Weird stuff probably nobody but me cares about

[drwex]

According to the Wikipedia entry about The Nails their roadie Eric Boucher later became known as Jello Biafra.

(For the WTF crowd:
The Nails are probably best known for their song 88 Lines About 44 Women.
Jello Biafra is a radical leftist musician and poet, anarchist, and force behind the indie label Alternative Tentacles.
The Dead Kennedys are (were) a hardcore punk band who got a surprising amount of pop airplay for songs like "California Uber Alles" and "Holiday in Cambodia". They inspired a lot of bands my readers probably know better, such as They Might Be Giants.)

Comments

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

Rick James (of Superfreak fame) and Neil Young were roomates for a year in Buffalo NY before either got famous

[purple-terror.livejournal.com]

I remember running sound for a Spoken Word event at WPI waaaay back when, and having to set Biafra up with the wireless mic; he was a dick.

[drwex]

He was, in fact, a professional dick. I've read interviews where he claims that this is just his stage persona, but I'm unconvinced.

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

On that spoken word tour my college roommate was the volunteer that picked him up from the local airport to bring him to our university. He said that they had a great conversation.

Another funny thing about the conversation... my friend told him that he had recently tried acid for his first few times and was yakking about all the mind-expanding possibilities of it. He says that at that point Jello got a bit panicked and asked, "Ummm... you aren't tripping right now, are you?"

[rmd.livejournal.com]

weird. i had no idea the nails were around that long.

the nails

[cthulhia]

I get so annoyed by younger nin fans who refer to them as "the Nails".

("no, no, no, the nails is a totally different band. dammit.")

[edichka2.livejournal.com]

I've got a 45 of "Moral Majority" and "Nazi Punks Fuck Off." I don't even remember when or where I got it. It's sandwiched between "Pop Muzik" and "Groove Line."

- E

[mizarchivist]

FYI: Holiday In Cambodia- another Guitar Hero song.

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

WTF? I had no idea. I mean... I thought Jello had been around a lot longer. Now I have to research the timelines, etc.