The Eternal Cancellation of Elvis Hitler

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2 ай бұрын

This is the story of Elvis Hitler, a non-racist pranky punk/rockabilly band from the 80's ready to hit it big but refused to change their name.

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@briantomcollins 2 ай бұрын

It's awesome that people like Lemmy, Dead Milkmen, and Fear got the joke. Great psychobilly band.

@edwardgillelad 2 ай бұрын

I saw them open for Dead Milkmen in Detroit. Great show. Pitty no one could not get over the name.

@Pinebrookjohn75 2 ай бұрын

This band should have been much bigger

@Semprini537 Ай бұрын

I agree bro

@robbie5984 Ай бұрын

Not with that name though yo.

@jeremyserwer2586 27 күн бұрын

I think if he'd have called himself adolf trump it might have reached a broader audience. Recognition would have reached critical mass when trumps cult sent assassins to every gig until the job got done.

@CyclopsMetal Ай бұрын

Saw them once with Cro-Mags and Destruction. All I remember is Green Haze....The music to Purple Haze with the lyrics from Green Acres. I don't remember anyone crying over the name though....we had thicker skin then.

@mikewoodell179 Ай бұрын

I had no idea this channel existed. As a long time fan of Elvis Hitler and Unknown Hinson, I am now officially subscribed!

@5andime Ай бұрын

¡Ditto!

@manifestgtr Ай бұрын

“Elvis Hitler: the middle 4 letters say it all” LOL…that’s a spinal tap caliber review

@JustEnjoyAll84 Ай бұрын

Lol. I just had to rethink this. "Is Hi(gh)" sounded more right to me but i see what they were going for

@jasonlaureno8422 2 ай бұрын

I got to see them at the Ritz Theatre in St. Pete, FL in the '90s. Bobby Steele opened (solo, with a MIDI system) as The Undead. He was touring in a Chevy Chevette and the spectacle was as sad as it sounds. Mercy was not shown. Next up was Elvis Hitler, who I'd loved for years by that point. One of the best live bands I've ever seen- and I've seen a few. The Dwarves headlined. We gave 'em a fair amount of shit out back while they were loading in (in true Florida fashion), nearly burned down the place with smoke bombs during their set, and within 20 minutes they flipped the drum set and left the stage. Elvis stole the show. SO grateful for the experience. Amazing band.

@ronaldowens5025 2 ай бұрын

Milk bar, Jacksonville, 92, people that didn't grow up in the " underground" back then have a hard time grasping what it was really like back then when you try to explain it.

@i-never-look-at-replies-lol 2 ай бұрын

@@ronaldowens5025 political correctness killed the rock star

@mikewoodell179 Ай бұрын

The Ritz is in St. Pete?

@jasonlaureno8422 Ай бұрын

@@mikewoodell179 or Ybor. I don't remember.

@jaredperkins8066 2 ай бұрын

I always remember seeing their album hanging at my local record store. I always wondered what they sounded like. When I finally heard them I was shocked with what they actually sounded like. Cool video

@danthegreaser71 2 ай бұрын

I fucking love these guy’s. I remember being at Hastings one day when I was a kid and I saw Disgraceland sitting there. Me and my friend that was with me started laughing and I bought the album because of the album art alone but when I listened to it I was hooked. This band is actually what got me into Rockabilly and Psychobilly music!

@jasonberezny9705 2 ай бұрын

I have the vinyl still. Got it in the late 80’ when I was 18. Great band! 🤟🇨🇦

@steveanthony1667 Ай бұрын

Saw these guys in Memphis on a Friday night at 17 years old. On Saturday night some friends and I caught the Flat duo jets, had my 1st rolling rock beer. What an amazing weekend!

@brainlessdork Ай бұрын

I bought 2 cassettes of theirs out of a dollar bin at my local record store way back in like '97. Awesome to learn more! Thanks for sharing!

@RiteanDan 2 ай бұрын

I’ve bought their first three albums on cassette way back when I was just a kid and each of them came out. I guess I missed a couple. Wish they were on iTunes. They kick serious ass. I’d expect millennials to sh!t their pants over this without checking into it as it’s what they’re all about.

@aussieb1416 2 ай бұрын

nothing on Bandcamp either. This is the first I've heard of them and am keen to get some tunes.

