#352-The Ultimate Metal Ego Check: Bands That Named Songs After Themselves

“I wonder how many modern bands still do it?”

Maybe the song is named after the band and referenced in the chorus. Maybe the song is named after the band but there’s no reference to the band’s name anywhere in the lyrics. Or maybe it’s a song with a completely different title than the band name BUT the band name IS mentioned somewhere in the lyrics.

“They mostly do it during their early years…”

Whatever the case may be, A METAL BAND’S TITLE TRACK ultimately becomes the cornerstone of a band’s sound and their overall mission statement and objective (especially when they’re young and just starting out).

“Taylor Swift doesn’t have a song called ‘Taylor Swift’…and The Beatles don’t have a song called ‘The Beatles’…”

Whether it’s about building a mood, declaring some philosophical ethos, or making a proud, self-referential namecheck for fans to latch on and lock in to, A METAL BAND’S TITLE TRACK sets the tone and lets the listener know what can be expected whenever they hear it.

Discover what it means to be a “hill jack”, understand why the good people of “Missourah” enjoy sipping on “Kentuckah” bourbon while floating down the “Mississippah” river, and find out how “Three Dudes…” are about to fundamentally transform metal award shows forever when you JOIN US as we investigate the importance of A METAL BAND’S TITLE TRACK.

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Show Notes:

(00:01): “Tinkler Widdler?” / “How about some #EvilBean (with the Mean Gene, brother)?”/ #HulkHogan / “Howard Schwanzenstein?” / #AndrewDiceClay / “Have you ever looked at his Instagram?” / ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** /

“That is bean worthy…”/ “Let’s retire that guy and go to this guy…”/ #markthetime / “Let it ring out…”/ ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** /

#BunkerpoonCenterForMetalExcellence / #Hotlanta / “Don’t say that…”/

“Wait a minute…isn’t it ‘Missourah’?” / “Are you trying to throw up the state name?”/

“Yeah, why not? #Skynet knows everything, dude…”/ #Kentuckah / “A warsher…”/

“Alright, so you’re a Hill Jack as well, then…”/ “What’s a hill jack?”

(06:20): ***PATREON US at PATREON.COM/METALNERDERYPODCAST *** /

#instantgasm / “WELCOME, New Patreons!!!” / “No spoilers…but it involves…”/

“Did you literally just spoil #TheHogStory …?”/ #DoomSickle #DoomSicle / “It’s gonna be longer than a day…”/ “I’ve got a bass rig…it’s getting no use in my house…”/ #digitaldrums /

“He’s a bass player, kind of a drummer, maybe a guitar player…don’t forget about singer…and poon magnet…”/ #autotuneddoommetal / “I gotta open up the…”/

“Just know there’s a surprise coming…” / #markthetime / “The good news is…I’ve been in your house…”/ “A little bit of elbow grease and you’re good…”/ Crone’s Kitchen Cleaning /

“You don’t wanna be that roommate…”/ “I’ve been in appliances for a very long time…this is so fucking metal…”/ #reallifeshit / #wisdomteeth #drysockets #viralaf #TikTok /

“The dishwasher people are gonna love it…all the women, right?”/ “You guys know what I do for a living, right?” / “I know what he’s doing…” /

***GIVE US A CALL AND VOICEMAIL US AT 980-666-8182!!!*** / #AussieDave / #ThanksCunt / “We’re learning so much!”/ “His #voicemails are gold!”/ “I think it’s ‘shit-hard’…”

(19:00): “Let’s get into the Daggone…” / #TheDocket / METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: A BAND’S TITLE TRACK / THE TITLE TRACK OF THE BAND /

“They mostly do it during their early years…”/ “Taylor Swift doesn’t have a song called Taylor Swift…and The Beatles don’t have a song called The Beatles…”/ “Who’s Pink Floyd?”/

“Hats off to Roy Harper, by the way…”/ “Is that the same one from the Led Zeppelin?”

