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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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1	A Garage Dayz Nite full track	190
2	Hey Dude full track	186
3	Leper Madonna full track	174
4	...And Justice for All My Loving full track	170
5	Sgt. Hetfield's Motorbreath Pub Band full track	169
6	For Horsemen full track	153
7	Sandman full track	150
8	I Want to Choke Your Band	104
9	Blackened the USSR	98
10	The Thing That Should Not Let It Be	95
11	And I'm Evil	86
12	Everybody's Got a Ticket to Ride Except for Me and My Lightning	83
13	We Can Hit the Lightz	73
14	Helvester of Skelter full track	72
15	No Remorseful Reply	70

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Pingasforce wrote:
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How in the hell have I not found these guys?

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FeverishVisions wrote:
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better than Radiohead[19] , Anything's better than Radiohead [6]

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TheAssassinX wrote:
last month

The Thing That Should Not Let It Be is awesome, and Hey Dude, too!

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GloomyBreeze wrote:
last month

i love "Leper Madonna" ( and the other songs! yeah..)

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weez3l wrote:
last month

A Garage Dayz Nite! such a cool song xD

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A77AQUERO wrote:
last month

better than Radiohead[18] , Anything's better than Radiohead [5]

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vinny4man wrote:
last month

as a hardcore fan of old skool Metallica and a hardcore Beatle's fan I like it, definately has its own charm, u guys should check out Easy Star All-Stars if u like reggae.

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veidlbauer wrote:
May 2009

better than Radiohead[17] , Anything's better than Radiohead [4]

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Felip wrote:
May 2009

better than Radiohead[16] , Anything's better than Radiohead [3]

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Kiwill wrote:
May 2009

better than Radiohead[15] , Anything's better than Radiohead [2]

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johngebreadman wrote:
May 2009

first heard them about 4 years ago and just remembered, funny but good music

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kingdiamond1234 wrote:
May 2009

better than Radiohead[14]

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yoodik wrote:
May 2009

Better than Radiohead [13]

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irminna wrote:
May 2009

ok guys, but where's the photo on abbey road?!

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damikor wrote:
April 2009

Anything's better than Radiohead, even shitty Metallica, asshole. [2]

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Ujool_Oreb wrote:
April 2009

Better than Radiohead [12] Metallica ist "shitty"? More than "Slayer with Ice-T" in one of songs?

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MrMojoRising88 wrote:
April 2009

Better than Radiohead [11]

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Firesign85 wrote:
April 2009

can't get enough! proud beatallibanger since the early days and the first time they came here, keep on rockin, friends!

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arawicz wrote:
April 2009

photos from Warsaws gig: http://fotoamatorszczyzna.blox.pl/2009/04/374-Beatallica.html :)

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jimmytheone44 wrote:
April 2009

This band delivers

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2009 European Tour Blog Pt. 2
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METALLICA MEETS BEATALLICA....FINALLY! A REPORT FROM GRG III
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2009 European Tour Blog Pt. 1
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