Shit Happens: Every Time I Die

2010-10-19 by Damrod EMERITUS | 125 Comments
A more or less clever joke to promote the band's upcoming DVD "Shit Happens: The Series" is about to backfire on the band with legal charges.

After a recent gig in Germany the band made jokes backstage how funny it would be, if other musicians and celebrities, like Barack Obama for example, would promote their DVD. They took the plan into action via fake re-tweets, sporting praise for their DVD from the likes of Kanye West, Andy Dick, Justin Bieber, and Jimmy Fallon on their twitter account.

Examples included:

Quote:
"RT @AndyDick i did the Jimmy Kimmel show w/ @evereytimeidie in 08, they’re cracking me up, get their dvd"

"RT @JimmyFallon @everytimeidie this is brilliant, you guys need to come play my show to promote your new dvd!”

"RT @justinbieber: if I don't have pubes by oct 26th, I'm sure the ETID DVD will give me a whole mess of em, yo!"

What started as good clean fun is turning into somewhat of a mess for the band, as recent tweets reveal:

Quote:
"It took 7 days for seize and desist papers to show up" / "Thanx for the support, glad so many people enjoyed our fake tweets but we can't comment further on the legal troubles its caused, stay posi!"
Jordan Buckley (Guitar) posted on his Twitter:


Quote:
"Walked around an Austrian mall. came back to the venue and found out my band's getting taken to court. awesome. all because of twitter. cool"
Keith Buckley said on his twitter account:


Quote:
"So backpeddling on @TheGunzShow and saying that most of those tweets were fake didn't appease the celebs that knew they weren't."

It's not clear at this moment, how far the legal actions against the band will go.

Tagged: Every Time I Die

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Damrod
Moderator
October 19th 2010
1093 Comments


I really love the Justin Bieber one. Pure gold =)

DoubtGin
October 19th 2010
6879 Comments


haha

TheyTookOurJobs
October 19th 2010
1318 Comments


I love this band

BeardedIdiot
October 19th 2010
643 Comments


So, as far as I understand, The Biebs is suing ETID for stating the obvious?

danjames
October 19th 2010
65 Comments


haha thats awesome

sucks that people get so upset by jokes on the internet tho

Damrod
Moderator
October 19th 2010
1093 Comments


Always remember: the internet is serious business

LegendofPittman
October 19th 2010
2960 Comments


The internet is always serious business. haha, only ETID could do this. ^ Whoa Damrod. lol

SeaAnemone
October 19th 2010
21427 Comments


everything I've heard about this band makes me think they're idiots, to be honest

Powerban
October 19th 2010
2384 Comments


Everything I've heard about these guys makes me think they're fun people to chill with actually. Shame I'm not too keen on their music.

FadeToBlack
October 19th 2010
11043 Comments


they must be idiots if they didnt see this coming

alachlahol
October 19th 2010
7593 Comments


just a couple of dudes from Buffalo, NY who like to chillax and pound beer no harm in that

iPim
October 19th 2010
337 Comments


Every Time I Die, stay strong! I love their series and music

Comatorium.
October 19th 2010
5527 Comments


etid is the shit. this is some bullshit.

witchxrapist
October 19th 2010
11117 Comments


The fact that people take Twitter this seriously is hilarious.

SpeachImpediment
October 19th 2010
129 Comments


lol

I love this band.

Metalstyles
October 19th 2010
8576 Comments


Like Damrod pointed out, the Bieber one is just pure gold.

UnderDaIce
October 19th 2010
203 Comments


This is one of the many reasons they're my favorite band haha

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
October 19th 2010
31879 Comments


wow i favorited so many of these.

also lol @ seaA judging a band's intelligence by its genre affiliation

fucking bigotttttttt

deathridesahorse
October 19th 2010
65 Comments


funny, but really not funny enough to warrant the obvious outcome

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
October 19th 2010
31879 Comments


i don't understand the obvious or serious nature of the 'obvious' outcome...

a. people fake RT kanyewest and bieber all the time
b. a cease and desist letter is not that big a deal

