Musician's Mike Shuts Down Airport Gates

FORT WORTH, Texas - The next time Brian Teasley gets on a plane, he promises he'll ship his custom-made microphone. That same device shut down five gates at Dallas Fort Worth-International Airport last week.
Teasley, a member of Dallas-based pop-rock band Polyphonic Spree, had been in Austin where the group taped an episode of "Austin City Limits." He was taking a flight to his home in Birmingham, Ala., on Thursday.

The percussionist for the 25-member band had planned to do some recording at home, so he put the microphone in his suitcase, he said in Saturday editions of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

When his suitcase didn't show up on the baggage carousel in Birmingham, he filled out the missing-luggage paperwork and went home. He didn't know the suitcase wasn't there because it was under scrutiny at the Texas airport.

A terminal area and several gates were closed briefly after a routine baggage screening detected the device, which raised concerns because of the wires and threading caps running through it. A bomb disposal robot removed it.

By the time Teasley arrived home, he had quite a reception.

"I had Taco Bell in my hand, and all of a sudden, these cars block me in my driveway. They've all got tinted windows, 'X-Files' style," he said. "Then here comes one guy with a bulletproof vest on, another with a gun showing. It was a very harrowing day."

Associated Press
08/09/2004 07:27:21 EST
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Isn't it always the drummer?

Interesting sounding band.

tA

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25 member band?!?


Is there a grown man in diapers?
That's the only band i've ever seen pull of 25 people on a stage, it was crowded.

Slave2daGroove said:

Not that i'm aware of anyway.
No wedding gowns either.

tA

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