Oh Crap! Dave Matthews Band sued for alleged dumping

[wndycty]

Dave Matthews Band Blamed For Human Waste

Aug 24, 2004 6:01 pm US/Central
Rock star Dave Matthews and his tour bus driver are facing a filthy lawsuit.
The Illinois Attorney General's office says they're responsible for dumping up to 100-gallons of raw human waste from a tour bus onto the Kinzie Street Bridge earlier this month.
The nasty mess rained down on passengers aboard a sightseeing boat two weeks ago.
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http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_237190538.html

[lil-petunia]

1. if you know the city like i do

this was NOT accidental.
trust me on this shit.

[Cronus Protagonist]

9. Why should anyone trust you?

You leap to incriminate with no evidence or proof. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? No room for that in the America you live in?

Swiftboat Veterans for Bush

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[faithnotgreed]

11. i read the poster to mean they dont think the lawsuit timing

is accidental... fwiw

[Ducks In A Row]

2. who does something like this?

it's easier to dump at a corner gutter. everyone knows that.

[glitch]

3. Despicable - there are plenty of place to dispose RV waste safely nt

[Sugarbleus]

4. "Oh Crap" Indeed..

I love Dave Mathews.... not good news.

[VolcanoJen]

5. The bus driver denied this when the story first broke...

... in early August.

http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/music/mmx-040810-musicmatthews,0,5480980.story?coll=mmx-home_promo_righth2o

Excerpt:

The bus driver for rock star Dave Matthews called from the road Monday to say his luxury coach was not the one responsible for dousing passengers on a Chicago River tour boat with foul-smelling muck over the weekend.

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(bus driver) Fitzpatrick confirmed he was in Chicago with Matthews, whose band played the second of two shows at Alpine Valley in Wisconsin later that night. But the driver said he was parked in front of the Peninsula Hotel, 108 E. Superior St., when the waste rained down from the bridge several blocks away.

"There is no way I could be responsible for that," Fitzpatrick said from downstate Effingham. "I haven't emptied the tank for days. Besides, we are very cautious about how we do that sort of thing."

To bolster his case, Fitzpatrick coaxed Sgt. Paul Gardner of the Effingham Police Department to inspect the bus. He then gave Gardner his cell phone to tell a reporter that the tank was nearly full.

"One of the strangest requests I've ever had, that's for sure," Gardner said.

Let's wait for the facts to emerge... I'm sure this isn't the kind of thing the Dave Matthews Band would condone.

[zappaman]

7. crap?

When I saw the headline, I took it to mean they threw their own CDs out the window.
Now THAT would be pollution!

[LostInAnomie]

6. Despicable

I hate DMB. They are over rated crappy college rock.

They're only redeeming grace is that they are Dems.

[diablerie]

8. What a shitty thing to do...

:hi:

[standardClass]

10. This stinks

Was not the DMB promoting Kerry? This will reflect badly on that effort.

[gmoney]

12. They're measuring DMB CDs by the gallon now?

100 gallons of raw DMB is a superfund site of pretentious craprock!

Throw the book at him.

[MissMarple]

13. I can't quite hear you. And I wouldn't believe it if I could.

And my eyes are covered, so there. :D