In 2004, the song was made into a video entitled "The Mashin' of the Christ" that sampled many Jesus Christ-topic films and footage from Marxist-Leninist countries.
[5] The press release implied that Brom had listened to Negativland's song "Christianity Is Stupid" before the fatal quarrel with his religious parents.
Negativland's press release was picked up by San Francisco Bay Area media, including local CBS News affiliate KPIX.
The resulting media coverage is lampooned in the title track of their 1989 album, Helter Stupid, whose insert also includes background information behind the band's prank.
[6] In fact, KPIX evening news was not prime time and the two paragraph piece in the Village Voice reporting on the band's claim noted "their vagueness makes one ponder if this is just publicity.