| David Brom | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 3, 1971 Cascade Township, Minnesota, USA |
| Conviction(s) | Multiple murders |
| Penalty | Life imprisonment |
| Status | Incarcerated |
David Brom (born October 3, 1971) is an American murderer. He killed his parents, brother and sister with an axe in February 1988 near Rochester, Minnesota.
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16-year-old Brom had a fight with his father over the music he listened to immediately before the murders.
When their 1987 album, Escape From Noise, proved to be more successful than they expected, Negativland, a sound collage band, canceled the tour they were expected to do and released a fake press release stating the band would be placed in house arrest until investigations concluded as to whether the track "Christianity Is Stupid" was implicated in Brom's murders. The resulting media craze, stemming from journalists neglecting to fact-check, is lampooned in the title track of their 1989 album, Helter Stupid, whose insert also includes background information behind the band's prank.
American Death Metal band Macabre released a song titled "David Brom Took an Axe" on their 1989 album Gloom based on the David Brom murders.