| # | Name | Comments |
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| 151 | Anonymous | This is ridiculous, if you're dumb enough to think Schoolyard Heroes are Satantic, then you deserve to have Satan worshipping kids (a bit of a catch-22 I guess). You really like to throw around that word "evil". I'm more scared of misinterpretive, over-reactive, ignorant, fundamentalist parents than sarcastic rock bands or the kids who listen to them. |
| 152 | G.I. Shane | Dear Parents.
Whats wrong with you? The Schoolyard Heroes are out there giving your kids a safe place to spend their nights. Would you rather your kids were out getting into trouble on the streets, or at a show where there are security guards keeping your kids away from that stuff?
They are not Satanist, or child killers, they don't encourage kids to kill each other. I don't even understand how you got to half of these points.
Why are you spending so much time worrying about what some kids from Seattle have decided to do for a living instead of paying attention to your own kids?
Maybe if you spend some time with your kids and get to know them you would understand why they are listening to the Schoolyard heroes.
Stop trying to destroy other peoples lives and go talk to your kids. Spend time with them. Take your kids out to dinner and get to know them, rather than wasting your time spying on them and making your kids hate your guts.
Thank you.
Shane |
| 153 | Ryan Hawes | Wow i went and saw this band and the lead singer turned me on so much i thought about naughty things! I think the bible told me that was evil......screw that! this band is great! you parents need to talk to your kids and make sure that they realize killing and suicide are wrong. if your kid blows his head off over song lyrics than i think somebody dropped the ball there. making a scapegoat out of a band when your kid kills himself is so fucking wrong and ignorant. IT'S YOUR FAULT NOT A BANDS!!!!!! hail satan...... |
| 154 | fuck you | UHH BE A FUCKING PARENT. Don't police the world cause you are too ignorant to watch your kids. If you don't want them listening to something then thats your job for YOUR KIDS. I don't want someone else telling me what I can and can't do and what my kids can and can't do. Its not my fault you are so out of touch with your children you never taught them the difference between fantasy and reality. Maybe if you would take a second and talk to your kids and find out whats bothering them, i guarentee you the answer will have something to do with you, and how you are too busy blaming everything else for their problems. Spend time with your kids and stop crusading around the world trying to protect everyone, it doesn't do a damn thing. So yeah im going to listen to this band, which i had never heard of before this petition, and im going to go to my local middle school and distribute free copies of their music to the kids. |
| 155 | Matt | THey are so scary and satanic. These guys are like Marilyn Manson, Eminem, and Elvis wrapped up into one child-corrupting supergroup! I know a guy who knows a guy whose kid once listened to these guys and then BACKTALKED HIS ELDERS! If the government doesn't overturn the First Amendment just to stop this band of rogue priests from preaching its hateful message, this relatively unknown band WILL BE THE DOWNFALL OF AMERICA, APPLE PIE, THE WHITE RACE, AND ALL WE HOLD SACRED! |
| 156 | nouela | long live schoolyard heroes and this free hilarious publicity! thank god for the ignorant parents of the world!! rock on!! |
| 157 | Andrew | grow up, there are much larger problems in the world than this band |
| 158 | ben dover | this is retarded! |
| 159 | Satan | Hey, guys, I would really appreciate it if you would take my name off the site, I'm just not comfortable being associated with such a dark band.
Thank you. |
| 160 | Anonymous | |
| 161 | Gabe Saporta | These guys aren't punk.trust me. I'd know |
| 162 | Miss E | They're dangerous, alright. If they don't break up soon, the world may be buried in a swarm in idiotic petitions. |
| 163 | Anonymous | Schoolyard Heroes and Alkaline Trio are both awful. Their lead singers ate my baby sister /and/ my dog! |
| 164 | Anonymous | Ryann from School Yard Heroes bit the head off one of my family's chickens when their tour bus stopped near my home. It was terrible. |
| 165 | smj | Kids running away from home is the least of your problems. One day I was walking my cute little beagle near the neighborhood that those satanists schoolyard heroes grew up in when they drove by in their tour van......... Ryann stopped the van and Jonah jumped out and knifed me under my ribs up into my chest cavity while gauging my eyes out with red hot pokers. As the other three members fought over my spilling blood to mix with vodka, Jonah went after my dog. I can't even write what he did to him.
