Fred Schneider says don't eat the lobster

 

  FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2008 file photo, singer Fred Schneider attends the Whitney Museum of American Art's gala in New York. 
 Schneider, one of the founders of the quirky rock band B-52s, is using the 35th anniversary of the hit "Rock Lobster" to reiterate his opposition to eating them. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)

  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the founders of the quirky rock band The B-52s is using the 35th anniversary of its hit "Rock Lobster" to reiterate his opposition to eating them.
  Fred Schneider says he stopped eating crustaceans at age 4 after going crabbing with family in New Jersey and watching them boiled alive. The lifelong vegetarian said in video narrated for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals that he views crabs and lobsters not as seafood but as "sea life." Continue