![]() ![]() Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: "Kill the President" from their 1989 debut album provides a rare song example, having all but vanished from their discography due to their record label not liking the content of the song.The chorus line is actually "shit is fucked up". The Cameo: Guy Cohen, who played the titular role in "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" music video makes a brief appearance as this character towards the end of "Why Don't You Get a Job?".Breather Episode: Days Go By is fairly heavy, musically and thematically, but after tracks like "Hurting As One" and "Turning Into You" you get "Cruising California (Bumpin' in my Trunk)", a lighthearted jam about goofing around and trying to get laid in the band's hometown of Huntington Beach, CA.Body Horror: The video for "The Kids Aren't Alright" transitions between characters by having them coming out of the previous person's body.Black Comedy Rape: "When You're in Prison".Big Word Shout: "MOTA!" (done by the same guy who did "You gotta keep 'em separated!").The latter's chorus includes the line "And the voices told me to blow you away!". Ax-Crazy: "Bad Habit" and "Special Delivery".The way "Session" begins: "Aaaaaaah FUCK! FUCK, FUCK, FUCK!!!".Anti-Police Song: "LAPD" was a direct response to the Rodney King case in 1992. ![]() Animated Music Video: "Dividing By Zero/Slim Pickens Does The Right Thing And Rides The Bomb To Hell".All Girls Want Bad Boys: "Want You Bad" is a Gender Flip, as the narrator wants a bad girl.Inverted in Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace - the title was taken from the title of one song and the second line of another ("Fix You" - "she wakes up, rage and grace"). Album Title Drop: Splinter has in "Long Way Home" the line "I'm splintered by my own desire".A God Am I: The narrator of "Bad Habit" is so Ax-Crazy he says this in the interlude ("Something's odd, I feel like I'm God"), right before the famous Precision F-Strike.Admiring the Abomination: The singer of "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" seems to be admiring the handiwork of a Magnificent Bastard manipulating people with his music, even while he himself is falling victim to that handiwork.Addiction Song: "The Opioid Diaries" is about someone who became addicted to prescription painkillers."Coming for You" note Released as a single in 2015 and a revised version appeared on the album."Dividing By Zero/Slim Pickens Does the Right Thing and Rides the Bomb to Hell"."Cruising California (Bumpin' in My Trunk)".He is now replaced by Todd Morse, while drummer Pete Parada was dismissed from the band in 2021 due to his refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine on his doctor's orders with Josh Freese replacing him for their 2021-22 tour. from the band, causing him to file a lawsuit against them. In 2018, Holland and Noodles allegedly decided to ban Greg K. Amusingly, Wasserman was the janitor at Holland and Kriesel's high school, and he was initially brought into the band because he was 21 years old and could buy everybody else beer. Afterwards they cycled through a few extra drummers (Josh Freese, Atom Willard of Rocket from the Crypt and Angels & Airwaves) before settling on Pete Parada (formerly of Saves the Day and Face to Face), who has been in the band since 2007. Their best-known drummer was Ron Welty, who was in the band from 1987 to 2003. The band's constant members from 1985 to 2018 have been Bryan "Dexter" Holland (vocals, guitar), Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman (guitar, backing vocals, Nerd Glasses) and Gregory "Greg K." Kriesel (bass, backing vocals).
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