They say life imitates art – though it doesn’t usually take three decades to get around to it. But things sometimes move slow in the world of perma-stoned Los Angeleno hip-hop phenomenon Cypress Hill. Almost 30 years ago, they starred in The Simpsons’ episode “Homerpalooza”, which saw Homer hop aboard Hullabalooza, a fictitious stand-in of alternative rock festival Lollapalooza, befriending Gen X faves The Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth and, yes, Cypress Hill. Mid-episode, a baffled London Symphony Orchestra arrives, and a similarly befuddled tour manager must figure out who hired them, “possibly while high... Cypress Hill, I’m looking in your direction...”
Meanwhile, the Simpsons-ised version of the Hill’s DJ/producer, Lawrence “Muggs” Muggerud, asks the orchestra, “Do you know ‘Insane in the Brain?’” The conductor replies: “We mostly know classical... but we could give it a shot!”