@sawbonesquad4876 2 ай бұрын

this millenial loves that shit

@ChrisPritchett-mn7ix Ай бұрын

This millennial saw them open for Koffin Kats in Detroit, and is dying to find there music somewhere. I love these guys!

@joeleone2228 Ай бұрын

Another meatheaded guy who thinks he knows every millennial......

@BadAppleBlues 2 ай бұрын

I have never heard them but they have a great name for a band and play kick ass punkabilly - fantastic stuff!

@colonialstraits1069 Ай бұрын

Warren Defever also formed His Name Is Alive (4ad Records) and is a member of the noise band Princess Dragon-Mom (Time Stereo).

@marktrousdale4763 Ай бұрын

One of the greatest guitarist. In these clips playing the least punk/rockabilly guitar ever!

@deefenestration7989 Ай бұрын

Wait! A guy went from Elvis Hitler to His Name Is Alive?

@MatthewWilkins-rp5we Ай бұрын

Holy shit! I haven't heard Elvis Hitler since my high school days! ('92ish) That and GBH were some of the first punk rock cassettes I got a hold of in my EARLY years

@jasonself783 2 ай бұрын

These guys were a Detroit staple in the 80’s playing in hamtramck and Detroit bars

@KENNA25 2 ай бұрын

I bought their cassette when I was kid because I liked dead milkman at the time and they were right there at the time, with that MOJO nixon kind of stuff.

@brianmoorehead8613 Ай бұрын

I used to love going to harpo's

@SavageImprint 2 ай бұрын

First time hearing about this band but I'm digging the fuck out em. From the vibe it seems like the perfect band to be on a bill with FEAR.

@ianfeuerhake1859 2 ай бұрын

I saw them in FL back in 1992, and it was a fun show. Also saw them in 2004 and 2005 in Detroit when I was stationed there. Good time, and they were nice when I met them before the show

@crosswalklarry 2 ай бұрын

Was that with The Dwarves?

@ianfeuerhake1859 2 ай бұрын

@@crosswalklarry it might've been. I can't remember. It was at the Majestic Theater in Detroit

@jackscratch785 Ай бұрын

Mojo Nixon... Reverend Horton Heat...

@cobaltkingatlantis9971 2 ай бұрын

Great band. You keep getting all the best bands Tome.

@7Dunaway7 2 ай бұрын

“Live fast! Die young! Leave a beautiful corpse!”

@cformont78 2 ай бұрын

They did eventually release an album under the name Splatter and it shreds!

@shaunpurcell8300 2 ай бұрын

They are name mentioned in a Thomas Pynchon novel!

@i-never-look-at-replies-lol 2 ай бұрын

stop reading

@chesspunk489 2 ай бұрын

They would have been way more popular had they chosen a different band name.

@williamdixon8283 Ай бұрын

Elvis Hitler, Mojo Nixon, the Beat Farmers, even Southern Culture on the Skids; all amazing performers and in the same school as the Cramps in my mind. Great review of their history!

@crosswalklarry 2 ай бұрын

Saw them in '92 with Shock Opera and The Dwarves at The Bayou in Washington DC.

@antmothirteen6540 2 ай бұрын

Saw them at 9:30 with Evan John's and the H Bombs

@ronaldowens5025 2 ай бұрын

That's the tour I saw them on.

@vivisects-and-regicide 29 күн бұрын

Found this band thanks to Bomb shelter videos (late night underground TV show in Seattle from the early 90's).

@darkscribblings 2 ай бұрын

Awesome thanks for the vid. never heard of these guys but i love me some mojo Nixon/ rev Horton heat.

@toddr4810 Ай бұрын

Jammed with Jim back in the day, awesome guy & a great performer. Saw them at Smalls, Detroit kinda recently. Crazy fun show, buy them shots!

@d.blackwell6417 26 күн бұрын

Great mini doc!

@SirLeDoux Ай бұрын

I remember this band from back then - I totally thought it was going to be something else but was pleasantly surprised.

@theredbookmusic Ай бұрын

Great band, I totally forgot about them. I saw them in Hollywood, CA, I think it was at Raji's but not sure. Bought a cassette and had it autographed, I wish I still had it.

@JhonNye96 2 ай бұрын

Imagine if they were called Jesus Hitler

@nunyabidness4220 Ай бұрын

They'd be confused with the Carnivore song...

@jamesn5595 13 күн бұрын

Elvis Hitler and Snake-Out. What a classic lineup.

