What do Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, Nick Oliveri of Queens of the Stone Age, Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio, Corey Taylor of Slipknot, Reed Mullin of Corrosion of Conformity have in common? I mean despite them being bloated monsters of metal plod, so stop that. Think positive…
Give up? You will. They have formed a metal Supergroup called Teenage Time Killers and their first album Greatest Hits Volume is streaming at New York Times (here). So how bad is it? It is terrible, but I am not a metal guy. I wasn’t even crazy about the new Lamb Of God which is really really good, and Queens Of the Stone Age, Alyson’s favorites, never came close to getting me off. Oh, and Randy Blythe from Lamb of God is on here as well. No Metallica but you can’t have everything now can you?
Even so? This is pretty iffy straight up no chaser metal for the unwashed masses. Here is the tracklist and a song for your listening… what’s the word again? Pleasure. At least the band name is half right. Neither super nor a group, decidedly not teenagers, that would make em…
01. ‘Exploder’ – Vocals: Reed Mullin Featuring Pat Hoed (Bass), London May (Drums)
02. ‘Crowned by the Light of the Sun’ – Vocals: Neil Fallon Featuring Jim Rota (Guitar), Dave Grohl (Bass)
03. ‘Hung Out to Dry’ – Vocals: Randy Blythe Featuring Mike Schaefer (Guitar), Dave Grohl (Bass)
04. ‘Power Outage’ – Vocals: Clifford Dinsmore Featuring Dave Grohl (Bass)
05. ‘Ode to Hannity’ – Vocals: Jello Biafra Featuring Mike Dean (Bass)
06. ‘Barrio’ – Vocals: Matt Skiba Featuring Brian Baker (Guitar)
07. ‘The Dead Hand’ – Vocals: Reed Mullin Featuring Woody Weatherman (Guitar), Dave Grohl (Bass)|
08. ‘Egobomb’ – Vocals: Corey Taylor Featuring Dave Grohl (Bass)
09. ‘Plank Walk Vocals’ – Pete Stahl Featuring Greg Anderson (Guitar), Dave Grohl (Bass)
10. ‘Time to Die’ – Vocals: Mike IX Williams Featuring Greg Anderson (Guitar)|
11. ‘Days of Degradation’ – Vocals: Tommy Victor Featuring Dave Grohl (Bass)
12. ‘Clawhoof’ – Vocals: Tairrie B. Murphy Featuring Dave Grohl (Bass)
13. ‘Big Money’ – Vocals: Lee Ving Featuring Pat Smear (Guitar & Bass), London May (Drums)
14. ‘Devil in this House’ – Vocals: Karl Agell Featuring Dave Grohl (Bass)
15. ‘Say Goodnight to the Acolyte’ – Vocals: Phil Rind Featuring Jason Browning (Guitar), Dave Grohl (Bass)
16. ‘Ignorant People ‘ -Vocals: Tony Foresta Featuring Greg Anderson (Guitar), Nick Oliveri (Bass)
17. ‘Son of an Immigrant’ – Vocals: Johnny Weber Featuring Brian Baker (Guitar)
18. ‘Your Empty Soul’ – Vocals: Aaron Beam
19. ‘Bleeding to Death’ – Vocals: Vic Bondi Featuring Dave Grohl (Bass)
20. ‘Teenage Time Killer’ – Vocals: Trenton Rogers Featuring Greg Anderson (Guitar), Pat Hoed (Bass)
“Vol. I” A veiled threat? You jumped on the grenade. At least Lee Ving left the messaging to others, preferring a short one about the usual, leeching off wealthy woman until a better opportunity presents itself.