Beatallica just plain rock
One days whilst trawling through the Wikipedia, I found articles on Suprnova and Napster. Basically big labels suing the little guy and libelous stuff like that. Somewhere in there, was the obligatory mention of Metallica and their stance on the file sharing issue. But then someone threw a wobbly. Beatallica?! Who the hell are they!?
Well so it turns out, they’re a band that combine Beatles songs with Metallica riffs, and actually pull it off quite well. Their singer does James Hetfield far better than Hetfield ever did and the lyricism (for anyone that knows the Metallica back catalogue) is nothing short of fantastic.
How Beatallica fit into whole file sharing thing is because of their not paying royalties to Sony, who own the Beatles back catalogue. A ‘cease and desist’ letter was sent out to the band members from Sony, which they thought would spell the end for the band. They must’ve put something up on their web site to that effect, and Lars Ulrich from Metallica got in touch with the webmaster. Lars in effect set Beatallica up with their lawyer and sent a ‘cease and go fuck yourself’ letter back to Sony on befalf of the band. And that was the end of that. David suddenly had another Goliath on their side. And with Metallica’s blessing the blessed satire continues.
Legalities aside, Beatallica have done for me what I thought would be damned near impossible: actually make me remember what I used to enjoy so much about Metallica and a basic appreciation for the Beatles tunes that I never had. These guys really are fantastic. Best of all, because of Sony’s law suit, they HAVE to give away their two albums and live tunes for free. So go to their beatallica web site and download everything!
Best damned heavy music i’ve heard in a while! 
Posted: March 9th, 2006 under Music.