@kevinroulette Ай бұрын

Saw them in the 80s . They played the local punk club in. Y town . Such a great band

@kburd67 Ай бұрын

I bought their record because the sleeve was just a cardboard mailer with a sticker on the front. They were so funny, my friends and I loved them!

@stevencorsoe9575 Ай бұрын

Very familiar with this hard edged rockabilly...they were quite good..had a few of their albums...very underrated.

@stewmac7809 Ай бұрын

Disgraceland lp came in a cardboard cover with photocopy front and back very minimalist for the day 😂

@user-ny8dh2mk7m 2 ай бұрын

Saw 'em a few times in Phoenix, with Mojo Nixon/Skid Roper, and Az's Late great Hellfire. Killer Band!

@KoffinKatsOfficial Ай бұрын

Thanks for the awesome video.

@TheJoeSyph 2 ай бұрын

Great band. My band opened for them in the 7th St. Entry in Minneapolis probably around '89 or '90. Was a rippin' show.

@kittavares4334 2 ай бұрын

Extreme Elvis next! Jk Didn’t know about that band, these tunes sound cool, I’m getting that album.

@aisforapple2494 Ай бұрын

I think I just discovered my new favorite band.

@ColKorn1965 Ай бұрын

Loved them since I heard them in the 80's

@antmothirteen6540 2 ай бұрын

Saw them at the 9:30 club. Was a blast. Deeetroit Michigan!

@UnwrittenSpade 2 ай бұрын

Hahaha 930 club in DC? Legendary venue

@campfiresedge9395 Ай бұрын

Listen to the last two Talk Talk albums

@uviewer714 Ай бұрын

Please don't take this the wrong way, but in a world where Dr. Who has gone postmodern, thank God for EH! Proud owner of an original vinyl copy of Disgraceland!

@libertyfreedom380 2 ай бұрын

Still have the cassette 🤘🤘

@geoffreypiltz271 Ай бұрын

The Beasts of Bourbon covered 10 Wheels for Jesus. And did you know that Jesus Acedo was the real name of The Black Sun Ensemble's main man?

@AdonisMediaProductions Ай бұрын

I was lucky enough to find a cassette of these guys st the thrift, what an awesome band loved it and got the joke in the name immediate.' thanks for the video!

@metamorphicblood 2 ай бұрын

I’ll always remember when I first heard of this band as a teenager in the 90s. I was in an independent record store and saw on cardboard a ridiculous cartoon skeleton with a leather jacket, pompadour, and Hitler mustache, along with the words Elvis Hitler. I was as anti-nazi as it gets and still am. Also, I thought it was completely hilarious and still do. I knew it was way too blatantly absurd to be serious, and surely something more likely to irritate any neo-nazi bands than to make them want to claim it. A few years later I finally got to hear them, thought they really rocked, and “Green Haze” especially cracked me up. PS - Hearing about their history, I wonder if the band Death Ride 69 had them in mind when they came up with their song “Elvis Christ”, which is a gothic deathrock banger.

@m0ney4me 2 ай бұрын

Fuck, these guys are so cool n funny

@elihyland4781 Ай бұрын

respect that they committed to the bit

@creepyspookyicky Ай бұрын

Oh wow!! My ex & I used to go see them, Snakeout, 3D Invisibles, Country Bob & the Bloodfarmers every time they played in Detroit when we were young (in our mid 50s now!) Those shows were so so much fun! surfing on the cocktail tables at Bookies lol!! Not sure why but Detroit had some of the first, best monster psychobilly country music around. These guys are anything but Nazis. Love them!!!👻

@jackscratch785 Ай бұрын

Lead singer looks like John Wayne Gacy.

@ObjectorSnark Ай бұрын

i was going to say meat loaf

@jaypickett3552 Ай бұрын

Chris Farley's younger brother with a lesbian haircut...

@dnomyartrejo2650 2 ай бұрын

Your accent is awesome you could voice act a Ralph Bakshi,music manger,you got kutzpah

@John-ui5ku 2 ай бұрын

Green Haze rocks !

@isaactuuri6488 Ай бұрын

Back when you could actually have an edgy name, within the margins at least

@JustDatBoi Ай бұрын

Still can’t believe the UK band Slaves were pressured to change their name. As if every race weren’t slaves at one point.

@richarddeese1087 2 ай бұрын

Gonna have to hear Green Haze. tavi.

