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[Top 10] A Week Of DeadHeads’ ‘Songs In The Key Of (A)pocalypse’ – Mike

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Today’s DeadHeads‘ Top 10 comes from the character of Mike Kellerman (played by Michael McKiddy), a zombie who wants nothing more than to find the girl he loves, resulting in a cross country road trip! But apparently that’s not all Mike wants as his list is the ‘Top 10 Songs He’d Kick Zombie Ass To’! Check out the zombie bashing tunage after the jump!

If you’re in the LA area, you can check out DeadHeads at Screamfest LA this Sunday at 3pm PST. All information, including ticket ordering, is available here.

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1.) PANTERA – Cemetary Gates: This song is just so awesomely epic (Dimebag was the best guitarist of all time). I’d kick major zombie ass while it was playing. And plus the title is fitting.
2.) DEFTONES – 7 Words: When I’d jam out in my friend’s basement when I was younger we used to literally play this song over and over for weeks thinking we were hardcore rock stars (lots of guitar strings were broken). Zombie face = Smash! Smash! Smash!
3.) BIOHAZARD – Punishment: The ultimate group/music to get you riled up. Zombies would poo their shorts upon hearing this song coming their way (if zombies poop).
4.) SMASHING PUMPKINS – Geek U.S.A.: One of my favorite Pumpkins’ songs and one that never fails to make me wanna move; I’d be shooting zombies with a big smile on my face as this played.
5.) WEIRD AL YANKOVIC – Yoda: I’d need to throw this in there so I could have a laugh during the apocalypse, I feel like it’d be a blast to kill zombies whilst listening to Weird Al. 
6.) BOB DYLAN – You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere: It’d be a beautiful moment sitting on a rooftop with a beer and a shotgun, picking off zombies to my favorite Dylan jam. 
7.) WHITE ZOMBIE – I, Zombie: Not only the perfect title, but this song rocks freakin’ hard. It’s almost as though it was written specifically to be played whilst bashing zombie skull in.
8.) JULY FOR KINGS – Start Again: Put chainsaw to zombie face during this kicking tunage from one of my favorite bands. 
9.) CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED – Ghost Town: Outside of being a huge Howard Stern fan (and having worked with Richard Christy, who’s the nicest guy ever), this song is like a shot of adrenaline for facing zombie doom!
10.) NINE INCH NAILS – The Beginning of the End – ‘Nuff said. 🙂
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“He Walks By Night” – Listen to a Brand New John Carpenter Song NOW!

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It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.

Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.

Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.

“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.

“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”

You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…

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