It didn't take long for local musician Randy Blythe, frontman of the well-known metal band Lamb of God and a friend of Roem's, to take notice. On Friday afternoon, Blythe sent out a call to "all freaks, weirdos, misfits and regular people of good conscience," encouraging them to show up Monday morning for a counterparty. The announcement was clear that the event was a celebration, not a counter-protest, "because that would entail arguing with these idiots (which is USELESS)."