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what are some songs where artists have brought in a wrestler to amplify thier awesomeness?

Wyclef's "it doesn't matter" ...

― turtledoveDIES! (turtledoveDIES!), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

Talullah Gosh did an EP with Rollerball Rocco on vocals back in the mid 80s, but it didn't sell too well due to problems with distribution.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

Merzbow ft Balls Mahoney- We Be Swinging

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

Tiziano Ferri and Molly Holly did a cover of "Louisanna Woman, Mississippi Man" that got onto the soundtrack of some Reese Witherspoon romcom back in 2003, forget its name.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 16:24 (nineteen years ago)

My in-laws saw Rick Derringer (inadvertantly) at some free show by the river in Chattanooga a few years ago. He played "Real American", a song he wrote for Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda, but that was very quickly reassigned as Hulk Hogan's theme. It was one of only two songs the crowd responded to in any way, according to my father-in-law. No wrestlers helped with the recording, but it is apparently Derringer's second-biggest hit, so that should count for something.

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

"Gigolo" Jimmy Del Ray was actually the subject of Doop's follow-up single to "Doop", it got to #3 in Austria.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 16:26 (nineteen years ago)

When Dan Baird left the Georgia Satellites in 1991, he was briefly replaced by popular WCW jobber Zan Panzer. It was hard to hear him sing through the pink mask, though.

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 16:29 (nineteen years ago)

Similarly, an argument about vocal duties in Green On Red saw Dan Stuart replaced by Mammoth Sasaki for a few years back in the mid 80s.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

After months of promo videos touting his eminent debut, Australian sensation Outback Jack quickly disappeared from the WWF. He reemerged a few years later using the pseudonym Buster Poindexter, and attained massive success with his novelty hit "Hot Hot Hot".

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

> apparently Derringer's second-biggest hit,<

would have to be third-biggest, at most, since no way is it bigger than "hang on sloopy" or "rock'n'roll hootchie coo."

anyway, there are previous threads on the wrestling rock connection, i believe. but see: handsome dick manitoba, rancid vat, captain lou albano, whatever '60s garage band did that "do the hammerlock you turkey neck do the eye gouge" song, whatever wrestler used to show up in angry samoans videos, etc. and probably a lot more, too.

― xhuxk, Tuesday, 23 May 2006 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

Been thinking that the bassist from Milburn looks familiar? You're right: it's none other than former NWA champion "Dr Death" Steve Williams.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

There's a really awesome fucked-up weirdo version of "Memphis, TN" by Jerry "King" Lawler produced by Jim Dickinson on It Came From Memphis, Vol. 2.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

and here I thought Vince McMahon discovered the rock'n'wrestling connection when, while trying to take over the Florida territory, he accidentally called Bill Graham instead of Eddie.

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 16:48 (nineteen years ago)

The rock'n'wrestling connection actually began in 1941, when Lou Thesz started moonlighting as a trumpet player in Louis Jordan's band.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 16:51 (nineteen years ago)

Robert Gordon's book It Came From Memphis (from which the compilations were begat) has awesome wrestling stories about Sam (Sun Records) Phillips's son who wrassled underage as "the world's most perfectly formed midget" and Sputnik Monroe, who is just AMAZING.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 16:53 (nineteen years ago)

Although it's credited to Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats on the label, "Rocket 88" was actually written by Ed "the Strangler" Lewis.

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 16:54 (nineteen years ago)

Wondered what Marty Jannety was doing for most of the late 90s? You thought he was fucked up on crack for 10 years. Incorrect: he was in charge of programming duties for The Crystal Method.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

Beauregard's LP was reissued by Greg Sage's label last year. Many years ago, my ex-wife got an interview with him for a fanzine we did. The fanzine used a rating system which paraphrased from pro wrestling in a few places, which made him happy. He was quite the pro-wrestling fan.

More recently, Stuck Mojo and Fozzy had big wrestling crossover, mostly through the fandom of the lead guitar player. Dallas Page with Stuck Mojo, Chris Jericho with Fozzy. Have never been able to stomach Fozzy although the second LP is workmanlike and journeyman for the genre.

― George 'the Animal' Steele, Tuesday, 23 May 2006 17:03 (nineteen years ago)

I caught one of Fozzy's first public shows, back when they were still Fozzy Osbourne, in a suburb of Atlanta in 1999. They weren't too good, but it was a lot of fun. This is only notable 'cuz there were a few wrestlers in attendance, walking around the audience like normal dudes who just happened to be six-foot-five with twenty-inch biceps. Bobby Duncum Jr. stood like five feet away from me for a handful of minutes. A precious handful of sweet, immemorial minutes.

I also once got the stink-eye from Disco Inferno once while he was playing Area 51 in a movie theater lobby. Later that night he sat right behind me during Trainspotting. Which had some music in it, I think.

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 17:10 (nineteen years ago)

Joking aside, "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson is actually a really big corny indie kid, he loves B&S something rotten. One of the worse ideas I ever had was asking him to review "The Life Pursuit" for Stylus, I was thankfully talked out of that idea.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 17:14 (nineteen years ago)

That's actually pretty amazing. I realize there are probably corny indie kids in all walks of life, but the rough and tumble world of professional wrestling / Zportzzzzzzzz Ennatainment seems like the last place you'd find one. Especially one into the twee stuff.

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 17:32 (nineteen years ago)

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