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I don't know why, but there's something fantastic about Travis McCoy responding to a fan who thinks his band, the Gym Class Heroes, is a bunch of "sellouts" for touring with Lil Wayne and T-Pain with the retort "you're soooooo Saddle Creek!" Maybe it's the dearth of new insults in 2008? Also, a Lil Wayne and T-Pain tour as a dealbreaker with a band who I have personally seen share a stage with Hinder? I mean, it was one of those radio-station clustershows where everyone gets three songs, but Lil Wayne > Austin Winkler times a million. [Travie McCoy.]

say it isn't so

Here's Hoping The Gym Class Heroes Guy Never Develops A Distaste For Hall & Oates

It's arty, instead of cartoony like this guy's "Weird Al" Yankovic tattoo. It's subtle, unlike the full-back Adam Duritz tattoo. But still, there's something a little unsettling about the new tattoo sported by Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy, which depicts Hall & Oates on each hand. "I guess my obssession with H&O has gotten a little out of control.....Fuck it, They're my idols," he writes of his new ink, which he got while he was I guess bored on the Warped Tour. Which is all well and good, but won't that make the "so, what's new?" chitchat during his next visit to Hall's house just a little bit awkward? [Travie's Blog]

the law

Gym Class Heroes Singer Arrested For Properly Responding To Audience Member's Racial Slur

Travis McCoy of the Gym Class Heroes responded to a Warped Tour attendee who heckled him with the former title of Nas' album last night (and a few other choice words) by breaking his microphone over said audience member's head as he was being led out by security. "I'm sorry. But when someone calls you something that offensive and that disgusting, you have to bash their head in with a microphone," McCoy said after everything went down. Apparently local police didn't agree, as they arrested him on one count of third-degree assault (he was released early this morning). Me, I'm just wondering just when he's going to weigh in on the incident on his blog. A very shaky clip of last night's scuffle—complete with post-skullcrushing dedication to the ladies in the audience out there—is after the jump. More »

you make my bad dreams come true

Daryl Hall Joins Gym Class Heroes' Crusade To Taint '80s Pop Favorites

Hey, did you know that Daryl Hall has a monthly webcast? (Did you know that he also has a goatee now?) This month's guest at Daryl's house is none other than habitual smirker Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes. The two collaborated on a version of "Every Time You Go Away" and a mash-up of "You Make My Dreams" and the Gym Class Heroes song "The Queen and I." When will McCoy and his marauding gang give '80s cheese pop the peace it deserves? More »