In 1981, Gary Williams started coming down to practice with these little glass bottles known as stink bombs. They were about 2 inches high by 12 inch wide. When broken, they would give off the worst smell. One week, some of us gave Gary some money to buy a lot of them for us. That weekend there were stink bombs going off everywhere: on buses, in restaurants, in people’s cars, and anywhere the corps was. But the best was after the show that weekend at the beer party. It was in a gym where there was a band and it was packed with people. A bunch of us decided to take all the stink bombs we had left and just drop them on the floor. After we did that, we all just walked outside the party and waited. Soon all the people in the party came running out! Some were screaming that there was a gas leak and all the while we were laughing our asses off!!!
Vinnie Conlon, 1970-1985: Lead Soprano
