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Beatallica is an internet-based ‘mash’ band, covering The Beatles songs in the style of Metallica, with adapted lyrics focusing on metal, beer and attacking poseurs.

The band has released two albums; ‘A Garage Dayz Nite’ in 2001 and ‘Beatallica’ in 2004. Both albums could be downloaded for free from their website, never released in physical format.

In February 2005, Beatallica was served with a cease-and-desist order from Sony/ATV Publishing, who owns The Beatles catalogue, for wilful copyright infringement. They were being threatened with a lawsuit if they didn’t cease all Beatallica activity and pay “an amount to be discussed” in damages. Word got out, lots of articles and blog entries were written about them, over 10,000 people signed an online petition, and soon Lars Ulrich of Metallica contacted the band to offer his support. Ulrich enlisted one of his attorneys to negotiate with Sony on Beatallica’s behalf, and as a result Sony chose not to pursue legal action against Beatallica at that time, while maintaining their right to do so in the future.

In July 2007, Beatallica finally released their debut “physical medium” album, “Sgt. Hetfield’s Motorbreath Pub Band”. It included re-recordings of tracks from their two downloadable albums, as well as several new tracks. This release was done with the approval of Sony and others involved in the previous litigation attempt.

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elyador wrote:
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this is some funny shit

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goldspot7 wrote:
Monday morning

better than Radiohead[31], Anything's better than Radiohead [18].

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LiselX wrote:
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better than Radiohead[30], Anything's better than Radiohead [17].

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eban_666 wrote:
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Everybody's Got A Ticket To Ride Except For Me And My Lightning !!! juajuajua

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RTPablo wrote:
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amazing band :D

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Frejdyr wrote:
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better than Radiohead[29], Anything's better than Radiohead [16].

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Unforgiven1991 wrote:
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http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Beatallica/+images/36496245

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Mr_Romeo wrote:
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Awesome. :D

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heavy25 wrote:
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nice :)

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lobogo14 wrote:
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better than Radiohead[28], Anything's better than Radiohead [15].

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Andrew784 wrote:
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better than Radiohead[27], Anything's better than Radiohead [14].

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elyador wrote:
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better than Radiohead[26], Anything's better than Radiohead [13].

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theacademy182 wrote:
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you guys are so clever.

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BattleOx wrote:
September 2009

better than Radiohead[25], Anything's better than Radiohead [12].

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kurebisubarudo wrote:
September 2009

better than Radiohead[24], Anything's better than Radiohead [11].

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afz902k wrote:
September 2009

better than Radiohead[23], Anything's better than Radiohead [10].

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conorconneally wrote:
September 2009

one word genius.

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SonnyBurnett88 wrote:
September 2009

Very interesting and very funny:p

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vlanex wrote:
September 2009

что может быть уродливей пародии, не знаю как кому, мне этот жанр кажется мерским, ну и к людям которые не в состоянии нечто свое придумать отношение соответственное

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niQboy wrote:
September 2009

I remember the first time I heard Hey Dude, I was speechless lol

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