This is the sister song of "Spies Wear Black" and like that song is very influenced by the Doors' "Morrison Hotel" album. "Bang the Rebel" we got from an online band name generator and after we decided on H&V, I came up with rest of the lyrics based off that line. For as much as any of my songs make sense, it's loosely about the hollow lives of celebrities and Hollywood-types. For some reason we stopped playing it live soon after "New American Standards" came out, but I believe the last performance was at a pool party in Kentucky. I'm trying to get video of that...