Today I saw that Body Count are coming to Europe this summer for a tour, and I really want to go see them for one of their dates. Seems like they're not hitting Ireland, but they're doing 3 dates in the UK, and they're also doing a bunch on mainland Europe - most of which seem to be festivals - so I'm going to figure out which country would be the best to get to, and make a holiday out of it.
Institutionalized - Body Count
This song is great, and it's a cover/ re-imagining of the song by Suicidal Tendencies, but along with being a kickass version of it, it adds a decent amount of humour to the song.
The original is great, but this version of it is really good, and in a way kind of modernizes the song, and also the music video is great.
One of my favourite bits is the final verse of it, where he's having the confrontation with the vegan.
"Hey calm down, I'm a vegan."
"Fuck a vegan! I could give a shit if you eat saw dust motherfucker! Just step away from my fuckin' sandwich!"
Hey Joe - Body Count
This is another cover of theirs, where they completely make it their own and really bring something new and different to the table. The musicians are great, especially the guitar.
It got to a point where this is the version of the song I'd go to when thinking about it, just because of how good it is. I love how relaxed it is, while also hearing that the musicians are almost holding back.
This whole album is great, Born Dead and it's well worth checking out if you haven't heard it before.
The Gears of War - Body Count
Okay, I was going to share another song here, but wtf, I didn't know they wrote a song and performed it for Gears of War. It's been a long time since playing those games, and the song rings a bell, so I must have known about it before.
This is a really good track though. It has been used for Gears 3, or maybe 2 because they mention horde in the lyrics and that game mode didn't release until the second game.
Pretty sick song to be fair.