The Yellow Dogs’ publicist has released a statement regarding this morning’s shooting in Brooklyn. It states that the shooter in question was not a member of the band; the New York Times is reporting that the killer was a member of a different band affiliated with the Yellow Dogs.
Here is the statement, via Pitchfork…
The shooter was not a former member of the band The Yellow Dogs, he was in another band from Iran and the two groups were acquaintances in the past. A personal conflict between the guys resulted in the dissolution of their relationship in 2012. The shooting resulted in the death of two of the members of the Yellow Dogs, Sourosh Farazmand (guitarist) and Arash Farazmand (drummer), along with a friend of theirs, fellow musician and author Ali Eskandarian. The shooter died from a self inflicted bullet wound on site.
Earlier today we posted the music of the Yellow Dogs.