 The Deathtöngue (later Billy and the Boingers) lineup Billy and the Boingers is a fictional heavy metal rock band from the comic strip Bloom County, originally known as Deathtöngue. Image File history File linksMetadata Deathtongue. ...
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Heavy metal is a form of rock music characterized by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. ...
Bloom County was a popular American comic strip by Berke Breathed which ran from December 8, 1980 until August 6, 1989. ...
Most of the Deathtöngue saga is contained in the Bloom County collection Billy and the Boingers Bootleg, which included a flexi-disc containing what were apparently two songs by the band: "I'm a Boinger" and "U-Stink-But-I-♥-U". Cover of Billy and the Boingers Bootleg Billy and the Boingers Bootleg is the fifth collection of the comic strip series Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed. ...
Flexi disc in a magazine A Flexi disc sound recording is a thin vinyl sheet with a molded-in spiral stylus groove designed to be playable on a normal phonograph turntable. ...
- "I'm a Boinger", written by Dallas, is the apparent response of Billy and the Boingers after the name change. It was actually played by the Harry Pitts Band.
- "U-Stink-But-I-♥-U" is a song written by Bill the Cat. The song was played in reality by the band Mucky Pup.
The "liner notes" on the inside cover of Billy and the Boingers Bootleg are a parody of the thank you section in the Master of Puppets liner notes. They are both punctuated similarly and both mention "xtra freakin' yahooz." (It was "xtra fucken yahooz" in Master of Puppets.) Billy and the Boingers thank the "Boingers Metalbashers" whereas Metallica thank the "Bay Area Metallibashers." The band was started in 1985-86 by Dan Nastasi (guitar), John Milnes (drums), Chris Milnes (vocals), and friend Scott LePage (bass). ...
Master of Puppets is Metallicas third album, released February 21, 1986, by Elektra Records. ...
Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 28, 1981. ...
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Fictional history
The band was created by lawyer Steve Dallas during the peak of hair metal's commercial popularity, and originally called Deathtöngue. He wanted "another career... something big money... no neckties... loose sex..." Image File history File links Steve_Dallas. ...
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Steve Dallas was a fictional unscrupulous lawyer in the 1980s comic strip Bloom County, by Berke Breathed. ...
Bill the Cat is a fictional cat-based character appearing in the works of cartoonist Berkeley Breathed, beginning with the comic strip Bloom County in the 1980s and continuing in Outland and Opus in the following decades. ...
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Steve Dallas was a fictional unscrupulous lawyer in the 1980s comic strip Bloom County, by Berke Breathed. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Classic Metal. ...
Their first single, "Demon Drooler of the Sewer" (which sold with "Leper Lover") peaked at 1,012 on the Top 100 list. Later, their record deal with CBS Records fell through because of explicit lyrics on "Let's Run Over Lionel Ritchie [sic] with a Tank", which Steve Dallas read to Clive Davis, who was sitting right under a giant autographed picture of Richie. Leprosy, also known as Hansens disease,[1] is an infectious disease caused by a DNA plasmid (transposon, or ultravirus, a small circle of DNA) carried in Hansens bacillus (the Mycobacterium leprae bacterium) which is thus the vector. ...
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They also engaged themselves socially as christmas carolers and delighted Bloom County's front porches during christmas time. Their apparently self-composed yet tradition-based repertoire included "I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus so I blew him away" and "Rudolph the red-nosed headbanger". A Santa Claus doll. ...
During congressional hearings on "porn rock," Dallas, under grilling by the wives of several congressmen, completely caved into congressional pressure and announced the band had changed their name and image to the more wholesome "Billy and the Boingers," possibly a play on the name Billy Vera and the Beaters, who had gained popularity in real life around that time. Image:PMRC1. ...
Billy Vera (born May 28, 1944) is an American singer and actor. ...
Late in its career, the rechristened Billy and the Boingers embarked on their first world tour, sponsored by Dr. Scholl's Odor Eaters, which consisted of a single gig: the Moose Lodge in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where they played such favorites as "Hari Kari for Barry" (a reference to Barry Manilow) and "Pimples from Hell." Dr. Scholls is a brand of foot-care products manufactured by Schering-Plough and footware made by Brown Shoe Company. ...
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Seppuku with ritual attire and second (staged) General Akashi Gidayu preparing to commit Seppuku after losing a battle for his master in 1582. ...
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Bill got rich when "U-Stink-But-I-♥-U" became a jingle for Wheat Thins, but he did not share the wealth with his bandmates. When he lost his metalhead credibility after staying up all night and reading the Bible with a nun, the band informally disbanded and left him behind. He was born again as a televangelist named "Fundamentally Oral Bill" in the tradition of Jimmy Swaggart, Jim Bakker and Oral Roberts, and the nun got to star in a Pepsi endorsement commercial. Wheat Thins are a popular baked snack cracker found in North America and distributed by Nabisco, a subsidiary of Kraft Foods Global Inc. ...
The word Bible refers to the canonical collections of sacred writings of Judaism and Christianity. ...
Nun in cloister, 1930; photograph by Doris Ulmann In general, a nun is a female ascetic who chooses to voluntarily leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent. ...
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The lyric-writing ability of the band is exemplified by the following chorus:
- "Run with the Devil!
- Shout Satans might!
- Deathtöngue!
- Deathtöngue!
- The Beast rises tonight!"
Sadly, the hoped-for Grammy was not to be.
Lineup Candidates for the band needed "to know 3 chords and be able to grimace musically." Bill the Cat is a fictional cat-based character appearing in the works of cartoonist Berkeley Breathed, beginning with the comic strip Bloom County in the 1980s and continuing in Outland and Opus in the following decades. ...
Hodge-Podge the rabbit is a fictitious character from Berke Breatheds comic strip Bloom County. ...
Opus the Penguin is a large-nosed, existentialist penguin, a main character in the Bloom County comic strip series and other works by Berke Breathed. ...
The tuba is the largest of the low-brass instruments and is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the ophicleide. ...
Steve Dallas was a fictional unscrupulous lawyer in the 1980s comic strip Bloom County, by Berke Breathed. ...
Rosebud the Basselope was disqualified during the audition for singing a Simon and Garfunkel ballad and had trouble removing the spandex pants donned specificially for the audition.
See also - Heavy metal umlaut, for the basis of the umlaut in the spelling of Deathtöngue
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