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Posted by: admin | 11/01/2004 at 20:47
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This was posted by thatpunkpolter on the message board at The BAD RELIGION Page. Judge yourself if it's a joke or true.
Anywho, I just got home from the BR show in Philadelphia, PA. One thing about the show really peaked my interest and I thought I would reach out to see if anyone might have the inside scoop.
Greg mentioned there was someone very special in the audience. He went on to explain that an FBI informant has been following the band around the last couple of shows and was indeed in the audience tonight. He then dedicated ?You? to him.
This type of surveillance does not surprise me. I?m sure everyone reading this knows that the Nixon administration had John Lennon under heavy surveillance as well as many other musicians during the Vietnam era. Much is the same during this Iraq war. Another paranoid, criminal President. Another unjustified war.
I was just wondering if anyone knows how the band found out about this. Were they notified by the government? Have they received any citations? Either way, it really seemed that Greg was not too happy about the situation.
themarkovian responded with:
"Greg seemed pretty serious about the guy being there. I did see a a guy with a badge outside of the venue before the show started. Greg seemed pretty pissed off about the situation and pointed him out to the crowd. i couldnt see him at the time."
And thatpunkpolter replied with:
"I completely agree with this assessment. I've seen BR over 20 times and am quite familiar with Greg's sense of humor. In fact, it's a big part of why I religiously attend their shows (even if I am one of the oldest people in the crowd). In this case, however, he really did not appear to be joking. Of course, this is just one man's opinion."
Please respond to this at our message board rather than using the form below.
Anywho, I just got home from the BR show in Philadelphia, PA. One thing about the show really peaked my interest and I thought I would reach out to see if anyone might have the inside scoop.
Greg mentioned there was someone very special in the audience. He went on to explain that an FBI informant has been following the band around the last couple of shows and was indeed in the audience tonight. He then dedicated ?You? to him.
This type of surveillance does not surprise me. I?m sure everyone reading this knows that the Nixon administration had John Lennon under heavy surveillance as well as many other musicians during the Vietnam era. Much is the same during this Iraq war. Another paranoid, criminal President. Another unjustified war.
I was just wondering if anyone knows how the band found out about this. Were they notified by the government? Have they received any citations? Either way, it really seemed that Greg was not too happy about the situation.
themarkovian responded with:
"Greg seemed pretty serious about the guy being there. I did see a a guy with a badge outside of the venue before the show started. Greg seemed pretty pissed off about the situation and pointed him out to the crowd. i couldnt see him at the time."
And thatpunkpolter replied with:
"I completely agree with this assessment. I've seen BR over 20 times and am quite familiar with Greg's sense of humor. In fact, it's a big part of why I religiously attend their shows (even if I am one of the oldest people in the crowd). In this case, however, he really did not appear to be joking. Of course, this is just one man's opinion."
Please respond to this at our message board rather than using the form below.
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11/03/2004 at 03:37
what the hell are you talking about!??!?!?! greg graffin uses curse words all the time... that part isn't shocking at all. he also curses pretty openly on the 2004 rockam video.. anyway, i'd love it if this story would get cleared up so we can know what the hell is going on.
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11/03/2004 at 01:12
Yeah he also said this at the D.C. show, and even though i thought it was odd and only for that one show, it comes as no surprise considering the location. I actually was able to see him, and if greg graffin is pissed enought o use curse words, there' no doubt in my mind that it wasn't a joke.
Btw, I voted Graffin as a write in for the board of education : ]. My friend also voted me for senator and another voted Graffin for president, was entertaining :). |
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11/02/2004 at 16:41
Yeah, I got the feeling he was serious. There's nothing funny about it, so it can't be a joke. He definitely seemed pissed at the NYC show, pissed enough to use the word "motherfucker." After he called him a motherfucker, he said we should throw the FBI agent off the top balcony.
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11/02/2004 at 09:04
He didn't mention this at the Sayreville show.
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11/02/2004 at 05:22
Greg said the same thing at the Boston show, and he seemed kind of matter-of-fact about it, like it was serious and not a joke. But with his strange sense of humor, who knows.
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11/02/2004 at 02:21
same thing was said at the NYC show
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11/02/2004 at 00:40
I too was at the show and while Greg laughed about it, he did seem very serious, and it seemed like everyone else in the band didn't laugh at it, so, I don't know, maybe it is the truth. I didn't see a guy with a badge at the show, but I was more worried about seeing Bad Religion, haha.
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11/02/2004 at 00:29
"One thing about the show really peaked my interest..."
It's "piqued." |
