Beatallica

BeatallicA - Hey Dude All You Need IS BLOOD BeatallicA is a mash-up 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 or And Justice for All My Loving combining Metallica's And Justice for All and the Beatles' All My Loving), 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. Consistent quirks made in the lyrics also criticize glam metal much in the fashion that thrash metal fans would do. **To avoid legal problems, the band maintained a strict non-commercial policy (all songs were 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 were aware of the spoof band's existence and never threatened to take any legal action; Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett have all publicly stated that they enjoy Beatallica's music. ******************************************************************************************************* Members Jaymz Lennfield (referring to James Hetfield and John Lennon, respectively, real name Michael Tierney) - vocals, lyrics, songwriting, rhythm guitar
Grg Hammetson (referring to George Harrison and Kirk Hammett, respectively, real name Jeff Salzman [1]) - lead guitar
Kliff McBurtney (referring to Cliff Burton and Paul McCartney, respectively, real name Paul Terrien) - bass
Ringo Larz (referring to Ringo Starr and Lars Ulrich, respectively, real name Ryan Charles) - drums
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Until 2007, Beatallica's recordings were only available as MP3 and FLAC downloads.
(2001) A Garage Dayz Nite (EP)
(2004) Beatallica (EP) (Also commonly known as the Grey Album, a mix between the White Album from the Beatles and Black Album from Metallica, and not to be confused with The Grey Album by DJ Danger Mouse)
(2007) Sgt. Hetfield's Motorbreath Pub Band (Oglio. CD release date: July 10, 2007). See "press release".
(2008) All You Need Is Blood ("Maxi-single" in 13 languages, Oglio. CD release date: May 20, 2008).
(2008) Sgt. Hetfield's Motorbreath Pub Band (Sony-ATV Japanese release with bonus tracks CD release date: September 10, 2008).
(2008) All You Need Is Blood ("Maxi-single" in 13 languages,Sony-ATV Japanese release with bonus tracks. CD release date: October 8, 2008).
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External links
Beatallica.org - Official website
Beatallica at MySpace
Fanpage about the Hell-Yeah! ChristmasTour 07
Beatallica Saturday the 14th Interview 2007 (30 min.)
David Dixon (Webmaster of Puppets) describes the band's history (mp3, recorded April 2005 at the Berkman Center)
"My Life as a Reptile" - Interview with Jeremy Brendan
Article on Clevescene.com
NPR story about the cease-and-desist order, and Lars Ulrich's involvement
The Sony/ATV Music Publishing cease-and-desist notice (PDF file)
Another cease-and-desist notice, sent to the band's webmaster
'No Remorseful Reply: The Beatallica Interview'. Norton Holtz interviews Ringo Larz of Beatallica. to view it on MySpace, or Click Here to view it on 1up.com
"July 5th, 2007 Article in the Cleveland Scene
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