in august 2004, dmb was at the center of a controversy when about 800 pounds of liquid human waste was dumped from band member boyd tinsley's tour bus through the grate in the kinzie street bridge in chicago onto passengers aboard a sightseeing boat on the chicago river below. the bus driver, stefan wohl, pled guilty, and the band has donated $50,000 to the friends of the chicago river and $50,000 to the chicago park district. in april 2005, the band paid $200,000 to settle the civil lawsuit that followed.