Way To Go Bam Margera! I’ve Been Rooting For You

The “Jackass” star now has 120 days sober

In the early 2000s, my band Laughing Colors was offered an interesting gig that we did not want to pass up. We had played on many stages — both opening and headlining — but this particular gig promised to be a “unique” experience to say the least.

We would be opening for Jackass.

For those who don’t know (or respect your intellect), Jackass was a popular reality show on MTV that featured a motley crew of characters who did crude pranks and insane (oftentimes dangerous) stunts.

It was all about the shock value — and Jackass had the goods.

Most of the cast was around my age, and while I hung out with a slew of jackasses myself, the show's stunts left me cringing — but suitably impressed.

It was a guilty pleasure, for sure, but it’s fair to say I was a fan of the show.

So when Laughing Colors was asked to open for Jackass we were all pretty psyched. They wanted us to do a 45-minute set at a big nightclub in Baltimore—a renovated bank turned rave haven — called Redwood Trust.