Miss Truth - June 5, 2000

Moody music icon Morrissey paid a visit to check out the band which his years as lead singer of the Smiths influenced, Gene, at the band's sold-out gig at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, Calif. on Friday (June 2). The Moz's presence set off a bit of a frenzy, as many fans of Gene were once (and still are) crazed followers of Morrissey and the Smiths. In the V.I.P section of the club, Gene's Martin Rossiter, Morrissey, and Morrissey's guitarist Alain Whyte shot the shit about life in general before the Moz sped off in his car trailed by a group of screaming fans. Rossiter later said, "We're both fruits, we just taste different."

Gene will play another one-off show at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City on July 10.