After my entire blood supply had been drained, the four of them summond me back to life with a zombie raising satanic potion. (it was actually pretty interesting, I'd never seen anything like it.) However, this sucks, now I walk around half alive and half dead. I am hungry, but can't eat, thristy, and can't drink..... I also have to pee really really bad, but no matter how hard I try, I just can't go. My dog on the other hand is no longer a cute little beagle, he is now a blood thristy, green eye glowing, angry zombie dog.
Unfortunatly, we infested my wife and are sure to have little zombie kids one day who go on to procreate as well. Because of the Schoolyard heroes, my life is ruined, my wife's life is ruined, and my poor little beagle's life is ruined. Please stop them to keep from turning other innocent victims into zombies. I don't know if you've ever seen a real zombie, but people that look dead with skin decaying off a soiled skeleton is not very attractive at all. |
| 166 | Bob | fuck these assholes |
| 167 | Young Hova | Mom says Dad is Satan... |
| 168 | Anonymous | Which is worse, Schoolyard Heroes,
Or Akon?
You tell me
I see you windin' n grindin' up on that pole,
I know you see me lookin' at you and you already know
I wanna fuck you,(fuck you) you already know
I wanna fuck you,(fuck you) you already know, girl
Money in the air as mo feel grab you by your coat tail take you to the motel, hoe sale,
don't tell, wont tell, baby said I don't talk Dogg but she told on me, oh well,
take a picture wit me, what the flick gon' do, baby stick to me & ima stick on u,
if you pick me then ima pick on you, d-o-double g and I'm here to put this dick on you,
I'm stuck on pussy n urs is right, wrip riding them poles and them doors is tight and tighter
and ima get me a shot for the end of the night cause pussy is pussy and baby you're pussy for life.
I see you windin' n grindin' up on that pole,
I know you see me lookin' at you and you already know
I wanna fuck you,(fuck you) you already know
I wanna fuck you,(fuck you) you already know, girl
Shorty I can see you ain't lonely handful of niggas n they all got cheese,
so you looking at me now whats it's gonna be? just another tease far as I can see,
tryin'to get you up out this club if it means spendin' a couple dubs,
throwin' bout 30 stacks in the back make it rain like that cause I'm far from a scrub,
u know my pedigree, ex-deala use to move phetamines,
girl I spend money like it don't mean nuttin' n besides I got a thang for u.
I see you windin' n grindin' up on that pole,
I know you see me lookin' at you and you already know
I wanna fuck you,(fuck you) you already know
I wanna fuck you,(fuck you) you already know, girl
Mobbin' through club in low pressing I'm sitting in the back in the smokin' section (just smoking),
birds eye, I got a clear view, you cant see me but I can see you (baby I see u),
its cool we jet the mood is set,
your pussy is wet you rubbing your back and touching your neck,
your body is movin' you humpin' n jumpin' your titties is bouncin' you smilin' n grinin' n looking at me.
Girl n while your lookin' at me I'm ready to hit the caddy right up on the patio move the patty to the caddy,
baby you got a phatty the type Id like to marry wantin' to just give you everything ' that's kinda scary,
cause I'm loving the way you shake your ass, bouncin', got me tippin' my glass,
Normally don't get caught up to fast but I got a thang for you.
I see you windin' n grindin' up on that pole,
I know you see me lookin' at you and you already know
I wanna fuck you,(fuck you) you already know
I wanna fuck you,(fuck you) you already know, girl
I see you windin' n grindin' up on that pole,
I know you see me lookin' at you and you already know
I wanna fuck you, (fuck you) you already know
I wanna fuck you, (fuck you) you already know, girl |
| 169 | a concerned listener | Umm yeah I heard there was a slaughtering of the innocent. I am here to apply as executioner. Oh sorry I thought this was suppose to be the club baby seals petition, because im all for that. oh and for you those of you who think this is satanic....Judge not lest ye be judged. You who are without sin. Let him cast the first stone. Lets be christians about it. oh yeah I grew up in the church. Words have power, but ignorance is pethetic |
| 170 | John Doe | Nice way to hype your own band. How egocentric do you have to be to think that anyone who would be offended has even heard of you? |
| 171 | Robin Pecknold | |
| 172 | Hugh G Rection | You guys are seriously gullible. You just fell for the lamest publicity stunt in recent history. I don't know who is the bigger idiot, people who signed because they didn't want their kids listening to this shitty band or people who signed to defend this shitty band from what is probably the band itself. Congrats idiots, you have just been duped. Your prize... being complete tools. Like anyone gives a shit about the fucking School Yard heroes. |
| 173 | TheUno | I was recently appalled to learn that David Koresh was SYH's original bass player but left the band over creative differences. |
| 174 | Anonymous | I dont agree with this but am signing for two reasons.
