Taranchula

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Taranchula

Origins	Scandinavia
Genre(s)	Death/Thrash Metal
Members	Dave Bjornborg Dave Olafstenston Schenkel McDoo
Discography	"Moving Very Slowly" (2003) "The Decoupage" (2005) "Brother In A Jar" (2007) "Shady Missionaries" (2007) "Poison the Dragons" (2007) "Trudgemank" (2008)
Producer	Mort Dougland
Label	N/A

Taranchula is a death metal band first mentioned in the Strong Bad Email "band names." The members of the band are Dave Bjornborg, Dave Olafstenston, and Schenkel McDoo. Their only known songs are "Moving Very Slowly" from Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits (heard briefly during the email fingers), "The Decoupage" (whose video is directed by Mort Dougland), "Brother In A Jar" (composed for Strong Bad's would-be funeral) and "Trudgemank", featuring Peacey P (for which The Cheat animated a music video). Also, in the Strong Bad Email montage, Strong Bad can be seen listening to a Taranchula album with the Wagon Fulla Pancakes, and in the email more armies, an Easter egg reveals their album Shady Missionaries. The picture of Taranchula in the Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits insert is very reminiscent of Glenn Danzig.

The video for "The Decoupage" is perhaps a spoof of the band Tool's video for their single "Sober", as both videos are stop motion and feature a shapeless creature slithering about the sets of the videos. In Tool's case, the creature is of unknown origins; in Taranchula's case, it is a piece of meat.

The video for "Moving Very Slowly" was released on the Strong Bad Email DVD.

The band also appears on the Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour in the email death metal.

The three members of the band are portrayed by Matt, Mike and another Matt.

Products endorsed by the band include the Taranchula Black Metal Detector, from Videlectrix Kidx, and Cold Ones Dry.

Taranchula's logo is very similar to that of Immolation, a popular death metal band.

Songs

• Brother In A Jar
• Moving Very Slowly
• Trudgemank
• The Decoupage

Albums

• Shady Missionaries
• Taranchula
• Poison the Dragons

Complete Filmography

• Debut: Email band names (logo)
• Email fingers (heard)
• Email montage
• Email death metal
• Email your funeral
• Email more armies
• Email buried
• Trudgemank (featuring Peacey P)
• 2 Part Episode: Part 2 (Easter egg)

Trivia

• Bjornborg is a play on Swedish tennis legend Björn Borg.
• McDoo is actually more of a Gaelic name than a Nordic one.
• Dave Bjornborg bears a striking resemblance to Dethklok vocalist Nathan Explosion.

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