To understand the impetus for the fabulous new merchandise - we promise, it’s worth it - we have to go back a couple of days to the original incident. In wanting to show their support for the US Supreme Court’s recent decision to legalise same-sex marriage in all 50 states, the band released a special T-shirt to commemorate the change, promising 50% of its profits to The Trevor Project, which is focused on suicide prevention among LGBTQI youth - a noble cause in itself. This one’s a bit of a winding tale, so to reward you early for your faith, you can see the shirt below in all the majesty of its rainbow-coloured, cock-headed Pegasus design - the explanation for its existence is to follow. They took a postive stand on equal marriage rights, eventually taking action against those in their fanbase who revealed themselves as vocal homophobes in the process by releasing what they have called “the gayest shirt of all time by any band”. The all-star rendition of Rush’s “Anthem” follows previous “Bedroom Covers” of Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train”, AC/DC’s “Riff Raff”, Danzig’s “Snakes of Christ”, Bruce Springsteen’s “Candy’s Room”, and more, featuring such artists as Chelsea Wolfe, Emma Ruth Rundle, and members of Slipknot, Baroness, High on Fire, and more.One of my favourite bands, and one that I had a chance to work with over a few albums, is New Jersey-bred prog-hardcore veterans The Dillinger Escape Plan. And Sanchez does Geddy Lee proud with an impressive vocal performance. Carey sits behind his massive drum kit as he pays homage to his hero Neil Peart, the legendary Rush drummer who passed away earlier this year.Ĭlaypool, who will pay further tribute to Rush when Primus perform A Farewell to Kings in its entirety on tour next year, sports a futuristic gas mask as he plays bass, while Kelliher rocks his guitar wearing a pair of light-up glasses. That’s one helluva one-time-only supergroup, and they deliver on all fronts.
On this version of Rush’s “Anthem”, Coheed and Cambria’s Claudio Sanchez (vocals), Tool’s Danny Carey (drums), Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher (guitar), and Primus’ Les Claypool (bass) join “Bedroom Covers” regulars Steven Brodsky (Mutoid Man, Cave In) and Gwarsenio Hall (aka Jordan Olds).
For this latest one, they’ve brought out the big guns. The Two Minutes to Late Night crew has been churning out a number of impressive collaborative performances as part of the “Bedroom Covers” series, which was actually conceived just prior to the pandemic. Members of Tool, Mastodon, Primus, and Coheed and Cambria joined forces for a socially distant rendition of the Rush classic “Anthem”.
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The latest edition of Two Minutes to Late Night’s “Bedroom Covers” series of quarantine performances packs the most star power yet.
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