@mikemca2768 Ай бұрын

I'm loving everything you're doing. Tomme Keep it up

@pinupgirl72 Ай бұрын

💞💞💞

@bobkat7325 Ай бұрын

Great Band! Late Eighties Rock And Roll!!

@baabaabaa-yp2jh 2 ай бұрын

10 Wheels for Jesus was on a compilation album...dya rekn l can remember the name of it!!?!!

@JukeboxGothic 2 ай бұрын

Was Ten wheels for Jesus originally by an Australian band called the "Beasts of Bourbon"?. Theirs was on an album named "The Axemans Jazz" in 84.

@baabaabaa-yp2jh 2 ай бұрын

@@JukeboxGothic Yeah mate, lm Australian, seen the Beasts plenty of times in the 80s. Tex Perkins is still gigging today. Cheers for the reply and replacing some of my memory!! Edit: Yep it was Axemans Jazz or Asleep at the Wheel, one had 10W the other had Psycho (?). Cheers mate.

@JukeboxGothic 2 ай бұрын

@@baabaabaa-yp2jh I'm in Sydney and I used to see Tex waiting for his girlfriend every day on Oxford street. I remember when they were "Tex deadly and the Dum Dums". I was just asking about the song because my girlfriend at the time had the album around 84 and I thought they wrote Ten wheels for Jesus.

@baabaabaa-yp2jh 2 ай бұрын

@@JukeboxGothic I went to Sydney (Newtown before it was trendy) in 83(?) saw the DKs and a few other bands..then saw em in Adelaide.... I dunno if it's a cover mate (You think lm PSYCHO don't you mama.. deffo is a 60s cover) 10 Wheels lm not sure mate. I had Lorne Greene shares his precious fluids LP (taped by mates of course!). Perkins was in so many bands and did 'guest appearances' it's hard to keep up! The Johnnys played in town, not sure if Tex was in the band, but he was on stage, lm sure there's others! The first Big Day Out 92/93(?) they put BoBs on in the 43° arvo... The Chilli Peppers didn't wanna go on after... they were that good. We were spoilt for choice back then mate and didn't know it!! Saw the Birthday Party (for $4) just after they came back from the UK.. WW24, Box of Fish, l Spit on Your Gravy .. All them gd venues gone, for pokies and noise restrictions ffs! Eh, if l find it was a cover, I'll let you know, lm hoping not! Edit: The Dum Dums were his first band? I remember a mate playing Ring of Fire.. I'm near 100% that was the Dum Dums (or Salamander Jim?) How gds my fkn memory!?!

@JukeboxGothic 2 ай бұрын

@@baabaabaa-yp2jh Wow thanks for that. I saw the Birthday Party when they first cam back from England as well. It was at a club called Stranded and there was about 20 people there. It was a Thursday night. I was living in Darlinghurst so we went out a lot. Hopetoun, Trade Union, Lots of Pubs all in walking distance. Couldn't afford to live there now though.

@xvonfrankenstein Ай бұрын

Tip Top Cafe Huntsville Alabama 1986 I believe

@user-mn4sp1jz5b 2 ай бұрын

Badass band.

@Jerrid_8675 Ай бұрын

where's the 3rd fat mike journey video?

@paticusmaximus12 2 ай бұрын

Loved the 1st tape and yeah the name isn't the best.

@Ice_man2000 Ай бұрын

Hell yeah!

@recratdemopublican2024 2 ай бұрын

Adolf Presley

@finnmcginn9931 Ай бұрын

Cancel John Wayne, i have it on good authority that he liked to play SS

@PeteMunchel-sn9ff Ай бұрын

Had a picture of Adolph tucked in his Cowboy vest

@e.mjohnson9675 Ай бұрын

Punk Rockabilly

@simonagree4070 2 ай бұрын

I remember buying their first album at a college record sale -- I think the school was trying to make money to support the student radio department by selling promo copies they weren't going to play. I gave it a few spins, found a few chuckles, but really, it was just readymade thrash with nothing original or particularly interesting to say. And the band had no charisma -- it's OK to say you're just having fun, but you have to look like you are having fun. Since you got through the whole vid without mentioning The Dead Kennedys, let me do it for you; Elvis Hitler was a blue collar Dead Kennedys, earning a regular paycheck.

@ObjectorSnark Ай бұрын

that still sounds punk af