Foo Fighters reportedly stopped playing their 1995 hit "Big Me" for six or seven years after being repeatedly pummeled with rock-like Mentos candy by fans at their shows after their "Footos" commercial parody video was a huge MTV hit.
In a 2006 Dave Grohl told Today.com, "We did stop playing that song for a while because, honestly, it's like being stoned. Those little … things are like pebbles – they hurt." Foo Fighters avoided playing the song, especially in the U.S., until Weezer played "Big Me" live (with Grohl's permission) almost every night during their 2005 co-headlining Foozer tour without any candy throwing incidents.