BeatalliCAST

Hair VVeber and MurphDawg celebrate BeatalliCAST's ONE YEAR Anniversary by digging into the archives (this sounds all too familiar, huh) and dishing up some rare live Beatallica tunes. We would like to thank all of you Beatallibangers out there worldwide who have been listening!!! We hope you have been enjoying the ride so far! Drop us a line if you feel so inclined at  beatallicast@hotmail.com  (include your name and country/state etc.)

First up we jam the song Everybody's Got a Ticket to Ride Except for Me and My Lightning from the very first live show that Beatallica ever played, which took place in El Paso, TX on May 31st, 2004. Next we jump forward in time to 2011 and spin the English language version of All You Need Is Blood, live from Club Garibaldi in Milwaukee, WI.

We chat about hearing from a BeatalliCAST listener (BEN) from Australia. He signed up on the Beatallica forum after listening to all of  our episodes- that was awesome to hear- thanx Ben! Glad your enjoying all of this craziness, stay hesh! (we would love to get you on a future episode!)

News Flash: Hair VVeber will be heading to Metallica's Orion Music and More festival in Atlantic City, NJ (June 23 & 24). He will be hanging out in and around the venue (also in the Ultra-Pass section up front) - if you are heading there and run into someone wearing a Beatallica shirt, it just might be him- say hello and chat up all things Beatallica.  Might even do some fan interviews if we have time (and run into a few of you).

Next up we kick out the jams with The Battery of Jaymz and Yoko, live from Hamburg, Germany in 2009. This live recording also contains some audience participation that the band used to do a lot back in the day but it has now become somewhat of a rarity. The song breaks down and Jaymz gets the audience to cheer "Yoko Up Your Ass!" back and forth with him, classic stuff here.

We decided to keep the Christmas cheer rolling along into the new year and bust out another live version of a song from the Winter Plunderband EP and play the tune Wonderful Christmastime.

We jump on the phone and chat with  McNewKid  from Milwaukee, WI. We discuss Kliff McBurtney and him back in the day (cir. '84) being in a punk band together. We talk about his first couple of shows in Arizona subbing on bass for Kliff (MurphDawg and VVeber where there to witness this), touring the west coast with Beatallica (we caught the 3 Los Angles shows from this tour), playing on bass while Kliff subbed for GRGIII (on Guitar!) for the Ohio show opening for Dream Theater and then heading to Europe in 2011 on the Masterful Mystery Tour tour. McNewKid gives great insight into playing with Beatallica and being on the road with them all the while fulfilling a life long dream.

Above photo used with permission - 04.05.2011 - Hamburg, Germany

McNewKid (aka Dave Benton) also discusses another project he is involved in- the band Chief.  We spin a few tracks from the band, first up the tune ManClimber.  We then talk about metal/rock anthem songs and the track that Dave was inspired to write entitled Reign of Rock, which kicks ass!

We then talk about yet other projects that Dave is involved in-- writing fiction Horror. He along with the author W.D. Gagliani have written & published together a few times. Check out their free e-zine story HERE or check out their Kindle Edition e-book collection HERE. They have also written books for kids using the pen name A.G. Kent.

To round out our 1st year anniversary show we dug deep and pulled out a much talked about but yet to be played live track, the notorious show from Berlin, Germany in December 2009. While nearly done with their show, Beatallica's set was Hijacked by J.B.O. who jammed AC/DC guitar riffs and bantered over the sound system much to the dismay of Beatallica (they had no idea of what was going on). Enjoy A Garage Dayz Nite like you've never heard it before.

Cheers,

MurphDawg and Hair VVeber

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Hair VVeber and MurphDawg finish out 2011 with all sorts of audio gifts for you BeatalliCAST listeners. We kick things off with the tune Let's Have A Party from J.B.O.'s new album Happy Metal Thunder (English language release). We then spin another tune from this album entitled Long Live Metallica which features Jaymz Lennfield on lead vocals.

Next up we play a live track from a recent Beatallica show (December 3rd, 2011), the song Hella Day For Holiday from Beatallica's Winter Plunderband EP. For those listeners paying attention, you can hear the band add MurphDawg's name into the song a couple of times- classic! We love this metal holiday tune!

We jump on the phone and call our Beatallibanger friend Hemi in Leipzig, Germany.

We chat about when Hemi first heard Beatallica and then of course when he saw them for the first time. We talk artwork, T-Shirts, giant white crosses (stage props that Beatallica took on tour), beer and lots of laughter ensues. One of his Beatalli-artwork pieces was used in the beginning of a Hungarian TV commercial to promote Beatallica playing in 2009 (the Beatalli-Jet) can be viewed in the video below.

We also call another Beatallibanger friend, BassInc. in Bremen, Germany. We talk about his Beatallica experiences and meeting other Beatallibangers and also when he visited the USA and stayed with MurphDawg along with drinking, eating and sightseeing in Chicago, Illinois. We also discuss his photo that was in the Metallica fan club magazine SoWhat!. (alternate photo from this session below)

We round out this episode with another live unreleased tune called Please, Please Me Or I'll Beat You from the December 3rd, 2011 show in Chicago, Illinois.