NeroCorleone80
October 19th 2010
34618 Comments


lol this is hilarious

witchxrapist
October 19th 2010
11117 Comments


everything I've heard about this band makes me think they're idiots, to be honest


really? they're actually hilarious and real down to earth bro

Obfuscation24
October 19th 2010
3938 Comments


hahahah the beiber one is great

VicariousIntent
October 19th 2010
1650 Comments


I saw a lot of these as they were happening, and people were tweeting at em at the time getting pissed off. People are so uptight...it's crazy that they'll get taken to court for having some dumb fun.

wyankeif1337
October 19th 2010
6739 Comments


People take things waaaaay too seriously sometimes. Wonder who sued them?

deathofasalesman
October 19th 2010
8643 Comments


Hahahaha GREAT!

BeardedIdiot
October 19th 2010
643 Comments


"RT @justinbieber: if I don't have pubes by oct 26th, I'm sure the ETID DVD will give me a whole mess of em, yo!

Take a lucky guess, bro

literalsurrealist
October 19th 2010
136 Comments


Who let them think this was a good idea?

wittwright
October 19th 2010
679 Comments


Its obviously a good idea, just not according to the united states Judicial system...

CameronSetToKill
October 19th 2010
150 Comments


Wow people don't know how to take any fucking jokes.

Goku
October 19th 2010
253 Comments


These guys have never been funny and is it really cool for fucking 30 year olds to be making fun of the biebs? I mean haters gonna hate and biebers gonna bieb.

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
October 19th 2010
31879 Comments


the fucking ignorance in these replies i fkng quit


not referring to goku, tho. that cat's the man

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
October 19th 2010
31879 Comments


[img]http://www.metalsucks.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/etid-kanye-tweet.jpg[/img]

Emim
October 19th 2010
38598 Comments


Pansies. We all know it was Kanye.

SeaAnemone
October 19th 2010
21427 Comments


"also lol @ seaA judging a band's intelligence by its genre affiliation"

who said I was doing anything like that?
mostly I'm judging them by their actions here, some news article that linked to one of the most idiotic rants about the music-industry I've ever seen, looked like it was written by an angsty 13-year old, but it was actually Keith Buckley
and... last but not least... one of the most tool-ish band photos I've ever seen grace Sputnik

TMobotron
October 19th 2010
7253 Comments


wtf kanye says retarded shit every day why would he care if someone pretends he said something stupid

RandomDuck
October 19th 2010
40 Comments


Proof that shit happens^

lol

Slum
October 19th 2010
2580 Comments


This provided the lolz.

Ulsufyring
October 19th 2010
1748 Comments


band is so amazing

Dogget
October 19th 2010
781 Comments


@SeaAnemone

A lot of the stuff this band gets up to is tongue in cheek or all just for a bit of fun, I think with that photo you're taking them too seriously

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
October 19th 2010
31879 Comments


linked to one of the most idiotic rants about the music-industry I've ever seen, looked like it was written by an angsty 13-year old, but it was actually Keith Buckley


if you're referring to the AP warped tour column about standing in the crowd and watching attack attack then yea that was pretty stupid but we all have our off-days. as a rule, buckley's a pretty great writer.

as far as their actions here i think they were pretty well-received and the DVD will sell well (within or above expectations).

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
October 19th 2010
31879 Comments


also jordan is a pretty awesome artist. very similar stylistically to alex pardee.

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
October 19th 2010
31879 Comments


what happened in AP about him and attack attack now?


he basically wrote a column that read like one of the earlier chans plans...

SeaAnemone
October 19th 2010
21427 Comments


if the photo is "tongue in cheek" or whatever and I just don't get it then oh ok... still, it's hard to fake the levels of douchiness they achieve in that picture

and academy yes, i am. also, jumping to the conclusion that i was somehow judging their 'intelligence' 'based on their genre' is ridiculous, still.



theacademy
Staff Reviewer
October 19th 2010
31879 Comments


link: http://www.altpress.com/contributors/entry/give_me_something_to_break._seriously/

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
October 19th 2010
31879 Comments


also, jumping to the conclusion that i was somehow judging their 'intelligence' 'based on their genre' is ridiculous, still.


sorry i guess you're right i just know how dismissive you are about metalcore in general that i read 'heard about' as 'heard from.' your objections are noted and i concede.

heyadam
October 19th 2010
4453 Comments


the shinfo parts of this dvd are pretty funny

SeaAnemone
October 19th 2010
21427 Comments


ok, thanks. and I know I might sound dismissive sometimes... it's really nothing against the genre's quality, just not something I enjoy personally, that's all.

