August 31, 2004

If this is a publicity stunt, it's among the best I've seen in a long while.

As you may know by now, Coolfer loves the High Strung. Great band. Well, the band got a newer yellow school bus to carry them back and forth across the country, so at 3am on a recent morning, they left their old, beat up, graffiti-covered yellow school bus on the steps (and nearly in front of the entrance) of Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. With this bus they left a plaque that read:

THSJpeg.jpg"This is a 1988 Chevy G30 used by The High Strung. Although the odometer reads 8,621 miles, it is actually 318,621 miles. The spray painting was done by various people all over the country but never by any one in the van. The van contains countless notes, photos and song ideas inspired by those met along the way."

High Strunger Josh Malerman left a note to the Hall that explained why they left the van.

"Dear Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, We believe rock and roll can make man heroic, make man Superman, can make giants out of the audience and artists alike...The High Strung's donation to you is a wild multicolored beast of a vehicle that despite its age and demands placed upon it, carried us to 500 shows across America without asking us to cancel one. Oh yeah, and don't you worry about any potential towing costs, the keys are in the ignition."

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Posted by Glenn at 11:16 AM | | | Music