Alongside a rumour - that I've never been able to Google, so I think the band got shafted here because Shihad were in full "Gotta Break Into The States" mode at the time - that a Seatlle band called Sonic Jihad were getting death threats so, shit, you Kiwi boys may need to rethink things a bit.
And Jon Toogood making a joke: "What do you call a horse with a twat/C-word (forget which word he used) on the top? A police horse!" at some big gig at the concert venue Johnny Depp owns/used to own (story told on their Beautiful Machine DVD).