If you’re of a certain age and inclination, then perhaps you remember Green Jellÿ, the long-running novelty outfit. Bill Manspeaker founded the joke-punk band Green Jellö in 1981, and he has been their only consistent member over the years. Tool’s Maynard James Kennan and Danny Carey apparently did time as Green Jellö members before their other band took off. In the early ’90s, Green Jellö scored a novelty metal hit with “The Three Little Pigs,” and they changed their name to Green Jellÿ after legal pressure from Kraft Foods. Green Jellÿ are apparently still an active band, but Bill Manspeaker is now locked in a flame war with a former member who apparently posted an offensive meme about the late Ozzy Osbourne shortly after Osbourne’s death.
