VIDEO: Why do they have to have a black rapper at Download? You wouldn't get a metal band playing at some black music festival.

As soon as we stepped on stage - blloooshh - the bottles, liquids, even a carton of Muller rice started to fly. To be honest, I was kind of relieved that it had begun, but about 80% of the crowd was throwing stuff. It looked like the whole field was raining bottles.

I wouldn't say there was a racial element to what most people were doing, I really wouldn't. I know the history of Download and that it's really central to the metal scene, that the fans are passionate and protective of their music. And the weird thing was that by the end I had got most of the crowd on my side! I'd showed a lot of balls and I gained respect - 90% of the people there applauded me off. But then I found the racist stuff and my mood totally changed.

[ Why do they have to have a black rapper at Download? You wouldn't get a metal band playing at some black music festival. They just have to force multiracialism where it's not welcome - as long as it's whites who are having it forced onto them. ]