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COVERKILL. |
So...if you're reading this I guess you have an
interest in knowing where "it" came from. Well long ago & far away in
a galaxy far beyond the reaches of... bullshit! It came from inside. Inside the
twisted little minds that created & carried this thing we call Overkill. And
these past 15 yrs. have had quite a few twisted minds within its
confines.
When the band started, way back when we were
strictly & solely a cover band. Belting out the "noise" that could not be
found on that happy, disco dancing radio dial. We were attracted to the
aggressive darken side of music. The music that "they" said would never last
(who the fuck are "they" anyway). We were actually playing some of the songs
found on this record, in the traditionaly offensive style that has come to be
known as Overkill.
Priest, MotЖrhead, Sabbath & KISS
to name a metal few, along with the snot-nozed punk of the day, like the Dead
Boys, Pistols and Ramones. I've always felt is the bastard child of both. So
let's face it, a band has to have influences, and to know yourself is to know
where you came from, and to deny your influences would be to deny
yourself.
Hey man, in short we were & are fans!!! So
let's get to the tunes, I'm running out of witty things to write...
...onward
& upward!!! Blitz
OVERKILL
MOTнRHEAD
(Kilmister/Clarke/Taylor)
I think this one is self explanatory.
When looking for a monikir we wanted something
that was descriptive to our perception of presentation. We were
standing on the street
after rehearsel,
drinking beer and listening to MotЖrhead...
"only way to feel the noise is when it's good and loud"!!! ...the
birth.
I once read quote that said, there
are really only two bands. MotЖrhead & The Ramones!
Not too far off.
Only way to feel
the noise is when it's good and loud,
So good I can't believe it's screaming
with the crowd,
Don't sweat it, get it back to you,
Overkill, Overkill,
Overkill
Shut up
On your feet you feel the beat, straight to your
spine,
Shake your head you must be dead if it don't make you blind,
Don't
sweat it, get it back to you,
Overkill, Overkill Overkill
Shut
up
Know your body's made to move, you feel it in your guts
Rock 'n'
roll ain't worth the name if it don't make you strut,
Don't sweat it, get it
back to you,
Overkill, Overkill, Overkill
NO FEELINGS
THE SEX PISTOLS
(Jones/Cook/Matlock/Rotten)
This wasn't music, it was bigger; it
was revolution!
Lennon, McCartney/Rotten,
Vicious
Seen you in the mirror when the story
began
and I fell in love with you I love yer mortal sin
Your brains are
locked away but I love your company
I only ever leave you when you got no
money
I got no emotions for anybody else
You better understand I'm in love
with myself
Myself my beautiful self
No feelings no feelings
No
feelings for anybody else
Hello and goodbye and a runaround Sue
You
follow me around like a pretty pot of glue
I kick you in the head you got
nothing to say
Get out of the way cos I gotta getaway
You never realise I
take the piss out of you
You come up and see me and I'll beat you black and
blue
Okay I'll send you away
No feelings no feelings
No feelings
for anybody else except for myself
My beautiful self dear
Ain't no
moonlight after midnight
I see you stupid people out looking for
delight
well I'm so happy I'm feeling so fine
I'm watching all the rubbish
you wasting my time
I look around your house and there's nothing to
steal
I kick you in the brain when you get down to kneel
and pray you pray
to your god
No feelings no feelings
A no feelings for anybody
else
No feelings no feelings
No feelings for anybody else except for
myself
Your daddy's gone away be back another day
See his picture hanging
on your wall.
Check out that
flute!
Oh father high in heaven -- smile down upon your
son
He's busy with his money games -- his women and his gun.
Oh Jesus save
me!
And the unsung Western hero, he killed an Indian or three
And then
he made his name in Hollywood
To set the white man free.
Oh Jesus save
me!
If Jesus saves -- well, He'd better save Himself
from the gory
glory seekers who use His name in death.
Oh Jesus save me!
If Jesus saves
-- well, He'd better save Himself
from the gory glory seekers who use His
name in death.
Yeah, oh Jesus save me!
Well I saw him in the city and
on the mountains of the moon --
His cross was rather bloody --
He could
hardly roll His stone.
Oh Jesus save me!
CHANGES
BLACK SABBATH
(Iommi/Butler/Osbourne/Ward)
Hmmm... no Sabbath, no
metal.
This one was a lot of fun to do.
Swaping the piano for an 8 string
and Dave
using an E-bow in place of the strings.
Sabbath even has cool ballads.
I feel
unhappy
I feel so sad
I lost the best friend
That I ever had
She
was my woman
I loved her so
But it's too late now
I've let her
go
I'm going through changes
I'm going through changes
We
shared the eve's
We shared each day
In love together
We found a
way
But soon the world
Had its evil way
My heart was
blinded
Love went astray
I'm going through changes
I'm going
through changes
It took so long
To realize
That I can still
hear
Her last goodbyes
Now all my days
Are filled with
tears
Wish I could go back
And change these years
I'm going through
changes
I'm going through changes
SPACE
TRUCKIN'
DEEP PURPLE (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
"C'mon, C'mon, C'mon, let's go space
truckin'". This song makes me feel like I'm still doing
dope.
