Indie band fired from NHL concert claims it was because of lyrics ridiculing Jeff Bezos as a “total jerk”
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Indie band fired from NHL concert claims it was lyric ridiculing Jeff Bezos as a “total jerk” as it emerges that Amazon’s CEO is a minority owner of the Seattle Kraken and the company has naming rights Of the sand.
- Who is she? was scheduled to play as the house band on January 25, 27 and 28 at Climate Pledge Arena during the Seattle Kraken games
- The group claimed they were fired after the concert after singing a modified version of the Le Tigre My My Metro card, which was aimed at mocking then-mayor Rudy Giuliani.
- In the modified lyrics, the indie group sang: “Oh no, Jeffrey Bezos / He’s a total jerk / Shut down all the bookstores / Billionaires don’t work.”
An indie band has claimed they were fired from a National Hockey League concert after they sang lyrics calling Jeff Bezos a “total jerk.”
The Seattle-based group Who Is She? was scheduled to play as the house band on January 25, 27 and 28 at Climate Pledge Arena during the Seattle Kraken games, which Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is a minority owner of.
The group now claims they were kicked out after their performance in the arena, which Amazon also owns the naming rights, after singing a modified version of the Le Tigre My My Metro card, which they had fun with the then-mayor. Rudy Giuliani.
In the modified lyrics, the indie group sang: “Oh no, Jeffrey Bezos / He’s a total jerk / Shut down all the bookstores / Billionaires don’t work.”
The Seattle-based group Who Is She? was scheduled to play as the house band on January 25, 27, and 28 at Climate Pledge Arena during Seattle Kraken games. They were asked not to return after their January 25 show (pictured)
They sang a modified version of the Le Tigre My My Metro card, which was originally played by then-mayor Rudy Giuliani.
“Since it’s a cover of the song, our intention was to create a nice couple of lines to replace the lyrics from Le Tigre from 1999 to make it more Seattle-specific,” they told The Associated Press. seattle times.
“Replacing the Rudy Giuliani name with Jeff Bezos made sense to us and his arena seemed like a great place to say it. We thought it was funny and well received. We doubt that an actual billionaire, or anyone paid or sponsored by said billionaire, feels that four women playing a cover of a song containing a mild joke is capable of doing any harm.
The band even ‘dropped the few profanities’ despite not being asked and changed other lyrics to relate to the hockey game. They even invited their friends and parents to the Saturday night games, only to have them not be invited back to the Saturday and Sunday games.
They claimed they were fired by the dig for the change of lyrics. However, the team reportedly implied that the band was drunk.
“The Seattle Kraken welcomes a variety of artists to play in our games and we do not believe in censoring those artists, as reflected by the variety of acts performing at Climate Pledge Arena,” the team said in a statement. .
In the modified lyrics, the indie group sang: “Oh no, Jeffrey Bezos / He’s a total jerk / Shut down all the bookstores / Billionaires don’t work.”
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is a minority owner of the team.
Amazon owns the naming rights to the Climate Pledge Arena. The crew hinted that the group was drunk while performing, but this was denied.
“However, we reserve the right to withdraw early from an act if your behavior does not meet the professional standards we expect. We also need to make sure the event is appropriate for the family audience that attends our games.
This decision was unrelated to the band’s choice of song. We require our performers to be professional, punctual and avoid consuming alcohol during their performance,’ the team said.
However, the team denied being drunk, telling the Seattle Times, “We weren’t drunk, and to say we were would be a lie.” We imagine that’s why Kraken’s carefully worded PR statement only implies that we were rather than accuse ourselves.
“We’ll admit, though, that after we got fired, we drank the 5 Coors Light we’d earlier avoided in the green room fridge.”
They also stated that the team’s implication was “sexist” as their image as “women who laugh a lot and like to have fun” does not equate to being drunk.
“We’re not sure why someone having a drink at a hockey game of all places would be a problem in the first place,” the band told the Times. “But the fact that we really weren’t drunk at all makes defending ourselves that much more exhausting.”