The Odd Jews

From JUOD

The Odd Jews are the official musical group of JUOD. The band's name stems from reversing the pronunciation of the Join Us or Die acronym ("Jew-Odd"), as well as making reference to the fact that all members of the group are weird, dyslexic and Jewish joiners. Their most recent hit single is "Night at the Steak Buffet," discussing their various run-ins with non-joiners The Morbidly Obese. Other popular hits include "I Do What I'm Told (by the HPM)," "I Saw That You Shouldn't Have Been Standing There," and "Join a Joinish Joiner Joinily." More recently, an unauthorized cover of Celine Dion's "Immortality" has become increasingly prominent on Internet message boards (used as a bait and switch) and has reached meme status.

Concerts

Thanks to their often tragically-ending concerts, the Odd Jews have been the source of controversy. At one of their earliest concerts in 2001, playing a bar mitzvah, the band thought it would "totally ironic" to have a bunch of "normal" Neo-Nazis as security detail. Why they needed security at such a small event, of course, remains a mystery, as well as the final body count from that night (though all three Neo-Nazis died). The band eventually had to pay $1.5 million in damages, most of which was taken from the earnings of their concurrent hit single, "My Car Tops Out at 7000 HPM." After their rise to fame, the Odd Jews would often single out non-joiners in the stands, pointing them out, bringing them on stage and then covering Queen's "We Will Rock You" before releasing them back into the mosh pits. In fact, because of their frequent incitement of imminent violence, the group's litigation has been instrumental in determining the "incitement" category of speech unprotected by the First Amendment. In at least two cases, Harley P. Mathewson has filed amicus curie briefs, a throwback to his days as a Magician-Lawyer, though the amount of exclamation points and disappearing ink in the documents have often made them unreadable. He has also ignited the disfavor of several members of the Supreme Court, most notably Ruth Bader Ginsburg, about whom Mathewson has slipped sexual innuendos in footnotes (an example: "Her opinion in Eldred v. Ashcroft was so wrong it was hot; I bade her to come join me; mwahahahahaha").

The band continues its controversial ways, ending each of its concerts with "Everybody Riot Now (Seriously, Everybody Riot and Like Totally Set This Place on Fire)," one of their most popular songs with fans. Consequently, each concert is almost always followed by a riot. After many parents and consumer groups expressed concern with the group's ways, the Odd Jews issued a statement trying to emphasize otherwise. "We don't pay much attention to our critics," the statement read. "But all our fans should. Riot!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Discography

• Songs in the Key of Joining
• Die or Join
• The End (of Time)

Hit Singles

• "My Car Tops Out at 7000 HPM"
• "Night at the Steak Buffet"
• "I Do What I'm Told (by the HPM)"
• "I Saw That You Shouldn't Have Been Standing There"
• "Join a Joinish Joiner Joinily"
• "Everybody Riot Now (Seriously, Everybody Riot and Like Totally Set This Place on Fire)"