Here's a lesson to all those kiddos beginning a band. You might find yourself starting off with one group of band members, only to change out people a lot. But one thing you don't want to do is give some barely involved with the group control over your social media accounts.
To be fair, if something does go awry, which it did with the eternally unknown band Green Jellÿ, maybe just own the bad post. Don't take it down and then blame others. People are never going to remember the aftermath anyway.
As this relates to Ozzy Osbourne is thus: After the heavy metal icon's sudden passing on July 22, a bit over two weeks removed from the farewell concert he played with Black Sabbath, Green Jellÿ posted on Facebook a photoshopped meme with Ozzy holding a sign that said "One Day Sober."
Green Jellÿ gets 15 minutes of fame due to a callous post about Ozzy Osbourne
Not only had Ozzy battled (and was winning) his dependence on drugs and alcohol, but to make fun of the recently departed shows no imagination, and is cruel to those who loved him (or her). Plus, it was clearly an attention grab by the unknown band.
Green Jellÿ vocalist (and band founder?) Bill Manspeaker blamed the posting on someone who has been involved with the band for a decade but rarely plays with the group. The person who was given air to post on the group's socials was the ridiculously-named Michael "Fr33to F33t" Snyder, according to Manspeaker.
According to the singer, Snyder had been working with the band for a decade, but had only played in about 10 shows, and most of the time, his instrument was not even plugged in. Manspeaker's apology seemed to be an attempt to over-mansplain. The post was deleted quickly, and Snyder was "fired" from the band, according to Loudwire.
Of course, Bill Manspeaker's Green Jellÿ at least got their 15 minutes of fame from the post. Now we can go back to forgetting about them, and their awful use of an umlaut over the y in the band's name.