a song for people that had girlfriends in the early 90's and may have missed it. the instrument is an electric zither [all the strings you can buy at the guitar store strung across a two by four + about 5 pickups] the story checks out on snopes. http://www.snopes.com/horrors/gruesome/mccurdy.asp Brian is like they might be giants for folk that have given up on making friends. you are welcome