It’s not quite metal news, but it’s worth writing about nonetheless. So, the story goes that at the KFMA Day festival in Tuscon, Arizona, Linkin Park and Sublime, nowadays known as Sublime with Rome, got into what appears to be a misunderstanding over a girl named Mary Jane. Reportedly, Rome Ramirez of Sublime was looking to light up backstage, but unfortunately ended up having the weed confiscated. A series of Twitter posts from Ramirez and Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda detail what transpired. Ramirez first gave his side of the story and came up with a brilliant play on words in the process:
Linkin Park called the cops on us and said that they were allergic to pot. cops came and took all our weed while we on stage. Bitch shit
— Rome (@RomeMusica) May 25, 2014
Linkin nark — Rome (@RomeMusica) May 25, 2014
Shinoda then responded:
LP didn’t “call the cops” on @RomeMusica smoking pot. Not sure where the rumor came from. Definitely not my style, bummer it happened.
— Mike Shinoda (@mikeshinoda) May 27, 2014
We were at a meet & greet when Sublime was on stage, not dressing room. Wouldn’t even know if there was smoke. CC: @AltPress @RomeMusica
— Mike Shinoda (@mikeshinoda) May 27, 2014
If someone was “representing the band” to the cops in the venue about weed smoke, they were out of line.
— Mike Shinoda (@mikeshinoda) May 27, 2014
A report from TMZ states that what apparently happened was that a member of Linkin Park’s security complained about the smoke to an off-duty cop, which resulted in the drugs being confiscated. So it was indeed a big misunderstanding, but at least we have a new term for when a band snitches on another band for drug use.
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