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Mean Jeans Make a Bold Claim on Their New Song: “Michael Jackson Was Tight”

"But when they said he was dead, it was not tight."

Photo: Joe Leonard

The best punk songs can get away with saying a lot in just a few words. Really, the fewer words, the better. If you can boil down your premise to under four words, you’re golden. Three words, even better. (Some sort of grunt, and you’re a grade-A punk genius.) That said, Michael Jackson was tight. When he died, that wasn’t tight. That’s pretty much all you need to know to enjoy this Mean Jeans song. Well, we don’t want to sully this experience with a bunch of dumb ol’ words. Take it away, Mean Jeans…

The band’s forthcoming album, Tight New Dimension, is out on April 22 from Fat Wreck Chords and you can pre-order it right here. They're also on tour with NOFX.