--- description: Two members of the Eagles of Death Metal gave a harrowing interview about the attack on their band's concert at the Bataclan theater title: Eagles of Death Metal Speak Out About the Paris Attacks image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Eagles of Death Metal Speak Out About the Paris Attacks by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 22, 2015 5:10 PM CUT by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 22, 2015 5:10 PM CUT Two members of the Eagles of Death Metal gave a harrowing interview about the attack on their band’s concert at the Bataclan theater in Paris that left 89 people dead, saying that a “kid” survived the attack by hiding under his leather jacket. In an [interview with VICE](http://www.vice.com/read/coming-soon-the-eagles-of-death-metal-speak-out-for-the-first-time-since-the-paris-attacks "undefined"), lead singer Jesse Hughes says the attackers went into the band’s dressing room and the only person in the room who survived was a person who hid under the jacket. Hughes adds that many people died because they refused to leave their friends and “So many people put themselves in front of people.” The band’s merchandise manager was killed in the attack, along with three colleagues from their record label. VICE released a small segment of the interview online, and will be releasing the full interview with Hughes and bandmate Joshua Homme next week. You can watch the clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4123657/eagles-of-death-metal-attacks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4123657/eagles-of-death-metal-attacks/"},"headline":"Eagles of Death Metal Speak Out About the Paris Attacks","datePublished":"2015-11-22T17:10:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:49:59.510Z","description":"In an emotional interview, the lead singer talks about what happened.","url":"https://time.com/4123657/eagles-of-death-metal-attacks/","keywords":["France","paris","paris attacks"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4123657/eagles-of-death-metal-attacks/","name":"Eagles of Death Metal Speak Out About the Paris Attacks"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A Timeline of the Paris Attacks","description":"A Timeline of Paris Attacks","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/4MTtdsM7/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-11-14T20:13:24.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/4MTtdsM7.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4123657/eagles-of-death-metal-attacks/","duration":"PT2M44S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4123657/eagles-of-death-metal-attacks/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```