Metal Band To Be Focus Of Next Underbelly

A bizarre week for the metal industry has ended in this news that the exploits of a prominent Australian metal band will form the basis of the next serious of Underbelly.

In the last seven days the frontman of a Christian metal band was arrested for hiring a hitman to kill his wife, a former guitarist called the cops on his own meth lab and a frontman was electrocuted on stage, the events sparking the interest of TV execs.

“They've managed to keep a lot of their adventures out of the news, but they've done some pretty weird shit in their time,” a source close to the series told SPA Confidential. “Once their frontman kidnapped their drummer when he was coming home from his meditation class and demanded a $30,000 ransom from the other band members.”

SPA Confidential understands the ordeal ended when the guitarist had an affair with the frontman's wife and was subsequently assaulted by the frontman, allowing the drummer to escape.

In another incident the band accidentally burned their bassist's house to the ground with a set of matches they were using to practise church-burnings. The fire spread to their next door neighbour's house, who was storing 200 marijuana plants at the time. The plants didn't survive.

While some of the band's incidents may seem comical, there were also some darker moments that the show plans to tackle as well. The frontman developed a sever heroin addiction, and once gave sexual favours to his cousin in exchange for a tofu salad. And the tour manager's pet hamster was murdered after the guitarist blamed it for not having enough foldback in his speakers.

“The band have done a lot of soul searching about putting these stories out in the public domain, but they want to come clean,” the source said. “That and the show's producer's said they pay for flights to a country where they could all legally marry their sisters.”

An episode dedicated to the incident where the keyboardist downloaded 300 GB of goat pornography may not be show in certain states due to an ongoing court case.

Also in the works is a Jerry Springer-style show for members of metal bands called Keep Your Riffs Off My Wife!.