Gillan Rules!
After doing a bunch of takes of this song, Tim announced he could
never be Ian Paice,
threw his sticks and
left. Then listening back a few days later, he decided it wasn't Deep
Purple,
but, it was definantly
Overkill.
Well, we had a lot of fun on Venus
We
always had a ball on Mars
While meeting all the groovey people
We've
rocked the Milky Way so far
We danced around with Borealice
We're space
truckin' round the stars
Come on, Come on, Come on
Let's go Space
Truckin'
Come on, Come on, Come on
Space Truckin'
Remember when we
did the moonshot
And Pony Trekker led the way
We'd move to the Canaveral
moonstop
And everynaut would dance and sway
We got music in our solar
system
We're space truckin' everyday
Come on, Come on, Come
on
Let's go Space Truckin'
Come on, Come on, Come on
Space
Truckin'
The fireball that we rode was moving
But now we've got a new
machine
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah the freaks said
Man those cats can really
swing
They got music in their solar system
They've rocked around the Milky
Way
They dance around the Borealice
They're Space Truckin'
everyday
Come on, Come on, Come on
Let's go Space Truckin'
Come on,
Come on, Come on
Space Truckin'
(2x)
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Space
Truckin'
(till end)
"You wanted the best & you got
it! The hottest band in the land, KISS !!!!!", nuff said.
Hello Victims,
I always
wanted to be in KISS, and besides putting on the make-up when I was
15,
this is as close as I'm gonna
get.
Get up
And get your grandma outta here
Pick
up
Old Jim is workin' hard this year
And baby
Do the things he says to
do
Do it
Baby, if you're feeling good
And baby if you're feeling
nice
You know your man is workin' hard
He's worth a
deuce
Honey
Don't put your man behind his years
And baby
Stop
cryin' all your tears
Baby
Do the things he says to do
Do
it
Baby, if you're feeling good
And baby if you're feeling nice
You
know your man is workin' hard
He's worth a deuce
Baby, if you're
feeling good
And baby if you're feeling nice
You know your man is workin'
hard
Yeah
NEVER SAY DIE
BLACK SABBATH
(Iommi/Butler/Osbourne/Ward)
Probably should be the theme song for
this band!
People going nowhere, taken for a
ride
Looking for the answers that they know inside
Searching for a reason,
looking for a rhyme
Snow White's mirror said "partners in
crime!"
Don't they ever have to worry?
Don't you ever wonder
why?
It's a part of me that tells you
Oh, don't you ever, don't ever say
die
Never, never, never say die again
Sunday's satisfaction, Monday's
home and dry
Truth is on the doorstep, welcome in the lie
All dressed up
in sorrow, got no place to go
Hold tight, do it ready, taking it
slow
Don't they ever have to worry?
Don't you ever wonder why?
It's
a part of me that tells you
Oh, don't you ever, don't ever say die
Never,
never, never say die again
Don't you ever say die
Don't you ever say
die
Never say die
Panic, silver lining, writing's on the
wall
Children get together, you can save us all
Future's on the corner,
throwing us a die
Slow down, turn around, everything's fine
Don't they
ever have to worry?
Don't you ever wonder why?
It's a part of me that
tells you
Oh, don't you ever, don't ever say die
Never, never, never say
die again
Never say die again
DEATH TONE
MANOWAR (R. Friedman/
J. DeMaio)
Man, you gotta love that intro. We've
most recently had the extreme pleasure
of
playing with "The Kings Of Metal" and showered on not... still the
loudest.
D.D. first introduced me to
Manowar back in the early eighties.
I
remember playing "Battle Hymns" untill it would play no more. We
did
a lot of partying to these sword
weiling mothers... Rock/Drink/Fuck!!!
Ridin' on to
wheels
Chainsuit on my heels
Sittin' on leather
Ridin' on
steel
Put my shades on
Hair blows in the wind
I give some square
the finger
Now he won't look again, no he
won't
PreChorus:
Now, you were sittin'
And I got sent
to Nam
I give some square the finger
You just worked at
job
Chorus:
Hear me calling
Can't you hear my death
tone
Hear me calling
Can't you hear my death
tone
Hear me ride
On into the night
Pull along
side
If you're looking for a fight
My social workers
Got me
on a chain
Keeps me out of jail
So the paper prints his name, yes it does,
and he likes it
Unemployment checks
Run out next week
It won't be
very long
'Til I'm back on the streets again
PreChorus:
Now,
you were sittin' home
And I was sent to Nam
I wen't through
the big house
You just worked at job
Chorus:
Hear me
calling
Can't you hear my death tone
Hear me
calling
Can't you hear my death tone
Hear me ride
On
into the night
Pull along side
If you're looking for a
fight
Death tone
Death tone
Gonna ride on my death tone
On into
the night
CORNUCOPIA
BLACK SABBATH
(Iommi/Butler/Osbourne/Ward)
This is the first cover tune we did
with Joe & Sebastian. Drums were done
during The Kiling Kind session but the rest was recorded somwhere
in Germany
during the
tour.
