Ferrer uses a Latin percussion rock ridge rider cowbell and various handheld tambourines. May also plays maracas and Mercury plays a cowbell. The song features prominent use of the cowbell percussion instrument, overdubbed on the original recording. The song features a tight, funky sound, punctuated by horns and a cowbell. Other metal instruments may include cowbell or automobile brake drums. Green Day episode, Green Day performed "East Jesus Nowhere" with Ferrell on the cowbell. Will Ferrell wrote the sketch and played Gene Frenkle, an overweight cowbell player. Bass then avoided a fist drop, and attacked Bart with the cowbell. Bass fought back with the cowbell, but accidentally hit the referee. Live skit with the cowbell and others. Bass had the advantage with the use of the cowbell. "Magic Doors" features "huge" piano chords, "tick-tocking" cowbell, and "corrupted" brass. They have a "more cowbell" that sometimes shows on the jumbotron. I loved the sound of the cowbell; it was so different! In the end, the band agrees to let Frenkle play the cowbell part his way.