STEPHEN COLBERT ACCEPTS THE
DECEMBERISTS’ COUNTER-COUNTER CHALLENGE
EPIC GUITAR DUEL TO TAKE PLACE
DECEMBER 20
ON COMEDY
CENTRAL
(New York,
NY)
– Stephen Colbert, of basic cable
television program “The Colbert Report,”
has formally accepted a counter-counter challenge from The Decemberists, setting the stage for an
epic battle on par with Ali vs. Frazier, Scopes v. State and Kramer vs. Kramer.
The winner-take-all guitar duel will take place on Wednesday, December
20th at 11:30 pm ET/PT on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert
Report.”
The first stone was cast on November 29th
when Colbert used the debut of a segment entitled “Look Who’s Riding My
Coattails Now” to lambaste the band for their mtvU-sponsored “Re-Animate the
Decemberists” contest (www.mtvu.com/reanimatethedecemberists).
For the contest the band performed new single “O Valencia!” in front of a “green
screen” and asked college students nationwide to create animation for the
video’s backdrop. Colbert alleged that the band stole the concept from a
contest he had earlier staged:
www.colbertnation.com
“Let’s see how well they perform their
trademark brand of hyper-literate prog-rock when I’m slicing off their legs at
the knee,” said Colbert, brandishing a Star
Wars-style light saber to underscore his contentiousness. “Oh yes.
They will feel the pain.”
The band responded on music website
Pitchfork, defending itself of the charge and upping the stakes with a counter
challenge: the “Decemberists vs. Stephen Colbert Guitar Solo
Challenge.”
“Put down the pen, Colbert, and pick up the axe! Let's
see what kind of a man you really are,” said the band in a statement, adding,
for dramatic effect, “Let's SHRED!”
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/2006/11/30/Exclusive_Decemberists_Counterchallenge_Colbert#39928
The story, stick with us here, now picked
up by ACTUAL national news outlets including the Associated Press, led Colbert
to accept the challenge. “Decemberists, I accept your counter-counter
challenge,” he said. “At last we'll see who reigns
supreme.”
http://tinyurl.com/yj2yfz
Decemberists multi-instrumentalist Chris
Funk, anointed as the band’s warrior-incarnate, will now face off with Colbert
in a blood-frenzy of guitar mayhem and pyrotechnics on the December 20 episode
of “The Colbert Report,” airing on Comedy Central at 11:30 pm ET/PT (check local
listings). The show will repeat on Thursday, December 21 at 8:30 am, 2:30 pm
and 8:30 pm ET/PT and also at www.comedycentral.com. Two will enter,
one will leave….
The Decemberists, whose recent album “The
Crane Wife” is enjoying considerable acclaim, will celebrate the sweet taste of
victory (is that nutmeg?) by spending the holidays with their families. Dates
for a spring U.S.
tour will be announced soon
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