How the Suicide of R. Budd Dwyer Inspired an Alt-Rock Hit

“For years, I walked around, going, ‘Holy f—! People are getting the wrong idea about this song,’” Patrick later recalled. “You know, you write a song in your mom and dad’s basement, and all of a sudden, Nirvana fans are like, ‘Why are you talking about this s—,’ and … it was just painful, man.”