HELL ON EARTH - RADIO HOST: 'I HAVE FLORIDA SUICIDE FOOTAGE'

The suicide due to coincide with American band HELL ON EARTH's Saturday (04OCT03) night show has allegedly been caught on video tape - according to a web radio host.

SHANE BUGBEE - who hosts a Chicago, Illinois-based internet show called RADIO FREE SATAN and has interviewed Hell On Earth frontman BILLY TOURTELOT - says he uploaded footage of both the band's show and what appears to be a "sickly-looking" man committing suicide through "some sort of asphyxiation".

Bugbee says he won't confirm the authenticity of the death without more proof, explaining, "You know, until a body is taken out of an apartment, until a grieving family steps forward to talk about their dying family member's last wish, I don't know if I believe it.

"For all I know, it could be Billy's drummer dressed up and it's a gag, a hoax on me. You know, a hoax on all of us."

Bugbee claims he's been offered $10,000 (GBP6,250) by American tabloid the NATIONAL ENQUIRER for the videos, which he says he will make public soon.

The Florida-based band made headlines by proclaiming that their recent performance was in support of a terminally-ill friend who planned to commit suicide during the concert. The show and suicide were scheduled to be broadcast live on the band's website, from two separate, undisclosed locations, but a heavy flood of traffic brought the site down.

Tourtelot claims the concert went ahead, but initially had no idea if the suicide occurred as well.