Happy Holidaze,

MurphDawg and Hair VVeber

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Hair VVeber and MurphDawg dig into the archives and dish up some old and rare live Beatallica tracks played for the first time exclusively for all of you Beatallibangers around the world.

First up are a few snippets of how Beatallica used to sometimes intro the song Sgt. Hetfield's Motorbreath Pub Band back in 2008 (parodying other bands playing the song).

Next up the unreleased song While My Guitar Deathly Creeps, recorded April 2008 at a show in Pittsburgh, PA. Jaymz gets the title of the song wrong at first, then corrects himself. He also mentions that the song will be on their second album (due to the licensor this did not come to pass).

(Beatallica Live Seattle, WA 11/20/10 - While My Guitar Deathly Creeps)

Also from this Pittsburgh show we spin the tune Run For Your Life, which had recently been re-worked. This is how the song has been played since and also how it was recorded and released on the Masterful Mystery Tour album, though it was re-named Running For Your Life.

Followed by Got To Get You Trapped Under Ice from the the April 2008 show at Dirty Nellies in Palatine, IL.

Then we travel back to 2005 on April 1st and listen to the original live lineup of Beatallica, when they wore wigs and ripped leather jackets with the Beatles style grey outfits underneath. Only the first twenty minutes of this show (which also was videotaped) are presented here. Tracks included are: ...And Justice For All My Loving, Sandman, No Remorseful Reply, Harvester Of Skelter, Blackended The USSR, And I'm Evil.

Jumping forward to 2009, we play an audio recording of VVeber and Kliff wandering around the streets of Zürich, Switzerland (MurphDawg was at home) and came across some Pan Flute players by the lake. They also chat about the current Masterful Mystery Tour.

Cheers,

MurphDawg and Hair VVeber

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Hair VVeber and MurphDawg drive up to Milwaukee, WI to hang out with Kliff McBurtney for episode six of BeatalliCAST. We opted for a hotel room as we knew this interview would be long and there would be lots and lots of drinking involved. We chat about all sorts of subjects from Kliff's brewery to touring, crafting new Beatallica demo's, Kliff's early history with Beatallica, MJØD, Beatallibangers and much much more. We cracked open a fresh bottle of McBurtney MJØD - Insanity, great stuff! We also talk about one of Kliff's other projects entitled Schizogods and play the tune Helmüt Falkler, which was played on the 2009 Beatallica tour in Europe and involves Beatallibanger Hemi and ties into the Hero of the Day Tripper video.

We play the song Hero of the Day Tripper, another EXCLUSIVE live track from the Masterful Mystery Tour 2009 European tour.

Kliff then reminisces about the show and other experiences in Busan, Korea.

We talk about Marshall - who has played in Beatallica once for a private party.

Next we talk about the band MJØD and hear to how the band was named and then we listen to the  demo song Subjugation from the forthcoming album entitled Jørmungandr.

We then chat about the video shoots for Hero of the Day Tripper and Fuel on the Hill that we did for Beatallica.

The beer kept flowing along with lots of Mead and it finally made MurphDawg bow out of this interview and crash out.

We close out this episode with yet another EXCLUSIVE live track from the Masterful Mystery Tour 2009 European tour

- I'll Just Bleed Your Face.

"Insanity is Bliss",

MurphDawg and Hair VVeber

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BeatalliCAST is taking a short hiatus, no worries though we will return soon with brand new episodes (FER SURE!). As always we will bring you EXCLUSIVE LIVE RECORDINGS and insight into all things that are Beatallica!

While we are away you may want to fill the void with other BeatalliCAST type projects.

What may you ask are those?

Well LIVE Audio/Photo's/Video's of Beatallica that were made exclusively by US!!

Beatallica with Mike Portnoy

Beatallica Tapestry of Illusion T01

(THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 9 TRACKS)

Beatallica - Heshers On Ice Vol. 6!

Beatallica - Heshers On Ice Vol. 6! (bonus tracks)

Beatallica - Benzin auf dem Berg

Hope you enjoy these pre-BeatalliCAST projects that we made for Beatallibangers everywhere!

Until we return, always remember...

STAY HESH and just thrash and let the metal flow!

Cheers,

MurphDawg and Hair VVeber

MurphDawg and Hair VVeber take BeatalliCAST over the pond again to talk with Beatallibangers in Europe.

First we chat with Casper in Copenhagen, Denmark and find out when he became a Beatallibanger and other interesting stories with him and Julie hanging out with Beatallica. We also delve into the great friendships that have been made with other Beatallibangers over the years. We talk about Casper's favorite Beatallica song  and the video that we did of Beatallica performing it live for the first time ever.

Next we call our good friend Dennis, in Berlin, Germany, who is by our standards one of the most hardcore European Beatallibangers. He has been thrashing to Beatallica since 2001. He even made an appearance at Camp Tinker in Wisconsin with (Kt)Ulla after seeing Beatallica in Minneapolis, MN (The first European Beatallibangers to see Beatallica live in the U.S.A.- 99% sure of this fact).

