Band Seeks its 15 Minutes of Infamy

Band seeks its 15 minutes of infamy

Thursday, January 8th 2009, 11:35 AM

Huber/Pool

A small-time alt-rock band from Orlando, Fla., is attempting to turn the tragic death of Caylee Anthony into fame and fortune for itself through a macabre PR stunt.

Biteboy, a group that lists convicted felon/boy-band impresario Lou Pearlman as a consultant, has penned a tune calling for a confession from Casey Anthony, Caylee’s mother and the prime suspect in the 2-year-old’s killing.

“My son Ricky [Namey, the band’s lead singer] lives across the street from the Orange County Jail, where Casey’s being kept,” Rick Namey told us. “That gave them the idea for this song.

”Poppa Namey, the band’s manager and a “pal” of Pearlman’s, sees nothing wrong with abhorrently exploiting the slaying of the tot, because he thinks Biteboy is essentially a newspaper. Um, what?

“[Caylee and Casey Anthony are] the biggest news story in the world, and Biteboy writes news. We’re media,” Namey said. Asked how a band could be considered a media organization, Namey responded, “Bob Dylan won the Pulitzer Prize. Music is media.” (Namey is referring to an honorary Pulitzer that Dylan received in April.)

“When you put out a record, it’s called a pressing. So we’re press,” Namey continued. “Biteboy is the same thing as a newspaper. Our songs are our op-ed pages. And freedom of the press is for everyone, man.

”But Biteboy has gone even further in its quest for attention. Namey said the band did a “roll-up” at Casey Anthony’s house when she was out of jail. “That’s when we show up on a trailer, lay our song and split before the cops come, since they never give us permits,” Namey said. “Biteboy taunted her to do a benefit for missing children.

” He had no response when asked if he thinks his marketing tactic is vile, and instead stated that he’s looking to point out the “hypocrisy and double standards of media.We consider Biteboy to be media.

So why is it cheap and tawdry when we cover a story, but not when Nancy Grace does? She’s making millions in advertising from covering the same story.

”But if Biteboy smashed that double standard, who would ever care about its shock tactics?

“There may be validity to that,” Namey admitted. “I don’t know if we would trade unfair criticism for being ignored.

The basic idea is to get attention, no matter how we get it.”

In that case, you’re welcome.

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/01/08/2009-01-08_band_seeks_its_15_minutes_of_infamy.html

Biteboy Casey Anthony Music Video - Wine Sick Mind w/lyrics


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weUIex4ml8M

(At the end of the video LP approaches the camera and asks "Want an interview?")