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IS TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET’S “HEADBANGER” THE LEAST METAL SONG EVER ABOUT METAL?

  • Axl Rosenberg
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Who the fuck are Teenage Bottlerocket? I have no fucking idea, but an anonymous reader sent us a link to their new video for a song called “Headbanger,” which is about a guy who is in danger of hurting himself from headbanging too fast and hard. Funny enough idea for a hyperviolent Municipal Waste tune, but Teenage Bottlerocket ain’t no Municipal Waste. Not only is the resulting pop-punk incredibly irritating, but the joke gets really old really fast. And while it seems like someone involved in the video’s creation was kinda-sorta in the know (nice Bathory shirt, brah), there are a lot of egregious errors a true metalhead would never make. For example, having a dude sign “I love you” instead of throwing horns is the kind of mistake commonly made by old ladies and Disturbed fans…

IS TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET’S “HEADBANGER” THE LEAST METAL SONG EVER ABOUT METAL?

…but having a dude wearing a Bark at the Moon shirt written in the Maiden font is just silly, especially in light of the Maiden/Osbourne feud. I mean, c’mon guys, hire a researcher. I’d have done an accuracy check for you for the price of a joint!

Full vid after the jump:

-AR

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