I remember once when Green Day (way before they were famous) played in my town the same night as the excellent band Antiseen, who stayed at a friend of mine's house that night. The next day my friend got a call from the club Green Day was playing, the singer from Antiseen grabbed the phone and told whoever was on the line that "Antiseen is gonna come down there and beat the shit out of Green Day in an old fashioned street fight" or some shit like that. I'm sure they were joking, but I heard Green Day finished their sound check early and left to go hide out somewhere, very much afraid of Antiseen. Rather amusing. Another time, a friend of mine's wife walked up to a kid who was wearing a Green Day shirt and told him "I think it's great you feel comfortable wearing that" to which he replied , "Huh?". Shwe explained that Green Day were gay, which was why "girls like them--they can relate to the song lyrics about breraking up with guys" or something like that. The kid was squirming after that. Truly great pranksterism. And before you guys go calling me a homophobe, keep this in mind---we really didn't give a fuck about Green Day's sexuality (or lack thereof) at all, we just thought they sucked, but apparently their fanboy was a lil bit uncomfortable with the idea that his heroes were fruit flavored. Ha ha ha!
