Since the last time we saw of our band of misguided musicians in exile, the situation has changed. After a long drought of new music, the band got to work recording their solo albums. G Mod is temporarily out of the picture due to his growing paranoia of persecution by an anthropomorphic bear wearing a Che Guevarra T-shirt (see picture here.... NO PICTURE ABVAILABLE? What? I could have sworn we had an image on flickr or photobucket. You generally have to have an account with one of those sites in order to have photos there, genius. Well, why don't we? It's not in the budget. But aren't those sites free? We can't afford free. Dang...)
Brick, in his rejuvenated state (short hair, not to be confused with the whiny webisode version with long hair) has managed to record an original song/lead single for his solo band, The Falcons, 99 (too many commas?)... No that last part is not part of the song. He also recorded several covers, including Masters of War, Meet Me in the Bottom and Tiger Man (featuring Tigerman on vocals).
Not to be outdone, Slate, in a moment of total brilliance (which is rare for him), contacted his old singer songwriter friend, the lovely and talented Eyeway (link...UNAVAILABLE? What the hell? Oh yeah, research is also too expensive for us. We couldn't find a link? We couldn't find a link. Oh fudge! Language! Oh, sorry.) With her awesome singing and Slate's average musicianship and mediocre production skills, they released the first single of his solo album, a cover of Sisters of Mercy's Dominion / Mother Russia, as Slate & the Revolution:
Of course everything was all well and good at first. Aside from the minor mixing problems and totally inept placement of drum samples, the cover was received well by those who heard it. All but one group. Out of the darkest void of copyright protection hell came a swarm of Evil Music Insects (EMI), hell-bent on quashing Slate and Eyeway's tour de force performance (Slate's words, not ours) and, ironically, claiming dominion over the song, even though everything was sung and performed from scratch by Slate and Eyeway. Could it be that Slate and Eyeway did such a good job in covering the song that the Evil Music Insects (EMI) mistook the song for the original? Or could it be that, in a moment of true stupidity (something all too common for the MGUJ singer), Slate used the original song to help him organize his cover version and, despite his best efforts to mute any sign of the original song, somehow the Evil Music Insects could sense the heart of the original song beating within this newer version?
The world may never know.
Stay tuned for further updates on MFUJ's newest faux nemesis as well as an unlikely turn of events for the band of misfits known as MFUJ. Lets' just say, they might not have to be MFU+ any longer. (Will Shadow ever appear on camera outside of stock footage from old music videos?)
And now the Sex Pistols with their ode to Evil Music Insects, EMI
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