Pittsburgh says "Don't 'Gimme' anything"

Today's PG has an amusing article about the incredibly poor reception recieved by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes during Skyblast part one. In fact, people were so pissed with them that the Pirates canned them for the next two days. When they started playing, two things crossed my mind:

1. They're a punk cover band. Why would the Pirates hire them for this thing? Pittsburgh will hate this. Wasn't Donnie Iris available? What about the Poverty Neck Hillbillies? The Clarks? Any other stereotypically "Pittsburgh" band?
2. Holy hell, they're covering Stairway to Heaven. Any chance of success is ruined. Everyone knows that's a no-no. They're screwed. Didn't they see Wayne's World?
   

And that was before they attempted to rip off William Shatner's version of Rocket Man. Speaking of which, you can never have too much of a good thing...