If a "fez" counts as a hat, I vote for early They Might Be Giants.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Ken Kase <kenkase@nighttimes.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: It's Not Easy Being Green Day


> Bands Who Wore Silly Hats:
> 
> Devo
> Paul Revere & the Raiders
> The Young Rascals
> The Beatles ("Hello Goodbye" video)
> 
> 
> Any others?
> 
> --Ken
> 
> 
> On 1/16/05 1:18 PM, "Lee Elliott" <pop@anotherplanet.ca> wrote:
> 
> > Saw them before Dookie broke with a smallish crowd of mostly kids -
> > they played the intro bass riff to 'Longview' just long enough to
> > antagonize the crowd into cat-calling then kicked in hard the second
> > before it turned to violence.  They nailed 'Eye Of The Tiger' too.
> > Funny as hell, tight, rockin', massive hooks - great entertainers.
> > Dickies were funny too when I saw them - but they told jokes and wore
> > silly hats.
> > 
> > Lee
> > 
> > 
> > On 16-Jan-05, at 12:42 PM, Ken Kase wrote:
> > 
> > Green Day reminds me too much of the Dickies, but without a sense of
> > humor.
> > 
> > --Ken
> > 
> > 
> 
>