1) To all the fucktards thinking it's a publicity stunt by SYH read this. http://www.spin.com/features/news/2007/09/070927_vivavoce/
If spin.com says it and the letter actually was in the Seattle paper THEN SHUT THE FUCK UP
2) They're a great band and nice people.
My friend screwed up her foot in one of their pits and they signed the cast hahaha. |
| 175 | Anonymous | you stupid fucking ignorant parents, how fucking dare you try to rid the band schoolyard heroes from our ears! it won't happen and you cannot control your children what they listen to. i mean would you rather have you daughter getting pregnant at like age 13-14 or listen to this band? would you rather have your sons go out everynight and do drugs and getting drunk at a party and later you get a call that your son was killed or seriously hurt in a car accident or them stay at home listening to this band or going to their show and having fun and keeping away from all the evil?? you parents have no fucking idea how you try to get rid of everything that makes your child happy. i remember when pokemon came out, you guys threw a fucking fit about that and got it banned from schools and churches and shit. come on nowm stop being so fucking ignorant, grow up and listen to your child. stop trying to control them and try to stop a band...such bullshit...you can sign some stupid fucking piece of fucking paper to just have the band go away! how stupid are you?? petitions don't make everything better.
what the fuck ever!
schoolyard heroes saved my life, they give me inspiration as an artist and just wait till my band comes out and you try to ban us, prepare for one fucking heavy storm then. |
| 176 | God S. Dead | Who's more silly, christians or satanists? I guess it's a draw. Anyone who believes there is a magical force for good or evil, much less the idea of good and evil is pretty insane. Then again, anyone who believes this is a real petition and not a marketing ploy might be a close second. What a great culture huh? |
| 177 | Vajzeen Agmorous | The lyrics are completely atrocious to our civil society. I have personally witness terrible acts that this band have caused in my fair neighborhood. Preteens dressed in black, pink, and red entrapping squirrels and cats, putting their entrails on a spit, and burning them with melted marshmallows over an open fire pit on a neighbor's front lawn.
My private no-no parts gets tight with fear whenever I hear this band's cursed songs. Evil I say, just evil. |
| 178 | Vajzeen Agmorous | The lyrics are completely atrocious to our civil society. I have personally witness terrible acts that this band have caused in my fair neighborhood. Preteens dressed in black, pink, and red entrapping squirrels and cats, putting their entrails on a spit, and burning them with melted marshmallows over an open fire pit on a neighbor's front lawn.
My private no-no parts gets tight with fear whenever I hear this band's cursed songs. Evil I say, just evil. |
| 179 | Anonymous | People are retarded. I'm just signing this for the hell of it. |
| 180 | Christina | Schoolyard Heroes are not "Satanists". Period. They are some of the nicest people you will ever meet. Why don't you parents talk to your kids and really try to be a part of their life instead of taking a part of it away? |
| 181 | Anonymous | This has got to be a publicity stunt. Not even Bible-Belt baptists are usually this retarded any more.
Not to mention the fact that Schoolyard Heroes fail. Hard.