Emim
October 19th 2010
38598 Comments


if the photo is "tongue in cheek" or whatever and I just don't get it then oh ok... still, it's hard to fake the levels of douchiness they achieve in that picture


It's irony. You of all people...

SeaAnemone
October 19th 2010
21427 Comments


what's ironic about it? explain

eggsvonsatan
October 19th 2010
1087 Comments


DON"T FUCK WITH THE BEIBS!

Dogget
October 19th 2010
781 Comments


I don't see what's so bad about that article, it's just an opinion peice, and hardly poorly written.

SeaAnemone
October 19th 2010
21427 Comments


they look like douches. they don't look like cool guys pretending to be douches to be funny or ironic. maybe it's just me, idk.

NeroCorleone80
October 19th 2010
34618 Comments


ya it is

Emim
October 19th 2010
38598 Comments


Idk either; it's pretty obvious to me.

SeaAnemone
October 19th 2010
21427 Comments


so that hair-style and those tattoos are both temporary? and that smug look on that guy's face is a trick of the camera, or they're trying it because it's funny?

idk I'll just stop. you have a Dragonball-Z avatar, it's clear we're not going to get anywhere, which is fine.

Winsomniac
October 19th 2010
8902 Comments


This is SO badass.

DeadbeatDankity
October 19th 2010
149 Comments


Shit will not hold up in court... especially if Kanye is allowed to testify. Is the dvd any good?

Nomos
October 19th 2010
1737 Comments


Band is bad. Git sued.

porch
October 19th 2010
8455 Comments


what's funny about this exactly

that same type of bieber joke is in the comments section of every video on youtube

SeaAnemone
October 19th 2010
21427 Comments


I mean if these guys actually did something funny and not lame and not 30 years old I could see myself supporting them but that's a huge IF... because it's just not the case.

Dogget
October 19th 2010
781 Comments


I thought the bassist dressing all cowboy when he filled in for chimaira was pretty funny

SeaAnemone
October 19th 2010
21427 Comments


and holy shit just read that article academy posted again now... ignorant douchiness: confirmed.

Emim
October 19th 2010
38598 Comments


idk I'll just stop. you have a Dragonball-Z avatar, it's clear we're not going to get anywhere, which is fine.


Woah woah woah, easy tiger.

porch
October 19th 2010
8455 Comments


chill out andcas you've clearly had enough fun for one day

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
October 19th 2010
31879 Comments


I don't see what's so bad about that article, it's just an opinion peice, and hardly poorly written.


it's not poorly written, but it's petulant. it's certainly not ignorant as seaA suggests, but i wont fight him on this.

also i don't think the picture is ironic but i also don't think it makes them look exceptionally douchy. it's a band in a convertable for a publicity shot, why is that significantly worse than some variation of this:

[img]http://theband.hiof.no/band_pictures/band_mfbp_back.jpg[/img]

pizzamachine
October 19th 2010
28291 Comments


What's with the pointy hats.

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
October 19th 2010
31879 Comments


Woah woah woah, easy tiger.


for people who don't understand how awesome mims is, i pity you.

Dogget
October 19th 2010
781 Comments


lol who is that?

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
October 19th 2010
31879 Comments


that is legendary rock band The Band' in one of the earliest 'generic rock band picture' poses.

Scenegirlsdontbang
October 19th 2010
106 Comments


Their twitter page

http://twitter.com/everytimeidie

Go about two pages down for some laughs.

Scenegirlsdontbang
October 19th 2010
106 Comments


lol'd at peewee herman

DeadbeatDankity
October 19th 2010
149 Comments


"i'm trying to quit smoking and its been a day and a half so i'm on edge lol."

You chose to quit on National Edge day, how fitting.

