Heavy Metal

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This article is about the genre of music. For the Strong Bad Email, see death metal.

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Heavy metal, especially glam metal and death metal, plays a big part in the culture of the Homestar Runner universe, particularly in the life of Strong Bad. There are characters and events in the world that use heavy metal, from the existence of Limozeen to Strong Bad's personal endeavors into the genre with songs such as Trogdor, and there are also many minor references, on the level of both the characters and the viewers.

Bands

Limozeen

See main article: Limozeen

Limozeen primarily spoofs the glam metal subgenre. The original picture of the band, as seen in monster truck, is composed of four photos of The Brothers Chaps' older brother Donnie, dressed as Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil for Halloween 1987; Crüe is among the many influences on the sound of the band. Their logo resembles the design of the AC/DC logo.

Taranchula

See main article: Taranchula

Taranchula spoofs darker and heavier metal subgenres, such as thrash metal and especially death metal. Specifically, Taranchula is said to be Scandinavian, recalling the many Swedish death metal bands.

Other

• Strong Bad's songs "Trogdor" and "It's Like It Was Meant to Be" fit in the genre, with the latter being an example of a ballad.
  • Strong Bad, the King of Town, and Homsar form the death metal band DÖI in Baddest of the Bands.
• Brainkrieg is a death metal band from Teen Girl Squad.
• Kissyboots is a band formed by the Teen Girl Squad in Issue 8. Cheerleader is seen with a heart-shaped, triple-necked guitar, identical to that which space-age guitar hero Steve Vai had custom-built.

Appearances

In Strong Bad Emails

• band names — Strong Bad gives possible names for metal bands.
• 3 wishes — Strong Bad states that he would be the mascot for a heavy metal band if he had horns.
• personal favorites — The theme song includes some hot metal guitar lixx.
• colonization — Strong Bad's final song parody of Shana-Ma, "Shana-Ma! Shana-Ma ha-ho-ha-HA-ha!", is a parody of the song Panama by Van Halen, from the album 1984.
• different town — Strong Bad says that "Marzipan would rock". Marzipan then appears playing one of George Lynch's (of Dokken fame) signature guitars.
• flashback — The email intro is a rock song.
• haircut — One of Strong Mad's haircuts includes a guitar over his mouth, which Strong Mad "doesn't want to eat".
• pom pom — Strong Bad calls Pom Pom Led Zeppelin when he tries to poke him with a pin.
• rock opera — Strong Bad performs a rock opera. One of the lyrics is "I totally always look awesome singing backwards metal."
• garage sale — Strong Bad refers to the email sender Cat as Catman. While there are other explanations, it's likely that this is a nod to Peter Criss, the former drummer of the band KISS, whose stage name was Catman.
• space program — SBASAF's flagship is known as The Proud Anselmo, a reference to Phil Anselmo, controversial frontman of the band Pantera.
  • Also in space program, Strong Bad makes a reference to a "space mutant from Satriani 5". Satriani 5 is a reference to Joe Satriani, a multi Grammy nominee and pioneer of instrumental guitar rock. He is also known to have taught many other famous guitar players, such as Kirk Hammett and Steve Vai.
• portrait — Strong Bad's muscular cutout features a "keyswordtar".
• death metal — Strong Bad gives his description of the elements of the genre. Metal bands mentioned in this email include Winger, Slaughter, and the Vinnie Vincent Invasion.
• cliffhangers — Glam rocker Lita Ford is mentioned, and Malmsteen's Comet is a reference to a member of the neo-classical metal guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen.
• the chair — Bubs offers a Winger album to replace Strong Bad's stool.
  • There is also a reference to thrash metal band Anthrax in this email.
• concert — sloshy is one of Strong Bad's favorite bands until he realizes they're "not metal".
• buried — Strong Bad uses the "Taranchula Black Metal Detector" to find items buried in Strong Badia.

Other

• Main Page 4 — A bowling ball with Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstrat pattern can be seen by hovering over the Toons button.
• Main Page 9 — Logos of rock bands Van Halen, KISS and Led Zeppelin appear.
• Strong Sad's Lament — Many of Strong Sad's "current tunes" are metal or rock songs.
• The Cheatar — The Brothers Chaps paint a giant fiberglass guitar to resemble The Cheat. Pictures can also be seen of heavy metal artists holding the guitar. The guitar was on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame before being auctioned off for charity.
• One Two, One Two — Marzipan accompanies the sound effects by playing a bass guitar riff on Carol
• Marshie vs. Little Girl — Marshie comments that Poison the Dragons sounds like a heavy metal album. It is shown as a Taranchula album in an Easter egg.
• Homestar Ruiner — While moving a hurdle on the Race Track, Strong Bad says "Must be made out of osmium or manganese... or Black Sabbath."

See Also

• Popular Music References