Yesterday afternoon, someone left a bicycle chained outside Terminal C of the Memphis International Airport. No biggie, except whoever found the bike was unfamiliar with a Pensacola, Florida hardcore band called “This Bike is a Pipe Bomb” — and, seeing a sticker for the group on the 2-wheeler, they panicked, and the airport was closed.

As CA staffer Jody Callahan reported, “bomb-sniffing dogs ruled out any explosives, and the airport was reopened. The owner of the bike was taken into custody, but later released.”

Less than 3 years ago, a similar misunderstanding occurred, when another bike with the same sticker was discovered on the campus of St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.

Fox News contacted This Bike is a Pipe Bomb’s lead singer Ryan Modee.

Modee said he heard about the confusion over the sticker affixed to a bike at Memphis International Airport just before speaking to FOX13 News Tuesday.

“I was at work and just kind of freaked out,” he said. “I was like ‘Oh God, not again. How could this be happening?’”

The incident happened when officials say an airport police officer found a bike chained outside Terminal C with the sticker on it. Police detained and searched the bike’s owner before releasing him.

“It’s just really sad,” said Modee. “It seems like it’s costing a lot of money and making them more scared.”

But Modee said this wasn’t the first time the name of his band has caused an alarm. In 2001 and 2006, similar incidents occurred in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas.

“They ripped this guy’s bike to shreds with the jaws of life,” he said. “The fire department, SWAT team came from 40 miles away, shut the school down for a while. It was a big mess.”

The folk-punk band came together 13 years ago and the band name came about because of their passion for riding bikes together.

But Modee said while he thinks the commotion is a big waste of money for tax payers, he advises people to think about where the sticker is before they go show their support in some public places.

“This is a weird society we live in,” he said. “It’s not like it was 12 years ago. If you’re going to…go to the court room or if you’re going to go to the airport, just cover it up. Take it off and we’ll send you a new one.”

While no charges have been filed against the man involved in Monday night’s incident at the airport, Modee said since the problems with the stickers have started they have not been contacted by either local state or federal authorities. But he did say the band played a show in Ohio after the incident at Ohio University.