Finally we chat with Suspira in Leipzig, Germany. She shares her first experience at a Beatallica show and also talks about hanging out with Beatallica in Amberg, Germany. Suspira and Hemi are another couple of hardcore European Beatallibangers. They always bring some sort of surprise to a Beatallica show (lots of Beatallica Beer [like the case of Beatallica beer in our logo image], the large White Crosses that Beatallica ended up using on stage during their European shows in 2009, their own Beatalli-Uniforms, etc.).

(This propane tank was painted as the Yellow Submarine for Beatallica's show at a private party in Wisconsin. It is still painted this way today!)

Cheerz,

Hair VVeber and MurphDawg

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MurphDawg and Hair VVeber take BeatalliCAST to the other side of the globe again, this time thou we were on a quest- well more of a dare by a few of the Beatallica band members. We took that dare, which was to interview one or more of the people that had worked with the band in Busan, South Korea in 2007.

(Photo: Jina & Yoo Kyung @ Busan International Rock Festival 2007)

We got in contact with Jina who was one of the interpreters for the band and worked Beatallica's merch booth at the festival. She was most kind to stay up late for our call (14 hour difference) and it was a real pleasure to talk with her.

We chat about the festival, the autograph signing session (which went on for many hours), playing a very limited set (25 minutes) because of all the rain, sightseeing around Busan, and of course drinking beer. Jina also lets us hear her "pitch" to get people to go and buy merch at the Beatallica booth and also to make sure everyone went to see the band play.

During the course of our interview it came to our attention that Jina actually was the person that did the main translation for the Korean version of All You Need Is Blood!

While this episode clocks in under 25 minutes it is by no means short on Beatallica history. It is always great to hear about the band in far off distant locations and to hear about it by the Beatallibangers that were there!

Cheers,

Hair VVeber and MurphDawg

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MurphDawg and Hair VVeber take BeatalliCAST globetrotting from Chicago, IL to Burbank, CA and then on to Germany.

From Burbank, CA, our good friend Stuart Gordon talks with us about HP Lovecraft's character Cthulhu before we play a live recording of Ktulu (He's So Heavy) made at the Große Freiheit 36 in Hamburg, Germany.

This specific live recording we re-named "Summoning Ktulu". It was recorded above the Kaiser Keller, where The Beatles played, in an large empty venue with virtually no one but the crew present. And yes, MurphDawg was at home.

It is an amazing recording that is available here for the first time ever. This sound check performance by Beatallica was a thank you of sorts for a fan of the band, Mike, their live show sound man on the December 2009 tour. It is his favorite Beatallica song.

Next up, we call Germany and chat with Vito C. from J.B.O.

We discuss J.B.O. and them meeting Beatallica many years ago up to touring with them during December of 2009 and other current band activities.

We cover many topics like Jaymz singing in German on Eine Guten Tag Zum Sterben, Beatallica recording in J.B.O.'s studio, the Beatallica Arschwaschlappen, the infamous "Hi-jacking of Beatallica's Berlin show" while J.B.O. played AC/DC on their guitars over the amps from backstage, bewildering Beatallica... and of course much, much more. (sound familiar?)

Included in this portion of the episode are live recordings of J.B.O. playing Geh Mer Halt Zu Slayer and also Jaymz as a guest singer on stage during Eine Guten Tag Zum Sterben, both were recorded in Hamburg, Germany.

Prost,

Herr VVeber & MurphHundt

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MurphDawg and Hair VVeber take BeatalliCAST on the road to Milwaukee, WI and hang out at the Crooked Shillelagh celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Beatallica (April 1st, 2011) and the 18th year  of Spoof Fest.

We share some laughter and a few beers while interviewing our good friend Jaymz Lennfield on his own home turf.

In this episode we cover some of the history of Spoof Fest and the different bands that Jaymz has "spoofed" over years, the birth of what became Beatallica, crafting songs, in the studio recording A Garage Dayz Nite & 'The Grey Album', the 'Green Spot' at Camp Tinker and Beatallica touring Europe for the first time and much, much more.

Cheers,

Hair VVeber & MurphDawg

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MurphDawg and Hair VVeber kick start BeatalliCAST, celebrating all things Beatallica.

In this episode we discuss our different experiences with Beatallica over the years, from private gigs to calling into to live radio shows and surprising the band, creating Beatallica merchandise, shooting videos and flying across the country (and the world) to see Beatallica live, all the while detailing the history of Beatallica.

Also included is an interview with D^2 (Physics Professor David Dixon), the man who named Beatallica and first posted their music on the internet for the world to hear and enjoy. He shares great moments like band members first hearing about "Beatallica" (which they were unaware of), their first live show ever (El Paso, Texas) and much more.

Happy 10th Birthday Beatallica! (April 1st)

Cheers,

Hair VVeber & MurphDawg

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