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We honestly can't make this stuff up. Oh, sure, we try, but we really can't beat real life. We're just not strange enough. Despite what the kids say. Scientists are going to study the effects of Uriah Heep on fish. We swear.
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A Finnish researcher is to study fish in an aquarium while a rock group performs nearby, to see if the sound causes any ill-effects or distress.
Bands including ageing rockers Uriah Heep will perform on Friday night to about 3,000 fans in a tent just a couple of dozen metres away from the aquarium.
"I will be looking for any abnormal behaviour or activity," said researcher Mikko Erkinaro.
The 500,000-litre tank is home to salmon, trout, pike and perch and other species common in Finland's brackish coastal waters. (Ed. Note: This is not an aquarium, this is the "pick-your-dinner" tank at a restaurant.)
"It could be quite nasty to arrange such an aquarium and a performance venue (so close)," Erkinaro said, "especially when the (band) is a bit old-fashioned."
Well. That comment was a bit nasty, wasn't it? Why not study the effects of five hours of non-stop Stairway to Heaven. Oh wait, that would mean you'd have to replace all the fish. Because they'd all hang themselves. Anyway, YouTube comes through with a clip of Uriah Heep. Doing it the old-fashioned way.
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By Purple Avenger, Friday, 20 July , 2007 @ 11:19 pm
UH was one of my fav bands back in the day. I had a fondness for Slade too.
By feeblemind, Saturday, 21 July , 2007 @ 12:28 pm
Somebody’s tax dollars at work?