Too much in the truth they say
Keep it 'till
another day
Let them have their little game
Illusion helps to keep them
sane
Let them have their little toys
Fast sports cars and motor
noise
Exciting in their plastic place
Frozen food in a concrete
maze
You're gonna go insane
I'm trying to save your brain
I
don't know what's happening
My head's all torn inside
People say I'm
heavy
They don't know what I hide
Take a life, it's going
cheap
Kill someone, no one will weep
Freedom's yours, just pay your
dues
We just want your soul to use
You're gonna go insane
I'm
trying to save your brain
TYRANT
JUDAS PRIEST
(Tipton/Halford)
A few years back our friend GЖtz,
from RockHard asked us to get involved
in a
Priest tribute. It wasn't hard for us to pick a cut because at one
time
or another just about every song from
"Sad Wings to British Steel" was in our cover set.
This is a tune we frequently closed our set with, when we were a
cover band. If it was
good enough to close
Priest's set,, it was good enough for us.
Behold 'tis I
the commander
Whose grip controls you all
Resist me not, surrender
I'll
no compassion call
(Tyrant) Capture of humanity
(Tyrant) Conqueror of
all
(Tyrant) Hideous destructor
(Tyrant) Every man shall fall
Your
very lives are held between my fingers
I snap them and you cower down in
fear
You spineless things who belly down to slither
To the end of the
world you follow to be near
(Tyrant) Capture of humanity
(Tyrant)
Conqueror of all
(Tyrant) Hideous destructor
(Tyrant) Every man shall
fall
Mourn for us oppressed in fear
Chained and shackled we are
bound
Freedom choked in dread we live
Since Tyrant was enthroned
I
listen not to sympathy
Whilst ruler of this land
Withdraw your feeble
aches and moans
Or suffer smite from this my hand
(Tyrant) Capture of
humanity
(Tyrant) Conqueror of all
(Tyrant) Hideous destructor
(Tyrant)
Every man shall fall
Mourn for us oppressed in fear
Chained and
shackled we are bound
Freedom choked in dread we live
Since Tyrant was
enthroned
My legions faithful unto death
I'll summon to my
court
And as you perish each of you
Shall scream as you are
sought
(Tyrant) Capture of humanity
(Tyrant) Conqueror of
all
(Tyrant) Hideous destructor
(Tyrant) Every man shall
fall
AIN'T NOTHIN' TO DO
DEAD BOYS
(Bator/Chrome)
Is this that song... that Pearl Jam
song... PAY ATTENTION! I remember seeing this guys
at the Ritz on 11th St. in N.Y. ...NO BASS PLAYER? Nobody eared...
they were the best.
I snuck out of my house
when I was 16 and took the train to the city to see
the Dead Boys open for The Damned at CBGB's. They were America's
answer to the
Pistols. Royalty as far as I
was concerned.
I'm so sick of tv
You
know, i'm getting bored of the tube
And I'm so sick of romance
I'm gettin'
real sick of you
I wanna get on out of here
And find somethin' to
do
Yeah get on out of here
Just ain't nothin' to do
Listen
I'm
so sick of FM
I don't play my stereo too
Just wanna get out on the street
fight free
That is somethin' to do
Wanna get on out of here
Ain't
nothin' to do
Yeah get on out of here
Just ain't nothin' to
do
There ain't nothin' to do
I gonna beat up the next juppie I
see
Maybe I'll be beatin' up you
Here I come baby
in your
mouth
Ain't nothin' to do
Ain't nothin' to do
There ain't
nothin' to do
Gonna knock down the next suit I see
Maybe I'll be knockin'
down you
Ain't nothin' to do
Ain't nothin' to do
Ain't nothin' to
do
(till end)
Being from N.Y. you have a special
attachment to The Ramones. We think they're ours,
and they are. We didn't own the original master of this recording,
so we transfered it
from a 10 years old,
shifty casette copy... makes no never mind. It was recorded in
'88,
with the "Under The Influence"
line-up. I remember getting ready to take the stage at the
Ritz
for the first time as a headlines and
we got a special introduction. This guy walks on stage;
ripped jeans, shades, leather and say in a very low voice; "Uh,
these guys are called Overkill".
It was
Joey Ramone. The most memorable intro of D.D. & my career... Hey-Ho Let's
go!!!
If you love music, you have to love
The Ramones. I think at the time (1984) we were watching
Pee Wee's Big Adventure on the bus alot, and that's why we were
doing Tequila
at the end of this
tune.
Well I'm against it
I'm against it
Well I'm
against it
I'm against it
I don't like politics
I don't like
communists
I don't like games and fun
I don't like anyone
Well I'm
against it
I'm against it
Well I'm against it
I'm against it
I
don't like Jesus freaks
I don't like circus geeks
I don't like summer and
spring
I don't like anything
I don't like sex and drugs
I don't
like water bugs
I don't care about poverty
All I care about is
me
Well I'm against it
I'm against it
Well I'm against it
I'm
against it
I don't like playing ping pong
I don't like the Viet
Cong
I don't like Burger King
I don't like anything
And I'm against
it
I'm against it
Well I'm against it
I'm against it
Well I'm
against it
I'm against it
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