An unimpressive band that verges on outright lame suddenly declared Worse Than Terrorists, Gays, Liberals, And The French Combined. On an online petition. Nobody listens to online petitions, which nobody signs, nobody cares about, and have no popular clout. gg guyz, gb2/church/ |
| 182 | jesus jones | this band sucks and you are an idiot. |
| 183 | Brandon Nakamura | trvth! trve cvlt activities!
hailz. |
| 184 | hot 4 necrophilia | i listened to this album for exactly 13 seconds and then couldn't help myself from lusting after the dead or dying... or those hot churchgoing girls.
someone stop me before i desecrate another grave!! |
| 185 | Jeff Pritchard | This has to be a joke right? Here we go again blaiming bands for spreading violent behaviours among our children. First it was Twisted Sister, then Marilyn Manson and now Schoolyard Heroes. "but they spread the word of satan and glorify death..blah blah blah" you say. When will nut-job parents like this realize that violence doesn't come from music and neither does anger. Its the horrible parents like the ones who support this petition who create such fucked-up kids. Marilyn Manson wasn't to blame for Columbine. Bad parenting was. Why do people feel the need to persecute others just because they do not understand. Yay for Ozzy and FUCK JESUS!!!!!
haha |
| 186 | a fucking genius | You know what? Fuck this band. And fuck their mental midgets of fans that write 200 word comments against this b.s. because they are so stupid they cannot tell a marketing push when they read it. |
| 187 | Richard | I totally believe we should ban the evil workings of this band! Who in their right mind wants people excercising the right to free speech. I believe people have the right to say anything they want... as long as I'm not offended. I'm not offended by what I'm saying, so I'll say it. But who are they to offend me?Please sign this petition, so people will finally stop saying whatever they want. God bless America! |
| 188 | Blaine Ewig | You parents are stupid.
If you are seriously so conserned about this (amazing) band kiilling your children, then you need to get lives. There are so many other things out there that you should be worring about. Like sex, and drugs. I highly doubt the you 13 year old child ran away because of Schoolyard. It was probably because you're shitty parents. And I'd like to inform you that they are not satanic, they do not want people to die, and their name has nothign to do with Columbine. Their lyrics are based off of old horror movies, and those fake tabloid magazines. You people obvioulsy have no sense of art of humor. Schoolyard Heroes does not make me want to kill people. It's people like you, who can't think of anything better to do all day than sit around critisizing every single thing that everyone does, that make me wanna kill people. And did I mention that we have what is called "freedom of speech"? Basicly what you're doing is taking that away from us. Okay? So, please, stop wasting your time and go do something that matters, jeez. |
| 189 | Anonymous | I've looked into it, and apparently these evil-doers are protected by a thing called the "first amendment" which would prevent us from taking legal action against them.
The best thing we can do is take away all our children's CDs and T-shirts and anything the least bit stimulating. Wake up people! We need to stop this before we actually have to get involved with our children's lives! |
| 190 | steve gould | Ok so it time that some of you get involved with your kids life and teach them how to be a productive citizen instead of trying to burn down a great band that is simply trying to give your children a creative outlet in a community where they can feel safe and welcome. So right now its time to look in the miror and, especialy if their is something wrong with your childern, and aske your self what is to problem the music, or the role model who has obviously not been present in their live to this point. Since you are taking this tiem to try and kill a great band instead of addressing any short comings that your children may have I'll spell it out for you. YOU ARE THE ONE WHO NEEDS TO GROW UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBLITY! |
| 191 | Mr.Harker | Before I get started, I'm going to say I'm not signing this in favor of doing something negative about the band... unless that something is to get more press as they are my current favorite band and deserve press. Thank you for helping them by starting this.
My background: I'm a dual English Major (English Education and English Literature), I'm currently a graduate student at WSUV and pursuing my Masters of Education. I've been following Schoolyard Heroes since the release of "Bury the Tooth of the Hydra..." on the End's Live from the Morning Alternative CD. I'm 27 and a big fan.
How disconnected are you with the world of today if you believe any of this is truely about murder, mayhem, death or dismemberment... How can you just look on the surface and expect that to be the truth? Oh, that's what you've been doing to your children and what likely happened to you as a child and that's how you see the world. Go deeper and see if you can find some truth in your life. I bet you could find far too much truth in most music if you only tried.
So lets look at a few tracks from Schoolyard Heroes and see what thier lyrics really are all about...
Plastic Surgery Hall of Fame: "You're so pretty and You're so dead", "fifteen minutes is much too generous for the girl with the crippled smile"... "all the boys are screaming cut cut cut, and all the girls are screaming sew me up"... Now, actually knowing the band and listening to the lyrics IN FULL! this song is about the pressure on women by the media and their peers to be perfect. So, such lyrics are bad and you'd prefer your child to conform and likely develop an eating (See also Battlestar Anerexia) and/or self esteem disorder...
