Beatallica - A Garage Dayz Nite & Beatallica (2002/04)

Here's Beatallica!
"Anybody can make a spoof of a popular song, but only Beatallica can spoof the style of a band with the songs of another. The Beatles is one of the most influential bands of rock music, and in the genre of heavy metal, there are few as highly revered as Metallica. Like a crazy edition of Marvel's "What If?" comic, Beatallica takes the beautiful songs of The Beatles, changes the lyrics and mixes them with the never-ending thrash of Metallica."
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"Beatallica is a parodic band that plays music made from combinations of songs of The Beatles and Metallica. A Beatallica song is typically a blend of a Beatles song and a Metallica song with a related title (e.g. "The Thing That Should Not Let It Be", combining The Beatles' "Let It Be" and Metallica's "The Thing That Should Not Be"), though sometimes just a Beatles song will be used as a basis with modified lyrics. The lyrics slip back and forth between the two songs—occasionally neither in lieu of original lyrics comically referencing Metallica, heavy metal music or the heavy metal community—while the scansion and melody are usually Beatles-based, the music is played metal style with some Metallica riffs and solos thrown in.
The project was founded in 2001 by singer Jaymz Lennfield and original guitarist Krk Hammetson. The EP A Garage Dayz Nite was recorded for the annual "Spoof Fest" concert held in Milwaukee, as a memento of that year's concert. A few dozen copies of the EP were handed out to friends. Later that year, one of those CDs made its way to Milwaukee resident David Dixon, who created a web page that included mp3s of the songs and named the band "Beatallica". The band was unaware of the webpage until Dixon finally met them in the summer of 2002, carrying a stack of fan emails from all around the world. Beatallica gave the webpage its blessings, and after further urgings from its internet fanbase, recorded the EP Beatallica, also known as The Grey Album, releasing it online on April 1, 2004.
Later in 2004, the band (now including bassist Kliff McBurtney and drummer Ringo Larz) started to perform at live venues, with a stage show incorporating elements from both Beatles and Metallica performances. They also played as an opening act for Dream Theater; Mike Portnoy even joined the band on stage for drums on one occasion. Beatallica would go on to open for the likes of Motorhead and play summer festivals including Milwaukee's Summerfest and Germany's Earthshaker Festival.
In 2007, the band's current lineup of Jaymz Lennfield (Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar), Grg Hammetson (Lead Guitar), Kliff McBurtney (Bass, Backing Vocals) and Ringo Larz (Drums) went into the studio to record all new versions of their songs for their official debut "Sgt. Hetfield's Motorbreath Pub Band".
To avoid legal problems, the band maintained a strict non-commercial policy (all songs are available for free download) and shrouded themselves in anonymity (all names mentioned above are of course stage names, but their real names were revealed in interviews, and hence also appear in this article). Metallica are aware of the spoof band's existence and have so far not threatened to take any legal action; Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett have all publicly stated that they enjoy Beatallica's music.
On February 17, 2005, a cease-and-desist notice was sent to Beatallica by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, a company which holds rights to most of the Beatles catalogue. The notice states that the "music", "news" and "merchandise" sections of the official Beatallica website constitute a copyright violation and should therefore be taken down. In response to this, a petition requesting Sony/ATV Music Publishing to retract its threat of legal action was created. The band was saved from further legal action by Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, who offered to provide assistance with legal negotiations and also asked Metallica's longtime attorney to try to defuse the situation with Sony. Ultimately, Sony decided not to pursue legal action against Beatallica. Sony ultimately reached an agreement with Beatallica and their new label Oglio Records, and an official Beatallica recording will be released in July, 2007 entitled "Sgt. Hetfield's Motorbreath Pub Band"."
Source: Wikipedia

Beatallica will be releasing their first official album, "Sgt. Hetfield's Motorbreath Pub Band", next month - but you can pre-order it in a special edition fanpack HERE now!
Until then; Here's their two previous online albums - no longer available on their website.

A Garage Dayz Nite (2002): 1. Sgt. Hetfield's Motorbreath Pub Band, 2. A Garage Dayz Nite, 3. For Horsemen, 4. No Remorseful Reply, 5. The Thing That Should Not Let It Be, 6. Everybody's Got a Ticket to Ride Except for Me and My Lightning, 7. ...And Justice for All My Loving.
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Beatallica (2004): 1. Blackened the USSR, 2. Sandman, 3. And I'm Evil, 4. Got to Get You Trapped Under Ice, 5. Leper Madonna, 6. Hey Dude, 7. I Want to Choke Your Band, 8. We Can Hit the Lightz.
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Iron Horse - Fade to Bluegrass: The Bluegrass Tribute to Metallica (2003)

