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GuacGate: White lies and tour bus blunders

By Thom Behrens · Monday, Feb. 9, 2015

Whether one strategizes their public relations with trashing hotel rooms, smashing guitars onstage or canceling multi-digit numbers of tour dates with no warnings or apologies, the reputation associated with any punk-charged musical act often has more to do with imagery and perceived ideology than it does with musical talent.

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