Cemetary Girls: Very Veiled girl-power song I'm certain... think about it... Unless you're afraid of women in power. Which if you are offended by these lyrics you likely are. Go ahead and try to hold on to your Patriarchal society. You forget who really holds the power in the end.
Dude Where's My Skin: "Take of Your Skin and Dance with Me, Cut out your Tongue and Sing for Me...", "You're so dead to me, I want to see you suffering for me". Translation: leave your labels at home (both clothing and social), stop trying to sound cool, and come dance your a$$ of at our show and be yourself for 2 hours. Once again, self discovery and accptance. You want your children to conform don't you?
Sincerly Yours, Jonathan Harker: Bram Stoker's Dracula is one of the greatest gothic horror novels of all time and is single handedly responsible for the interest in vampires in the English speaking world. You may or may not think this is a good thing (think about this the next time you're eating your Count Chocula ceral or see The Count on Seseme Steet) but it is a piece of PoP culture now. This song is merely celebrating a great piece of Literature. What, you don't want your child to read?
Curse of the Werewolf, Robot vs. Mechanical Man, They Live, Dawn of the Dead... horror movie homages... with deeper meanings...
So, don't tell me they want to kill children, don't say they are a cult, go ahead and "eat your hat", and how about you try parenting for once. The reason that so many young people connect with this type of music is that they are misunderstood, judged, ignored, and often lonely. It all starts at home and stealing thier music from them and throwing away thier clothes is the begining of the end. No wonder kids want to run away from home!
So, if you're worried about any of this then talk to your kids. Not just "hey, how was school today", that's mindless and useless. How about being sincere and truthful and actually showing that you give a damn. Get beneath that surface and find the truth. |
| 192 | Ryan | HAIL SATAN! |
| 193 | Anonymous | The Nazis burned the books and you are continuing the tradition. I remember when you constipated morons played songs backwards looking for satanic messages. These four kids are UWash graduates who don't use drugs or drink. Can you say the same.
Why don't you play SYH backwards? You'll hear the Pledge of Allegiance, God Bless America, and The Lord's Prayer. |
| 194 | Shandor | We are in a war in Iraq, four of our destroyers sit off the coast of Iran as plans have been drawn up for possible nuclear attack on their Uranium enrichment site. Africa is on fire with AIDS. We lose 60,000 dead on our highways every year. Every night before I can watch sports and the weather on the news, I have to listen to scores of murders, sexual attacks on children,rape and arson.
We lost 7,000 on 9/11. Death is everywhere. Maybe before you worry about lyrics you should bind and gag your children and keep them from watching the news and reading newspapers.
Or is the real problem for you that SYH has a female lead singer, a black lead guitarist, a Jewish bassist and a Catholic drummer?
If only Jimmy Swaggart, Jim Baker and Rush Limbaugh had had a band you'd be thrilled.
To quote Ozzy, your second most hated villain," I think it is true it was people like you that crucified Christ. I think it is sad the opinion you had was the only one voiced". |
| 195 | Anonymous | This petition must have been written by Tipper Gore. She also had a problem with lyrics,
Last I saw, Tipper's son was found by the cops with enough illicit drugs on him to meet the needs of Bogata., Columbia for a year and a half. |
| 196 | Amanda Shirback | After listening to Schoolyard Heroes I felt this uncontrollable urge to kill everyone, so I went next door and shoved a broomstick up my neighbor's ass. I'm thinking about pressing charges against thier record label now to pay for the reconstructive surgery bills... |
| 197 | Chris Crocker | LEAVE SCHOOLYARD HEROES ALONE!!! THEY'RE HUMAN!!!!!!! |
| 198 | Anonymous | This mother's actions, barging into her kid's room,destroying her CD's and clothing, smacks of abuse! Get some help before Child Protective Services intervenes. This mother's actions could be construed as threatening and violent, much more dangerous than listenening to a harmless CD. I am worried for the kid.What other pyschological abuse has the kid endured? |
| 199 | Anonymous | this band is comprised of idiots. |
| 200 | Anonymous | |