To continue down the bumpy path of Metallica, Bruunski Beats now bring you the ultimate tribute album by the almighty Iron Horse!
"Metallica’s thundering drums, heart-pounding guitars and anguished vocals tell the story of people lost in the hustle of modern society. Bluegrass music sings the tale of people stuck between heaven and hell, the farm and the city and love and hate. In many ways Metallica and bluegrass are brothers, one raised in the urban jungle and the other in the country. So what happens when these two estranged siblings get together? "Fade to Bluegrass: The Bluegrass Tribute to Metallica" has the answer. Banjo and mandolin replace electric guitars and high lonesome harmonies soar in place of growling vocals to create a surprising and moving tribute. Performed with passion and skill by Alabama bluegrass band Iron Horse, and featuring classics such as “Unforgiven,” “Enter Sandman” and “Fade to Black,” "Fade to Bluegrass: The Bluegrass Tribute to Metallica" is a family reunion between brothers heavy metal and bluegrass."
Source: Iron Horse

Iron Horse: Vance Henry: Vocals & Guitar, Ricky Rogers: Vocals & Bass, Tony Robertson: Vocals & Mandolin, Anthony Richardson: Vocals & Banjo.

Tracklist: 1. Unforgiven, 2. Nothing Else Matters, 3. Enter Sandman, 4. Hero of the Day, 5. Fade to Black, 6. One, 7. Ride With Lightning, 8. Wherever I May Roam, 9. Fuel, 10. The Four Horsemen.

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LiveMetallica.com

After their battle with Napster our friends in Metallica now does anything to please their fans - except releasing good new material... but the live shows from the good old days still sound great!
Over at LiveMetallica.com - their webstore for official live recordings - they offer tons of shows for download. While most of them only are available for buying, they currently offer 17 shows from 1982-2003 as free downloads.

Some of the highlights:
18.10.1982 Old Waldorf, San Francisco, CA
18.12.1983 Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH
15.03.1985 Kabuki Theater, San Francisco, CA
24.05.1986 Arena Building, Cape Girardeau, MO
29.07.1986 UTC Arena, Chattanooga, TN
21.09.1986 Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK

You'll have to register - free - to download the shows.

Bad Religion - Metrorock Fest 2007, Madrid, Spain 23.06.2007

Here's the Bad Religion show from the Metrorock Fest 2007 in Madrid, Spain on June 23rd. Nothing special about this show - they only play one song of the coming album 'New Maps of Hell', 'Heroes & Martyrs' - the rest are old hits.

Tracklist: 1. American Jesus, 2. Social Suicide, 3. I Want to Conquer the World, 4. We're Only Gonna Die, 5. Supersonic, 6. Epiphany, 7. Recipe For Hate, 8. Do What You Want, 9. Struck a Nerve, 10. No Control, 11. Heroes & Martyrs, 12. Let Them Eat War, 13. Along the Way, 14. Punk Rock Song, 15. Generator, 16. Los Angeles Is Burning, 17. Anesthesia, 18. You, 19. Part III, 20. Suffer, 21. 21st Century (Digital Boy), 22. Sorrow.

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3 Inches of Blood - Goatriders Horde (Sneek Peek)

VA - The World's Worst Records, Vol. 1 & 2

After our little rendezvous with SqueezeBox Teddy there's only one logical place to go - The World's Worst Records, Volume 1 and 2 from Rhino. Released on cassette in the 80's.
'There is perverse pleasure to be had in sampling the tasteless, inept, and bizarre, and it was with this fact in mind that Rhino Records unleashed The Rhino Brothers Present the World's Worst Records!, a compilation of abrasive novelty songs, demented outsider artists, and clumsy comedy. With liner notes by Dr. Demento and Rhino mainstays Barnes & Barnes and Wild Man Fischer on board, there's not much doubt as to the tone of the collection. The set list is skewed strongly toward silly, self-consciously dumb parody tunes that range from amusing (Ogden Edsl's wacky child-abuse singalong "Kinko the Clown") to obvious and unfunny ("I Wanna Be Your Dog" sung by some bad Three Stooges imitators). Should the "World's Worst Records" include songs like these that were specifically designed for such a list? For those who think not, there's the psychobilly classic "Paralyzed," a formless, atonal jumble of guitar, drum, and bugle from the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, a genuine eccentric who actually turned this wild, incredibly alive record into a hit for a short while in 1968. The highlight of the set is the brilliantly dumb "Surfin' Tragedy," recorded in 1963 by the Breakers; this priceless hybrid of surf pop and the "teen tragedy" tradition sets a romantic tale of death on the waves to a ham-fisted Beach Boys-style ballad, complete with a mournful French horn hook. Gloria Balsam's proudly off-key "Fluffy" is sure to clear the room at your next family reunion, and with the original single long out of print, its appearance is valuable (to a select few). Also welcome are classic novelties from the wrestling-obsessed Novas and the taste-impaired Jimmy Cross, though their numbers are easily available on several other compilations. Toward the end of the 20th century, the interest in records that ignore or reject the popular standards of what constitutes "good" music grew into a recognizable cult (writer Irwin Chusid explored the new genre with Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe of Outsider Music). Blame it on the age of irony, or a desperate attempt to find unique sounds in an increasingly homogenous world, but there are those who find pleasure in the accidental, the broken, and the incorrect. The Rhino Brothers Present the World's Worst Records! anticipated this trend several years in advance, proposing that "bad" was infinitely better than "boring," though their overdependence on prefab wackiness lessens the importance of the package'.
Source: All Music Guide

