[ WP ] When the drummer of a famous rock band threw his drum sticks into the crowd at the end of the show - as is customary - little did he know it would land him in a world of hurt

Zack O'Lantern, drummer of Arbor Day, has just concluded their last concert with a resounding roll on the cymbal. As the crowd goes wild, he bathes in the glory and relief - his work is over. Holidays are coming. He tosses his drum sticks in the air, his sweat still glistening on them, and they fly over Lenneth MacLaughlin on guitar, T-Gobble on vocals, and The Bass on bass, to land onto the screaming hoard. Zack thinks of the two lucky people, or one very skilled person, who will come home with the sticks that made the best-selling alternative rock albums in America, and smiles. They must be worth a fortune when he dies. 
 
 He's right. Months after the concert, his memorabilia still sell for ridiculous amounts. Some call it the `` floating corpse'' effect. The band has finally secured their place among the greats when they died tragically in their trailer that night. 
 
 `` 6000 pounds on eBay!'' exclaims Lenneth. 
 
 `` That's a lot in real money,'' T-Gobble notes. 
 
 `` It is real money, for a piece of filth.'Zack O'Lantern's legitimate handkerchief used for wiping sweat. Not washed.' Sorry, ZackOLanternFan2001, not buying it. Bet it's not even his.'' 
 
 `` Haw haw haw,'' says The Bass. He's watching reality TV. He would n't have given the subject much thought in any other case, as with his name. The Bass is a man who flows with the world, and does n't add much of his own to it. A bassist. 
 
 `` I say,'' says T-Gobble, `` we ask the man himself. Think he'd recognize it.'' 
 
 `` Recognize what?'' Zack walks out of the shower, wearing but a towel. He's not a ghost, although ZackOLanternFan2001 would definitely believe so if they saw him. 
 
 Lenneth shows him the picture. `` Yep, that's mine,'' says Zack. 
 
 `` Are you kidding me? We ca n't afford to have these circulating,'' says an angry Lenneth. 
 
 `` Relax, man, they ca n't get your DNA from sweat. Calm your bits. We're done now. Is n't that the point to the whole'fake our death' thing? To relax?'' 
 
 Lenneth mumbles some form of concession. 
 
 T-Gobble squints. `` That ca n't be yours. Says TM on the corner.'' 
 
 `` Well, *Todd*,'' replies Zack, `` If you bothered to remember my real name, you'd know that it is-'' 
 
 *'' Tim Manger, better known as Zack O'Lantern, is believed to have died in May after the band's trailer caught on fire...'' * 
 
 The Bass has accidentally sat on his remote. He fumbles with the buttons, panicking about his favorite show being interrupted. 
 
 `` Turn that shit off, Bass,'' grumbles T-Gobble. 
 
 `` No no, leave it,'' says Zack, who's caught the headline. More accurately, it has caught him. 
 
 *''... The charred remains were unidentifiable appearance-wise, but police managed to scavenge the fingerprints. They were shocked to find out that none of the fingerprints on the corpses match those found on a piece of evidence submitted by a fan, a-'' * 
 
 `` Oh god...'' 
 
 *'' pair of drum-sticks. `` *
