The late 1990’s Scottish Indy Rock community is in mourning today after hearing the news that the ironically named band Dogs Die in Hot Cars have tragically died in hot car during a shopping trip to St Andrews Waitrose.
The mid-nineties Indy-rockers whose classic Godhoppong reached number 24 in the U.K. Charts in 2004 were caught in yesterday’s uncharacteristically warm weather while out buying sausages for a barbecue at lead singer’s Gary Smith’s mum’s house.
“The whole community is in shock.” St Andrews Mayor Doug Naish told The Rochdale Herald. “To lose an entire Indy Rock band in such ironically eponymous circumstances is really dreadful.”
Tragedy struck after band mates Gary, Lee, Ruth, Craig and Laurence were all left in the car while Gary’s Dad popped inside to pick up some extra sausages and some hummus.
“It’s terribly tragic.” A spokesman for Waitrose told our music correspondent Quentin Fortesque. “It seems Gary’s Dad hadn’t banked on trying to choose between 27 different varieties of hummus and the band succumbed to the heat while they were waiting.”
Temperatures hit unprecedented levels in Scotland yesterday, almost hitting 15C in some parts of the country. Several people in Fife were seen not wearing a hat for the first time since 1972.
“Let that be a lesson to you all. If you are going to go shopping for artisan hummus on a hot day please remember to not leave your Indy Rockers in the car, and if you really have to, crack a window and park a car in the shade.”
