The Dead Schembechlers

[BuckWoody]

The band is disbanding. Last night's show was its last ever. They're donating the proceeds from last night to a charity of the Schembechler family's choice.

http://dispatch.com/news-story.php?s...118-A6-04.html

I think this answers the question as to whether they have any class at all.

Last show’s proceeds will go to charity
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Aaron Beck
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Bo Biafra, front, announces the demise of his band at the Newport Music Hall, where the Dead Schembechlers played their final show last night.

It might be a long-running joke, but even Columbus’ most popular "Michigan hatecore" band knows to draw the line when its namesake dies.

For three gravely serious minutes yesterday in the lobby of the Newport Music Hall, the Dead Schembechlers, who have played before the Ohio State-Michigan game every year since 1990, announced that last night’s sold-out concert would be their last.

"This will be it for us as our group," said singer and spokesman Bo Biafra, who added that the band would donate all proceeds from the show to "a charity of the Schembechler family’s choosing."

Just after 3 p.m., the Dead Schembechlers — a Michiganloathing quartet that takes sartorial cues from Woody Hayes and musical inspiration from punk rock — soberly addressed a dozen or so reporters and cameramen.

"First and foremost our group would like to extend our deepest sympathies and heartfelt prayers to the Schembechler family on their loss," Biafra said. "Bo Schembechler was the most valued opponent Ohio State has ever had. We are terribly sorry that this has occurred."

In recent days, Biafra said Schembechler himself had "discovered" the band and was "delighted" by it — facts that "gave the band no greater joy."

"He got it," Biafra said. "He understood what we were doing and that is celebrating the greatest rivalry in the history of sports."

One hundred and eighty seconds later, Biafra closed his address.

"We thank you all for coming out," he said. "God bless you and God bless Bo Schembechler."

I also heard that they changed the marquee from "Hate Michigan Rally" to "Beat Michigan Rally" and they changed the name from the "Dead Schembechlers" to "God Bless Bo". I hope the crowd today shows as much respect as these guys have.

[savafan]

http://deadschembechlers.com/deadschembechlers_002.htm

The Dead Schembechlers will now be know as...The Bastard Sons of Woody!!!

The name change comes on the heels of the death of original band namesake Bo Schembechler and to acknowledge the fact that the group members are direct genetic descendents of Woody Hayes himself. "We were as shocked as anyone to learn that Woody Hayes is our genetic father," said the group's Bo Biafra. "It was during the week of mass media Michigan madness that we were leaked a previously secret governmental report about our origins. However, this dealt not only with our origins as a musical entity but also our origins as living beings. It seems all four of us were created in test tubes as part of radical scientific experimentation with DNA manipulation, cell altercation and gene splicing transmogrification. Renegade OSU scientists working off campus had taken gray hairs swept up from the floor of the barber shop where Woody had his hair cut. The DNA was extracted from the gray hairs and were used to create a new form of life based on the perfection that is Woody. We are those life forms. We are super-beings. We are Godlike. We are the Bastard Sons of Woody."

When asked if DNA testing could back the report's claim Biafra had this to say, "The current forms of DNA testing are considered too crude to be able to prove such advanced science. Also, our genetic makeup is so volatile that instant death may result for anyone foolish enough to tinker with these primordial powers with which man was never meant to meddle." His statement was followed by a flash of lightning, a crack of thunder and the cackling of a hunchbacked henchman standing somewhere in the shadows.

The band had announced an impending name change at a press conference on November 17th, 2006 prior to that evening's Hate Michigan Rally. Bo Schembechler had passed away earlier that day. "While we love the name Dead Schembechlers, it needed to be changed out of respect to Bo, his family and The Rivalry. We also did not wish the band name to be used as fodder by The Liberal Wolverine Media to attack Ohio State fans as a whole," said the group's Bo Thunders. "The scUM media members were poised to attack Ohio State based upon our name but were flabbergasted to learn we were changing our moniker and that we were donating all of the show's profits to a charity of the Schembechler family's choosing. In the end, we raised over six thousand dollars for the 'Bo Schembechler: Heart of A Champion Fund' of the University of Michigan's Cardiovascular Center. However, many sports writers have still savaged us in print, conveniently forgetting what we've done. Screw those weasels."

The group has also announced that the name of the Hate Michigan Rally is being changed to Woodystock. "It's a name that we think will best rally the Ohio State faithful and honor our genetic father," said Bo Biafra.

The band's official web site will be moved to bastardsonsofwoody.com although deadschembechlers.com will remain online. Fans can now head to myspace.com/bastardsonsofwoody to become MySpace friends under the new group name. Web site changes will happen throughout the year and be fully in use by the beginning of the 2007 Buckeyes season.