A German teacher was sacked for being in a death metal band.
Thomas Gurrath, 29 - who by day taught philosophy to his 14-year-old pupils at his high school in Stuttgart - was asked to leave when school governors found out about his secret life in The Bloodbeast, where he writhed around on stage with topless women covered in animal blood.
A parent said: "It was very worrying to listen to his music and then realize he was teaching our children."
A supervisor at Gurrath’s school discovered some of the material on the band’s website and told education authorities.
On the website, Gurrath explains that the violence depicted in the band’s music and image merely reflects a violent world.
“But it’s still only music, a form of art. It`s no real violence, no one gets hurt by music, only if it is too loud,” the website reads.
Album titles include “Kill, Maim, Burn”, “Rage of the Bloodbeast” and “Torture Pit.”
Shocked officials ordered the teacher to quit saying his performances were a form of mental instability. They ordered him to choose between teaching and his music - saying he could no longer teach anywhere in Baden-Wuerttemberg state unless he gave up the band, but Gurrath claimed he was too addicted to death metal music so left his job.
The final Curious © phrase:
"I didn't want to do metal work and get my hands all nicked up and be around guys. So I took drama because there were a lot of girls"
(Michael J. Fox )