WeepingBanana
October 19th 2010
11396 Comments


lol considering all the shit that andy dick and kanye do they can't really be surprised/offended when someone tries to pull something on them

also if i could get smashed with 1 musician it'd probably be keith buckley

DeadbeatDankity
October 19th 2010
149 Comments


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Edge_Day

Satellite
October 19th 2010
26539 Comments


I really don't like this band.

DeadbeatDankity
October 19th 2010
149 Comments


That makes two of us.
All day eryday.

vakuola
October 19th 2010
292 Comments


ETID are one of the best heavy music providers around, and Keith Buckley is an excellent lyricist, his best work is shown on Hot Damn! Plus, it's ridiculous to say the band are all douchebags "for being 30 year olds and making such jokes"... Are you serious? Give me a fckn break

SeaAnemone
October 19th 2010
21427 Comments


new user belongs on Absolute Punk



just kidding, kinda ; ) chill dude, all I said was that their little joke wasn't that funny and from what I know about them (admittedly, not very much) is that they seem very very full of themselves... embarrassingly so.

no big deal, I doubt I'd like this band who happens to be "one of the best heavy music providers around" though lol

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
October 19th 2010
31879 Comments


the reason i love etid is because their albums are
basically what would happen if a bunch of english,
philosophy, and law phd's got together with writers
from arrested development and wrote a metal
record. rapid fire wordplay + too many awesome
literary references to keep up with...

seriously one of the most consistent bands of the last decade.

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
October 19th 2010
31879 Comments


also incredible live.

vakuola
October 19th 2010
292 Comments


Been around here a year or so. Do the lack of avatar & comments make me a new user? And yes, I'm also on AP.net.

Anyway, each to their own, I do like ETID a lot and I find their jokes to be pretty funny, but that's just my opinion. Didn't mean to sound upset.



Dogget
October 19th 2010
781 Comments


"very full of themselves"

ah you see, I think the complete opposite they just seem like a bunch of down to earth guys dicking around having fun. Have you watched their 'shit happens' episodes?

FreePizzaDay
October 19th 2010
1525 Comments


I hope this band gets sued. Prank was lame.

FadeToBlack
October 19th 2010
11043 Comments


what's funny about this exactly

that same type of bieber joke is in the comments section of every video on youtube
also this

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
October 19th 2010
31879 Comments


fuck if they get sued im gonna get sued so hard

also a BILLION OTHER FUCKING PEOPLE would get sued

LTDA
October 19th 2010
281 Comments


Shit happens. This is how I choose to describe this band's entire catalogue of music.

Dogget
October 19th 2010
781 Comments


@theacademy exactly, if they'd put a sticker on the box of the dvd with the supposed justin beiber quote or something than fair enough sue them but considering what they did I think they'll be alright.

I mean they got a cease & desist, they ceased and desisted right?
So just leave it there, no harm done

Spec
October 19th 2010
41443 Comments


I love this band.

djunior
October 19th 2010
882 Comments


i read about this a couple of days ago. This is so retarded. I mean, really, its fucking twitter, nothing to get your panties in a bunch about. especially coming from a metal band that i highly theyve even heard of before.

fuck em all. etid is the shit

Jebull
October 19th 2010
1439 Comments


Lol thats pretty funny

DeadbeatDankity
October 19th 2010
149 Comments


Well if they go to court at least they'll get fat publicity. I mean how many Biebs and Kanye fans have heard of ETID?

botb
October 19th 2010
19839 Comments


this is really funny

Emim
October 19th 2010
38598 Comments


for people who don't understand how awesome mims is, i pity you.


booyah

Fapper
October 19th 2010
649 Comments


Funny shit.

whywontyoudie
October 19th 2010
3067 Comments


only another reason to love ETID.

Scoot
October 19th 2010
24177 Comments


keith buckley is gold jerry gold

dixoncocks
October 19th 2010
3247 Comments


respect points!

witchxrapist
October 19th 2010
11117 Comments


just kidding, kinda ; ) chill dude, all I said was that their little joke wasn't that funny and from what I know about them (admittedly, not very much) is that they seem very very full of themselves... embarrassingly so.

no big deal, I doubt I'd like this band who happens to be "one of the best heavy music providers around" though lol


i love you man but you're acting like a complete idiot, go see them live, go watch one of their music videos, go watch an interview with the guys

they're seriously just happy go lucky niggus playing awesome metalcore

Demonicgman
October 19th 2010
417 Comments


its illegal though because its using someone else's name to promote your band. Its false advertising, to use the likes of celebrities you have to pay them and such. So this is illegal....

witchxrapist
October 19th 2010
11117 Comments


Nobody knew that! Thank you for this profound knowledge!

