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== Projectile pasta == |
== Projectile pasta == |
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Beginning in the early 1990s (by some accounts, at a particular show at Toronto's Danforth Music Hall in 1991), fans of BNL began throwing boxes of Kraft Dinner onstage during performances of "If I Had $1000000" after the line about KD was sung. Though amusing at first, the practice eventually got out of hand, with the band often having to dodge multiple sharp-cornered boxes and potentially explosive packets of cheese powder. One story from the [[Stunt tour]] even has touring keyboardist [[Chris Brown]] find cooked cheese sauce inbetween the keys of his vintage Hohner Clavinet keyboard. |
Beginning in the early 1990s (by some accounts, at a particular show at Toronto's Danforth Music Hall in 1991), fans of BNL began throwing boxes of Kraft Dinner onstage during performances of "If I Had $1000000" after the line about KD was sung. Though amusing at first, the practice eventually got out of hand, with the band often having to dodge multiple sharp-cornered boxes and potentially explosive packets of cheese powder. One story from the [[Stunt tour]] even has touring keyboardist [[Chris Brown]] find cooked cheese sauce inbetween the keys of his vintage Hohner Clavinet keyboard. |
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β | In an effort to discourage the practice, the band would often post signs at the entrances of concerts reading:<blockquote>''Macaroni & Cheese Hurts ''</blockquote><blockquote>''When you get it in the head ''</blockquote><blockquote>''BNL would appreciate donations to the food bank instead ''</blockquote><blockquote>''Thank You''</blockquote>...along with a donation bin for the local food bank. Venue security staff were also instructed to search audience members for boxes of KD. "Those in the know don't throw" |
+ | In an effort to discourage the practice, the band would often post signs at the entrances of concerts reading:<blockquote>''Macaroni & Cheese Hurts ''</blockquote><blockquote>''When you get it in the head ''</blockquote><blockquote>''BNL would appreciate donations to the food bank instead ''</blockquote><blockquote>''Thank You''</blockquote>...along with a donation bin for the local food bank. Venue security staff were also instructed to search audience members for boxes of KD. It also spawned a popular fan slogan, "Those in the know don't throw". |
+ | [[File:BNL performing "$1000000" at a concert in Britain, in which Steve is presented with a box of "Cheesey Pasta"|thumb|330x330px]] |
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== Trivia == |
== Trivia == |