Sharks pull the plug on controversial goal song
Get ready for a new celebration style in San Jose. The Sharks are finally changing their goal song for the upcoming season after controversy convinced them to ditch their old tune.
The team used to play "Rock and Roll, Part 2" by Gary Glitter, but the choice was called into question when Glitter was convicted in the UK of sex crimes against children committed back in the 1970s. Glitter is now serving a 16-year sentence for his crime.
Although the verdict was delivered in February, the Sharks continued to use the song through the remainder of the season, but a recent letter to season ticket holders confirmed the team will end that practice.
"The discussion as to whether the Sharks should play 'Rock and Roll, Part 2' as our goal song has come up before," the Sharks wrote in an email to season ticket holders. "While we understand this song may have been an integral part of some fans game-night experience, we feel emphatically that we cannot ignore the connection between the song and the recent, very serious criminal conviction of the song's artist."
So the Sharks will be playing a different tune in 2015-16, and the team is giving season ticket holders a chance to rate the possible new choices on a website set up by the team. The Santa Cruz Sentinel reported that those choices include "Holiday" by Green Day, "Burn it to the Ground" by Nickelback, "Uprising" by Muse, "Break Away" by CFO$ and "Electric Worry" by Clutch.
The Sharks will also give fans a choice to write in songs which they think will work best for goal celebrations.
(h/t Santa Cruz Sentinel)
