Wednesday WTF: The Return of Green Day (Sort Of)

This story is actually a few weeks old, but I've been sitting on it to see if it fizzled or if something big came out of it. In December of 2007 a band calling themselves The Foxboro Hot Tubs launched a MySpace page and website where they were giving away digital copies of their debut Stop Drop and Roll EP. It didn't take very long for music enthusiasts to point out that the anonymous lead singer's voice sounds remarkably like Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, most notably on lead single "Mother Mary". Speculation has run rampant about whether or not this is actually Green Day, but there's plenty of evidence. In 2001, a band known as The Network released an EP, again bearing similarities to Green Day. The band never owned up to being The Network, and its unlikely they'll ever come clean about The Foxboro Hot Tubs (if they are in fact responsible for it).

Under normal circumstances the EP would have floated around the internet a bit and then ultimately fizzled out. But in checking the Alternative Rock Radio Charts for the last week or so, I encountered the following:


"Mother Mary" has apparently been slowly climbing the charts. So for everyone clamoring for a new Green Day album, hope this keeps you amused for a bit. And kudos to Green Day for a brilliant scheme to keep rabid fans at bay.

The Foxboro Hot Tubs - Mother Mary

==TJ==