Members of Brokencyde assault Punchline drummer

After Brokencyde's show at the Smiling Moose in Pittsburgh on Monday night, an altercation between members of the band and Punchline drummer Cory Muro occurred, which resulted in Muro bloodied and needing to receive three staples in his head, as well as Muro's friend Johnny Grushecky's nose being broken.

In an interview with Altpress, Muro said:

"Me and both of my bands have been playing music our whole lives. It is our lives. We don't have jobs, we do nothing but play music and play shows. We don't agree with the so-called music Brokencyde make. When we saw the singer outside their bus, I told him I don't like his band’s music or the messages in it. He ran onto the bus and ten seconds later, the whole band and crew came sprinting out of the bus and straight for my friend.

The singer--I think his name is Dave [Gallegos]--suckerpunched Johnny and broke his nose. At that point, I grabbed [Gallegos] around the neck and brought him to the ground in a chokehold. Next thing I know, I was getting kicked in the head and blacked out for a couple seconds. When I came to, I was covered in blood and still getting kicked. I managed to get up and realized they had Johnny up against a door. It was about six-on-one and they weren’t stopping. As people saw what was happening—including everyone who works at the Smiling Moose—they started to come split it up. [Brokencyde] even hit Johnny's sister, Desiree, in the chest when she tried splitting it up. Once Brokencyde realized they were the ones everyone was against at this point, they jumped back on their bus, hit a parked car and fled the scene.

The cops showed up, took a report and talked to the witnesses. The [employees of] the Smiling Moose told the cops that they saw everything and we were telling the truth—also that Brokencyde had been giving them problems all night. There was also a girl flipping out about her underage friends being stuck on the bus."

As a result of the altercation, Punchline are giving away their latest album "Delightfully Pleased" for free on their newly created website, aptly titled "Brokencydesucks".