Ten Masked Men - The Phanten Masked Menace

01. When Will I Be Famous
02. Cry Me A River
03. Don't You Want Me
04. Sex Bomb
05. Black Coffee
06. Fallin'
07. Independent Women Pt 1
08. Goldfinger
09. Genie In A Bottle
10. I Get Around
11. Sledgehammer
12. Hot Stuff
13. New York, New York
14. Candy (Bonus Track)

Band: Ten Masked Men
Album: The Phanten Masked Menace
Year: 2003
Genre: Death Metal/Comedy
Label: none
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Line-Up
Mark "The Mauler" Hutson
Dave "The Chef" Hutson
The Mysterious Horn
Pablo "The Snoot"
Ross Well "The Incident"
Billy Bub "The Janitor"
Gary "The Gimp" Hearns
Neil "Numbnut" Matthews
Ricard Vladmir aka "Apocalypse Al"
Charlie "The Knife"

PASSWORD: http://beyondthenothingness.blogspot.com

Ten Masked Men is a British death metal cover band who specialize in 'destroying' pop 'classics'. The band was formed in 1996 when The Mauler and The Chef did a cover of Oasis' "Wonderwall" as a joke. It was recorded on a 4-track in a bedroom and was soon followed by "Stayin' Alive", "Into the Groove" and "Beat It". These simple recordings were played to friends and in some clubs, and became increasingly popular. There was still no band name at that time but all would change when overhearing a news broadcast about masked terrorists. The masked appearance fit in well with the idea of playing covers and so the name Ten Masked Men was created. In 1999 the first CD, Ten Masked Men was recorded and was given out free in their local club. It was evident that the music was becoming notorious and so the CD started circulating in top London clubs. A five-track EP was recorded later that year and the obvious Star Wars influence came into play with the name "The Ten Masked Men Strike Back", which was swiftly followed up with the second full-length CD Return Of The Ten Masked Men in 2000. It was then a few years until the next CD was recorded, entitled The PhanTen Masked Menace. The band appeared on Channel 4 television in the UK on the late night show Born Sloppy, where special guest Jack Osborne had to guess the name of the tune that Ten Masked Men had just played. Unfortunately due to legal issues the band were only allowed to play 30 seconds of each song, which were "Livin' La Vida Loca", "...Baby One More Time" [1]and "Push It". The band also played live on the XFM breakfast show after winning a competition to appear on the B-side of UK Indie band Ash's rare "I’m On Drugs" vinyl. TMM cover everything from Frank Sinatra to 80's hits (such as Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer") and modern hits like Jamiroquai's "Deeper Underground", and each album features a James Bond cover from one of the movies.

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