Howard Jones of Killswitch Engage
I wanna hear more about this prank, but I also have to point out that one of the coolest bits of Warped Tour '07 for me was chilling right in front of Bad Religion's stage when they were setting up, listening to Greg Graffin completely taking the piss out of all Howard Jones' screaming.
It didn't involve Jones personally, just the use of his name.
I called one of our radio promotions people at in New York and had her call us up with big news that she couldn't convey in JUST an email. She had to tell us together on the phone. So we made it a Saturday night, when we are on the air.
The prank involved the promo woman calling about a national act that was breaking off into a niche side project like Tim from As I Lay Dying has Austrian Death Machine. A spoof on everything Arnold Schwarzenegger. Only this would be fantasy football inspired with Howard from Massachusetts based metal group, Killswitch Engage. They had heard how much we did for a young band like iwrestledabearonce from people in the industry that they wanted to reach out to us directly about promoing this and getting involved with exclusive interviews and access looking to blow it up. They chose us because they had heard how much of a huge New England Patriots fan my cohort is. He is an all actuality a RABID Dolphins fan.
She went on and on about how some of the songs bagged on the Dolphins this year and how last season's division championship was a fluke. That Brady was back to be ordained again as Mr. Football, while the Dolphins fell back to mediocrity.
He was buying everything because of the source being who she was and I played it completely shocked and straight. I wish I would had recorded the feed. But when my buddy heard that someone advised KSE that he was a Pats fan, he fucking got PISSED. Red face, veins popping, kind of pissed. It took everything I had not to laugh. He was cursing Howard Jones up and down. Threatening to pull his dick out at every photo op that our promotions girl had "planned" and I'm not doing the prank or his reaction justice here. He's STILL pissed about, and it was over seven hours ago.
But if you know any rabid fans... You probably can relate.
You can fuck with his metal, his dogs, anything. But don't you dare besmirch the love he has for his Dolphins. You might as well just stab him in the dickhole with a rusty trowel.