Neurosonic, the Canadian punk band, is defending its anti-Ashlee Simpson song "So Many People," in a press release sent out this morning.
The song generated a bit of press recently when singer Jason Darr claimed during a Manhattan concert that Simpson's boyfriend, Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy, had issued a "cease and desist" order against the band. Wentz denied it on his blog, resulting in even more press.
Now comes this statement from Darr:
"Anyone silly enough to believe I was serious about the comment I made at my [Neurosonic] NYC Knitting Factory performance has no sense of humor. Before we played our song, ‘So Many People’ I joked that Pete Wentz had taken out a cease and desist for the song because my lyrics are all about Ashlee Simpson’s Saturday Night Live debacle as well as celebrity culture. The song is not new… I wrote it 3 years ago…I wrote the music and had the initial lyrics right after the Saturday Night Live debacle in October 2004, and completed the song right after Ashlee was given the billboard award [December 2004]."
He adds:
"The song is tongue-in-cheek and it was mostly meant to blow off steam about a subject that is laughable at best…It is not meant to be malicious. I do mean every word of the song though, so you can take it or leave it. It’s only rock ‘n roll."