“That’s what this podcast is about…”/ “Unfortunately, it wasn’t on Black Sabbath Records…”/ #Black Sabbath BLACK SABBATH (Black Sabbath – 1970) /

“We gotta hear some weather dude…and the bell…it sets the tone.”/ #PerfectEditing /

“You ever run like this?”/ “What’s he doing there?” / “Like an auto-wah…not Canada…”/

“We’re learning shit…”/ ***SOCIAL MEDIA US AT #metalnerderypodcast on #YouTube #Facebook #Instagram and #TikTok *** / #ViralAF

(25:08): “You wanna hear the Hawkwind version?” / #Hawkwind MOTORHEAD /

“Prizes of Christmas?”/ “It goes up like prices at Christmas…”/ “Now check out the difference…”/ #Motorhead MOTORHEAD (Motorhead – 1977) #killeropener /

“I got one…”/ “It’s always fun when he has a surprise, dude…we all win.”/

#IronMaiden IRON MAIDEN (Iron Maiden – 1980) / “Sing IRON MAIDEN!”/ “That reminds me…”/ “Vinny Dimebag, man…”/ “It’s very punk…”/ “I kinda wish he would have kept his cool Samson mustache…”/ “Wait a minute…what were we talking about?”/

“Have you ever met somebody that you think is actually in the CIA?” / “When in doubt…”/

#CIASMR / NOTE: It’s Metal Storm/Face The Slayer, NOT Tormentor/Face The Slayer

(34:12): “How about some Metal Church?” / “I still think they should have opened that first album with that song…”/ #MetalChurch METAL CHURCH (Metal Church – 1984) / “He’s got Dio vibes in the vocals…” / #Overkill OVERKILL (Feel The Fire – 1985) / NOTE: E.vil N.ever D.ies is apparently Overkill IV / “More creepy wind…love it!”/ “Old School…or Old Skull…if you’re from Missourah…”/ “Oh Whiplash, c’mon…”/ “They do have an album called Metallica…”/ “Can we find that one part?” / “Did the song live up to the name?”/

#Metallica WHIPLASH (Kill ‘Em All – 1983) / “I fucking nailed it!”

(41:21): “How about a little Megadeth…?”/ “Dave Mustaine is not a they…he’s a dude…”/

#Megadeth SET THE WORLD AFIRE (So Far…So Good…So What! – 1988) / “It’s not as…precise.”/ “You’re almost there anyway…”/ “That was obviously from the remaster with the weird drums…”/ “Let it ring out…”/ “It’s like a flaccid drum set…”/ “It kinda still bothers me that Baloff doesn’t do that anywhere else on the record…maybe Rob Dukes will do that sometime…”/ #Exodus EXODUS (Bonded By Blood – 1985) / “We never talked about the band title track…”/ “What would our statue be…?”/ #ThePoonys / “Put this dick on your mantle…”/ “Three dudes…all lickin’ ass…”/ #thenewbutton / “There it is…he finally did it!”/

“He doesn’t say a lot, folks…but when he does, it’s fucking GOLD!”/ “That’s called a callback I think…”

(50:15): “How about something that…maybe a lot of people probably don’t know?”/

“I love it…aftershocks!”/ “That’s the Surprise we were talking about before…”/

“We’re getting a lot of lies…” / “How about Electric Wizard?”/ “I told you, I can’t smoke weed…”/ “It’s not for everybody…” / #ElectricWizard ELECTRIC WIZARD (Electric Wizard – 1994) / #StonerMetal #SmogMountain #SmaugMountain / “Our local boys…”/ #localmetal #AtlantaMetal / #ActusReus ACTUS REUS (2022) / #WitchfinderGeneral WITCHFINDER GENERAL (Death Penalty – 1982) / “Actually, that’s a cool loop. We’ll keep that for Smaug Mountain…”/ “Dude, she IS nude!”/ “Princess Areola: Queen of the Bra People…it’s a fantasy movie…in the style of Heavy Metal.”/ “I wonder how many modern bands still do it?”

(1:01:03): “I don’t know why my voice went up so much…” (“I know why…”) /

#Queensryche – QUEEN OF THE REICH (Queensryche – 1982) / “It’s Bill’s favorite style of singing…”/ “Do you wanna cleanse real quick with Anthrax by Anthrax?”/ “Mouthful of Braces…”/ #NewAnthrax #ItsForTheKids / “Really!?”/ “I guess that’s the equivalent now of old 45 singles, right?” / #Anthrax ANTHRAX (Fistful of Metal – 1984) / “It’s like sped-up KISS…”/ NOTE: ’84 would have been Animalize / “I don’t know why my voice is going up…”/ THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!! / #untilthenext #outrreel