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Even more new shit! Jeez Louise!

We’ve spoken at great length about our love for Brian Posehn, who has to be one of the five funniest stand-up comedians working today. He’s also a colossal metalhead, which is just kind of a bonus, ’cause not only does he make you laugh, but he makes you feel like maybe there’s some world where he isn’t famous or you’re cooler, and the two of you are pals, sitting around rockin’ out to Anthrax albums. Sigh.

ANYWAY, Posehn’s new album, Fart and Wiener Jokes, seems like it should come out on 4/20, but it’s actually coming out on 4/27 on Relapse. As with his last album, there will be some metal songs with comedic lyrics (and guest appearances by Scott Ian, Jamey Jasta, Mark Morton, John Tempesta, and Russ Parrish), but there will also be a lot of his brilliant stand-up stuff on there. And now two clips have been released. As though there were any doubt, they’re great, and bode really well for the album as a whole.

First up, one about the wonders of iTunes…

After the jump, check out one about farting in a car. Fwomp!

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Brian Posehn is easily one of the funniest stand-up comedians alive. I have never missed a chance to go see him live, and he has – quite literally – made me fall out of my chair from laughing so hard. Add to that the fact that the dude loves metal, and, well, he’s just so damn sexy I can’t handle it.

Posehn is the only comedian I’m aware of currently signed to Relapse Records. He’s that fucking metal. And he’s going to release another album through that label, entitled Fart and Wiener Jokes, on April 27. That too-small image above is the cover art, which is absolutely fucking EPIC.

Needless to say, I am insanely excited about this album, which, in addition to some sure-to-be uproarious comedy, is going to feature two songs – “More Metal Than You” (!!!) and a cover of Kenny Rogers’ “The Gambler” (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) – which will feature guest spots by Posehn’s buddy Scott Ian, Jamey Jasta, Mark Morton, John Tempesta, Russ Parrish, and, according to a press release, “more.”

So clearly, this is gonna own all our asses in April. You can pre-order the album in a variety of nifty packages here.

And I think I’ve posted this before, but it never gets old so fuck it:

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MetalSucks Maniac The Ghost of D. Boon e-mailed us in response to that video we posted yesterday of Steel Panther guitarist Satchel playing drums while taking a guitar solo to make sure we knew about Gull… and we didn’t. So thanks, Ghost!

Gull is a one-man project from Richmond, VA who not only plays guitar and drums simultaneously (and wwwaaayyy better than Satchel), but also sings! Ghost says that mask he’s wearing has a mic in it, which is hooked up to reverb pedal. Check it out:

You can get more info on Gull here.

And while we’re talking about one man bands… this suddenly got me thinking about Corn Mo, this dude I used to see play local clubs and bars here in New York from time to time. He’s not really metal, but he used to host gigs for metal cover bands and obviously has some knowledge of metal, so it seemed worth posting. Plus, if you’re drunk enough, he can be fun to watch live. Check out the drum stick coming out of his pants!

Here’s Corn Mo, both doing his solo thing and playing with Gary Suarez’s hero, Andrew WK:

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Actually, it’s not quite as cool as it initially sounds; I mean, when you think about it, he’s basically just tapping his foot while he riffs.

Still, I couldn’t do it, and I haven’t really seen any other guitarists do it, so props where they’re due.

This is an eight minute long video of Steel Panther’s Russ Parrish – a.k.a. “Satchel” – soloing, but skip to the 4:25 mark to see the cool part.

-AR

Thanks to Kenneth Horan for the tip.