The World's Worst Records!
Tracklist: 1. The Novas - The Crusher, 2. Edith Massey - Big Girls Don't Cry, 3. Jimmy Cross - I Want My Baby Back, 4. Heathen Dan - I Like, 5. The Temple City Kazoo Orchestra - Kazooed On Klassics, 6. Gloria Balsam - Fluffy, 7. The Legendary Stardust Cowboy - Paralyzed, 8. The Seven Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog, 9. Barnes & Barnes - Boogie Woogie Amputee, 10. Ogden Edsl - Kinko the Clown, 11. The Turtles - Umbassa and the Dragon, 12. Johnny Meeskite - Ugly, 13. The Breakers - Surfin' Tragedy, 14. Wild Man Fischer - Young At Heart.
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The World's Worst Records, Vol. 2
Tracklist: 1. Mrs. Miller - Downtown, 2. Mickey Katz - K'nish Doctor, 3. Barnes & Barnes - Party In My Pants, 4. The Credibility Gap - Foreign Novelty Smash, 5. The Halos - The Nag, 6. Yogi Yorgesson - Who Hid the Halibut On the Poop Deck, 7. Shad O'Shea - Goodbye Sam, 8. Bob & Zip - Just a Big Ego, 9. Sticky Fingers - Candy Rapper, 10. Debbie Dawn - Hands, 11. Rockin' Richie Ray - Baseball Card Lover, 12. Little Roger & The Goosebumps - Fudd On the Hill, 13. Napoleon XIV - I Live In a Split Level Head, 14. Killer Pussy - Teenage Enema Nurses In Bondage, 15. The Troggs - The Troggs Tapes.
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Teddy the German - Teddy Forever (1992)

Teddy the German aka. SqueezeBox Teddy - or just Teddy - is a German hobo who does 'fantastic' and tasteless versions of popular tunes such as 'Sloop John B', 'The Rose' and '500 Miles'.
It's hard to find any understandable info on the old guy - since it's all written in German. But apparently he's homeless by choice, and makes a living playing in various locations and releasing over-the-top CD's like this one. Give Teddy a chance!

Check out his website for some more info (in German) - SqueezeBox Teddy

Tracklist: 1. The Town I Loved to Well, 2. Dirty Old Town, 3. An Cailon Fionn, 4. Wild Rover, 5. The Rose, 6. Home On the Range, 7. Help Me Make It Thru the Night, 8. Will the Circle Be Unbroken, 9. Banks of Ohio, 10. Sloop John B, 11. Country Roads, 12. Hell Have to Go, 13. What Have They Done to the Rain, 14. 500 Miles.

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Mr. Speed & Ace Frehley - Shock Me (2007)

Ace Frehley performing his signature song 'Shock Me' with Kiss tribute band Mr. Speed at the first anniversary party of the Kiss Coffeehouse at Myrtle Beach on June 16th. Ace is the king of rock!

Turbonegro - Do You Do You Dig Destruction

The brand spankin' new video from the Norway's deathpunk heroes Turbonegro!

David Bowie - Suffragette City: Nassau Coliseum, USA 23.03.1976

This mid-70's Bowie bootleg recorded at the Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, March 23rd 1976 has appeared under various titles. But this one, 'Suffragette City', has the correct running order, and is without any fade-outs that are on some titles. The sound quality is very good, and the tracklist is - as you can see - outstanding. Artwork included.

The band: David Bowie (Vocals/Guitar), Carlos Alomar (Guitar), Stacey Haydon (Guitar), George Murray (Bass), Dannis Davis (Drums) & Tony Kaye (Keyboards).

Tracklist: 1. Station to Station, 2. Suffragette City, 3. Fame, 4. Word On a Wing, 5. Stay, 6. Panic In Detroit, 7. Changes, 8. TVC 15, 9. Diamond Dogs, 10. Rebel Rebel, 11. The Jean Genie.

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