Ire
October 19th 2010
41944 Comments


this thread is looser than loose

Deviant.
Staff Reviewer
October 19th 2010
32288 Comments


This thread is whiny

eternium
October 19th 2010
16358 Comments


I remember watching this happen and laughing. I don't think any judge would take something like this
seriously, so the band should be safe.

SoapySoap
October 19th 2010
865 Comments


Words hurt.

I doubt they'll be sued to be honest.

Skybreaker
October 19th 2010
622 Comments


This is bullshit if Justin Beiber or Kanye West had done the same thing to Every Time I Die nothing would happen

tapitforever
October 19th 2010
1243 Comments


this makes me love them even more. the biebs is a fuckface.

HipsterHolocaust
October 20th 2010
774 Comments


ETID is hilarious, loved the Bieber joke.

idk I'll just stop. you have a Dragonball-Z avatar, it's clear we're not going to get anywhere, which is fine.


Most douchetastic thing I read today.

SeaAnemone
October 20th 2010
21427 Comments


guys stop whining about me because you love this band.
I announced earlier that I have a very narrow view of them, and that many of you know them much better than I do, therefore my narrow view based on a few unfortunate events (i.e. this one) could be misguided.

and yeah you guys don't seriously think that these jokes are funny I mean whoever compared them to youtube comments hit the nail on the head... seriously. I mean if you're just saying that because you love the band or something that's fine, I get that.

crowing51
October 20th 2010
3505 Comments


ETID is too awesome to get sued. But it is gay that people get butthurt as they do over some silly tweets.

drasticaction74
October 20th 2010
1947 Comments


i hope this makes them preposterously well-known in the following weeks

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
October 20th 2010
31879 Comments


i hope this makes them preposterously well-known in the following weeks


it won't

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
October 20th 2010
31879 Comments


its illegal though because its using someone else's name to promote your band. Its false advertising, to use the likes of celebrities you have to pay them and such. So this is illegal....


this is incorrectly applied here, and not wholly correct regardless. so this dude + whoever snarked him out should chill.

forum2120
October 20th 2010
33 Comments


this band is awesome, anyone who says differently is fucking retarded.

Awesomesauce
October 20th 2010
1092 Comments


This is classic. Can't say I'm a fan of the band but it's reasonably funny.

Also, as a side note: That 'National Edge Day' seems like the biggest gathering of boring people on the face of the earth. Guaranteed Worst. Party. Ever.

Captain North
October 20th 2010
6793 Comments


I'm guessing this DVD is the sequel?

And I actually liked Keith Buckley's AP column. Don't really understand what was bad about it.

ANewTypeOfPunk
October 20th 2010
736 Comments


funny but i'd be pissed if it were me

JWT155
October 20th 2010
15041 Comments


I liked his AP column too.

pand3m0nium
October 20th 2010
98 Comments


Wonder if Justin Bieber took them to court. I thought he was too busy beating up 12-year-olds.

augustBURNSred88
October 20th 2010
109 Comments


Oh ETID...what have you gotten yourselves into now?

taxidermist
October 21st 2010
7267 Comments


Lol, I'm getting this DVD.

ikarus
October 22nd 2010
577 Comments


i like how tweets are legal grounds for suing someone now

krig9412
October 23rd 2010
794 Comments


Fuck Twitter yo

mrshamoozoo
October 28th 2010
14 Comments


fuckin awesome.

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
November 23rd 2010
31879 Comments


lol @ how stupid EVERY FUCKING COMMENT UP THERE about 'oh they shoulda seen this coming' and 'funny but not worth the outcome'

this is from jordan buckley about 30 seconds ago:

[img]http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/full/197108208.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1290487546&Signature=01%2FGibIBSOyyoDsUyrP6XDMS7TU%3D[/img]



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