
June 17th 2012

4993 Comments


amount of bands gettin their shit stolen lately is pretty unsettling

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fish.
Contributing Reviewer
June 17th 2012

16157 Comments


wow they're not doing well lately

Omaha
Staff Reviewer
June 17th 2012

7051 Comments


God, people get worse and worse by the day.

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Pentagon
June 17th 2012

1983 Comments


damn these guys have been unlucky

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ChuckyTruant
June 17th 2012

13590 Comments


Fucking bastards

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Eclecticist
June 17th 2012

3643 Comments


When will artists learn, that which is material is only temporary.

Omaha
Staff Reviewer
June 17th 2012

7051 Comments


When will artists learn, that AAL will only return to awesome when they fucking have their gear DUH dudes

KjSwantko
June 17th 2012

8224 Comments


scumbags. I hate it when people jack music equipment from bands like this

ConcubinaryCode
June 17th 2012

1579 Comments


They stole his truck too. Damn.

Deviant.
Staff Reviewer
June 17th 2012

28966 Comments


When will artists learn, that which is material is only temporary.


omg

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Eclecticist
June 17th 2012

3643 Comments


I am totally kidding.

Deviant.
Staff Reviewer
June 17th 2012

28966 Comments


You're totally not

thumbcrusher
June 17th 2012

2909 Comments


last few weeks can't have been the easiest for these guys

FromDaHood
Contributing Reviewer
June 17th 2012

7990 Comments


Reddit's starting a collection for them to buy their gear back or something so if you want to donate go for it

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thumbcrusher
June 17th 2012

2909 Comments


surely they should get it back for nothing?

EDIT: you probably mean buy new equipment *duh*

Eclecticist
June 17th 2012

3643 Comments


"You're totally not"

No I was. It sucks when these things happen and I will definitely be keeping an eye out for any of their gear.

taylormemer
Contributing Reviewer
June 17th 2012

4881 Comments


Do I hear your pedals breaking?

Calc
June 17th 2012

7742 Comments


yeesh life keeps on piling it on these guys

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pcar
June 17th 2012

530 Comments


what kind of name is tosin abasi anyways

TBliss2
June 17th 2012

480 Comments


terrible

sniper01
June 17th 2012

15110 Comments


blows.

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AmericnZero02
June 17th 2012

3048 Comments


That's so shitty. I hope they get their stuff back.

squidwardtentacles
June 17th 2012

39 Comments


These guys don't deserve the bullshit that's been coming their way on this tour. I wish the best for them.

synysterend
June 17th 2012

44 Comments


That is terrible, amazing band too, no one deserves that. Hope these guys get the restitution they need.

FearThyEvil9
June 17th 2012

8634 Comments


This really sucks. I feel so bad for them. Such fucking bullshit.

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Devastator
June 17th 2012

2102 Comments


Always the good bands that get their stuff stolen. Hope everything works out for them and they catch the assholes who did it.

bloc
June 17th 2012

32477 Comments


Shit I wanted that Stranberg...

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Spec
June 17th 2012

24160 Comments


These guys have had it pretty bad lately.

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bringonthebreakdown
June 17th 2012

8898 Comments


dudes can't catch a fucking break

GuanoBumbershoot
June 17th 2012

973 Comments


These guys put a lot of money into their equiptment too.

Trebor17
Contributing Reviewer
June 17th 2012

40318 Comments


Stealing something so personal and unique is so fucked up

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KILL
June 17th 2012

53188 Comments


rip

drasticaction74
June 17th 2012

1536 Comments


ERRRRGGG

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TooLateToGoBack
June 17th 2012

1230 Comments


That sucks.

People who steal musical equipment are seriously the biggest fucking assholes.

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Quen
June 17th 2012

1609 Comments


these dudes can't get a break holy shit.

East Hastings
June 17th 2012

4367 Comments


damn i just saw them on thursday this sucks

Spec
June 17th 2012

24160 Comments


I could ne'er steal someone's instrument.

J0ckstrapsFTW
June 17th 2012

3309 Comments


Why can't people steal shitty muscians equipment

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ShadowRemains
June 17th 2012

16722 Comments


Do I hear your pedals breaking?


lol'd


heyadam
June 17th 2012

1460 Comments


Man, these guys just can't seem to catch a break.

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Puto611
June 17th 2012

3 Comments


only one place to go once you hit rock bottom and thats up....AAL will be on the top again an better then ever!!

