TRAGEDY – Disco Balls To The Wall (2021)
Now this is fun: prepare your air guitars and get the party started with the hottest metal tribute to The Bee Gees, Abba, TOTO, and beyond: TRAGEDY! The New York based cover song reinventors are set to release a “best of” collection chock full of remastered favorites, “Disco Balls To The Wall“, on July 30, 2021.
It doesn’t matter at all if you love or hate disco or metal – you will unabashedly love TRAGEDY and their bombastic, crazy mix of disco, metal, glitter and revelry. TRAGEDY already broke the internet back in 2015 with the viral video for their energetic take on the Grease soundtrack classic “You’re the One That I Want”, but now it’s time to mosh on the dance floor again to a new, remastered version of the song, plus crazy takes on Donna Summer’s fabulous “Hot Stuff” (featuring Alex Skolnick of Testament on lead guitar), TOTO’s ”Africa”, Bonnie Tyler’s ”Total Eclipse of the Heart”, and more…
These guys are indeed an “all metal tribute to THE BEE GEES and beyond,” as “Disco Balls to the Wall” takes a metallic spin on popular, mainstream disco songs from the Seventies through the Eighties. The vibrant, shining core of the pop songs remain throughout, but these classics are encased in a package of hard-hitting, driving guitars and the rest of the trappings of heavy metal music.
ABBA’s “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” kickstarts the entertaining 14-track release, sure to find appeal amongst a generous portion of glam rock and metal fans. It’s interesting how well the song lends itself to the pop-metal format.
TRAGEDY’s rendition of “You’re The One That I Want”, the John Farrar song performed by Travolta & olivia Newton-John for the 1978 film version of the musical “Grease”, leaves quite an impression. They do succeed with the blending of pop and the harder side of metal with their mashup of Slayer’s “Raining Blood” with female-duo The Weather Girls’ “It’s Raining Men”, even though the references to the Slayer song are quite minimal.
There’s unique twist on hits such as Abba’s “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” and “Dancing Queen”, Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse Of The Heart” and Adele’s intense super-hymn ”Skyfall”. We’re not sure if TOTO’s “Africa” works, but embarrassing moments will be inevitable for most “comedy metal” bands.
”Disco Balls to the Wall” is finally topped by a smashing live version of Donna Summer’s classic “Hot Stuff”, featuring Alex Skolnick of Testament on lead guitar. What a ride!
TRAGEDY’s concept, while subversive and humorous, goes well beyond what others have done in satirical music – they celebrate the soul of the original song, even while turning the soundscape on its head. The amps are cranked to eleven, but the emotion is not lost. You’ll discover new meaning in songs that have been a part of your life as long as you can remember. You’ll laugh and cry, dance and mosh, and feel newly connected to the disco-metal that was inside you all along.
“Disco Balls to the Wall” is incredibly dynamic, nuanced and layered. This is just to have a good-time, smile, and why not, tap your feet and bang your head.
01 – Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (a Man After Midnight) (Remastered)
02 – You’re the One That I Want (Remastered)
03 – Evil / Baker Street (Remastered)
04 – Stayin’ Alive (Remastered)
05 – Sweet Caroline (Remastered)
06 – Raining Blood / It’s Raining Men (Remastered)
07 – How Deep is Your Love (Remastered)
08 – Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In (Remastered)
09 – Africa (Remastered)
10 – Total Eclipse of the Heart (Remastered)
11 – Tragedy (Remastered)
12 – Dancing Queen (Remastered)
13 – Skyfall (Remastered)
14 – Hot Stuff (feat. Alex Skolnick) (Live – Remastered)
Disco Mountain Man – Lead vocals, lead keyboards
Mo’Royce Peterson – Lead vocals, lead guitar
Andy Gibbous Waning – Lead bass, lead vocals
Garry Bibb – Lead guitar, lead vocals
The Lord Gibbeth – Lead drums
Lance – Towel boy, complete idiot
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