Ending
June 17th 2012

593 Comments


This whole band has been caught in quite an unlucky streak lately. It's a shame really, since they certainly don't deserve it (nobody does, really, but this is happening when they are already having problems) at all. If it wasn't as personal and one-of-a-kind then I suppose the circumstances would be different (still bad, but less so) but the fact that they were personal and unique just adds to the level of messed up this is. Best of luck to the band trying to get everything back, as they do not at all deserve it.

zaruyache
June 17th 2012

3769 Comments


God hates this band, apparently. Sucks.

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TomAkaVeto
June 17th 2012

1328 Comments


"Why can't people steal shitty muscians equipment"

Why can't people STOP STEALING anyone's shit.

Relinquished
June 17th 2012

17155 Comments


at least they still have their tour equipment. fucking terrible though.

FictionalFlames
June 17th 2012

1449 Comments


why god? why?

cagedescending
June 17th 2012

3620 Comments


Weak shit man.

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Recspecs
June 17th 2012

9459 Comments


Not a fan of the band, but damn this blows. Band has been going through some shit lately.

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ffs
June 17th 2012

4148 Comments


why did they need that many guitars

tresm87
June 17th 2012

297 Comments


stealing is just low man, scum of the earth type shit

nash1311
June 18th 2012

1738 Comments


At this rate this band won't be able to continue. I remember when I first heard this band a long time ago and they were having to crash at people's houses while on tour. and now all this extra BS happening after they've been reasonably successful. thats pretty awful

auberginedreams
June 18th 2012

5862 Comments


why is it so difficult for people to comprehend the difference between a robbery and a burglary?

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jdennis31
June 18th 2012

5133 Comments


probably cause they are too pissed off they just got their shit stolen

Relinquished
June 18th 2012

17155 Comments


because you're an idiot

Recspecs
June 18th 2012

9459 Comments


"why is it so difficult for people to comprehend the difference between a robbery and a burglary?"

There is a difference...?

Deviant.
Staff Reviewer
June 18th 2012

28966 Comments


Burglary generally implies that a person had to have gained entrance to somewhere in order to commit a theft - breaking and entering etc

Recspecs
June 18th 2012

9459 Comments


Ahh okay that makes sense, but should it really be an issue to people who aren't law enforcement officers?


Puzzles
June 18th 2012

2898 Comments


ok guys 66 comments - only 600 more then I can make a really fucking stupid comment

Makemebad35
June 18th 2012

633 Comments


Fuck thieves

Recspecs
June 18th 2012

9459 Comments


Puzzles spare us the wait and share the joke I won't think any less of you.

JAV
June 18th 2012

1641 Comments


Why can thieves not steal from shitty bands?

VanitySeason
June 18th 2012

379 Comments


fucking sucks hard, why would you even stoop that low?

Storm In A Teacup
June 18th 2012

11532 Comments


This band has had a lot of adversity to deal with. Arrests, robberies, and shitty sound technicians at their concerts.

RyanSmithers
June 19th 2012

38 Comments


And they were still awesome on Saturday night. Such professionals. I have so much respect for them. What a really terrible situation they've had to endure the last couple of weeks. Amazingly through all of this Tosin mentioned that the tour they were on was probably the best they've ever been on. Must be weird to have such highs and lows at the same time. I hope the gear is found, hopefully it helps that their gear is so unique...

RyanSmithers
June 19th 2012

38 Comments


And they were still awesome on Saturday night. Such professionals. I have so much respect for them. What a really terrible situation they've had to endure the last couple of weeks. Amazingly through all of this Tosin mentioned that the tour they were on was probably the best they've ever been on. Must be weird to have such highs and lows at the same time. I hope the gear is found, hopefully it helps that their gear is so unique...

BurnedBlack606
June 19th 2012

400 Comments


Lol someone's gonna be makin some bank

MadMikeLove
June 19th 2012

323 Comments


It's heart-wrenching to see all this shitty stuff happen to brilliant, and humble people.

Whoever did this is true scum.

PersianLeonidus
June 20th 2012

12 Comments


Good news (if you haven't found out yet), They found the Chevy Blazer and one of the guitars.

andcas
June 20th 2012

59398 Comments


write a follow-up story then submit it persian.

YetAnotherBrick
June 21st 2012

4011 Comments


^ i definitely second that

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MO
June 21st 2012

14915 Comments


sweet that's awesome



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