"some music was meant to stay underground..."

70000 Tons of Metal - The World's Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise

Just For Fun

British Comedian Bill Bailey Sends A Message To Metallica

posted Jul 6, 2011 at 4:27 PM by Diamond Oz.  (23 Comments)

Photo of Metallica

Band Photo: Metallica (?)

British comedian and multi-instrumentalist Bill Bailey has posted a video online in which he demonstrates why he and his band are more than ready to take Metallica's place at this weekend's edition of the Sonisphere Festival in the United Kingdom. You can check it out below. Both Bill Bailey and Metallica will be performing at this year's English Sonisphere, which kicks off this Friday at Knebworth. Also performing will be Slipknot, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax and a whole host of others.

What's Next?

Please share this article if you found it interesting.

23 Comments on "Bill Bailey Sends A Message To Metallica"

Post your comments and discuss the article below! (no login required)

Blindgreed1's avatar

Member

1. Blindgreed1 writes:

LMFAO!!!

# Jul 6, 2011 @ 4:32 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
Anonymous Reader
2. .... writes:

Somebody throw the man a fish.

# Jul 6, 2011 @ 4:44 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
Anonymous Reader
3. opuskill writes:

Great!!!.They are ready.

# Jul 6, 2011 @ 4:46 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
silvermountains's avatar

Member

4. silvermountains writes:

THEY'RE READY!

# Jul 6, 2011 @ 5:02 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
brandedcfh420's avatar

Member

5. brandedcfh420 writes:

FKN BRILLIANCE!!!! great vid!!

# Jul 6, 2011 @ 5:29 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
deathbringer's avatar

Founder, owner & programmer

6. deathbringer writes:

Brilliant! I'd see them over Metallica any day :-)

# Jul 6, 2011 @ 6:00 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
RTB's avatar

Member

7. RTB writes:

WOTF is bill bailey?
nice hair btw..
somebody throw that seal a fish

# Jul 6, 2011 @ 6:05 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
Diamond Oz's avatar

Senior News Correspondent

8. Diamond Oz writes:

RTB, Bill Bailey is one of the most popular comedians here in Britain. He incorporates music into his routines and he's genuinely a great musician to boot. He's even done a small, but hilarious bit about Slayer in one of his shows.

# Jul 6, 2011 @ 6:27 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
The_Avant_Garde's avatar

Writer

9. The_Avant_Garde writes:

great video indeed!

but Metallica puts on a great live how DB. Saw them with The Sword and Lamb Of God. Its no Gwar show, but it was the greatest concert I've ever been to. Besides a few Death Magnetic tracks, they only played material from the first four albums as well. Great stuff! :)

# Jul 6, 2011 @ 6:39 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
Jenny's avatar

Member

10. Jenny writes:

I busted out laughing. Made my day. Oh God.

# Jul 6, 2011 @ 6:48 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
Rychemn's avatar

Member

11. Rychemn writes:

Excellent story!!!!! LMFAO!!!!!

# Jul 6, 2011 @ 6:49 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
Jenny's avatar

Member

12. Jenny writes:

MU what have you done?! I can't stop watching this! :D

# Jul 6, 2011 @ 6:54 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
Anonymous Reader
13. so did he writes:

Just call Metallica a$$ clowns basically???

# Jul 6, 2011 @ 7:03 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
deathbringer's avatar

Founder, owner & programmer

14. deathbringer writes:

I actually have no interest in seeing Metallica ever again. Their "Evening with Metallica" tour was pure perfection and their tour with GNR after that was just ok. The footage I've seen after that really disappointed me on many levels and I'm not interested in ruining the memories by seeing a subpar performance. Or hearing any of their new stuff live - while not all terrible, it just hasn't grabbed me.

# Jul 6, 2011 @ 9:06 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
RTB's avatar

Member

15. RTB writes:

my apollogies oz
has he been on buzzcocks before?
thats a great show

# Jul 6, 2011 @ 9:43 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
Anonymous Reader
16. Kurtnz writes:

Haha! Made my day, awesome

# Jul 7, 2011 @ 2:49 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
Diamond Oz's avatar

Senior News Correspondent

17. Diamond Oz writes:

Yeah he used to be one of the team captains on Buzzcocks from 2002 to 2008. Here he is doing a blues song with Robin Williams for Prince Charles' birthday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdwS2pOr6UI

# Jul 7, 2011 @ 4:54 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
BoltThrower's avatar

Supporter

18. BoltThrower writes:

This is way heavier than Metallica.

# Jul 7, 2011 @ 10:49 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
Blindgreed1's avatar

Member

19. Blindgreed1 writes:

Agreed with DB. Saw em right before DM dropped and was completely underwhelmed. Of course, the last time I saw them before that was MOP. Should have left it at MOP... RIP Cliff and RIP Metallica.

# Jul 7, 2011 @ 11:26 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
Anonymous Reader
20. Fuzzypig writes:

Bill Bailey is one of the few famous people I would love to meet, the guy is a genuine, down to earth ( well some of the time! ) genius!

# Jul 7, 2011 @ 12:28 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
9Maggot9's avatar

Member

21. 9Maggot9 writes:

I laughed my a$$ off, this is f***ing brilliant XDD

# Jul 7, 2011 @ 1:14 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
Anonymous Reader
22. duncan hills writes:

"ARE THERE ANY SLAYER FANS IN?!

..yeahh....


THAT'S... all of them."

the man used to be a lot funnier, but still damn good and perfect for sonisphere. i almost rank him up with rollins when it comes to metal satire.

# Jul 7, 2011 @ 6:29 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
Anonymous Reader
23. why do i keep watching this? writes:

It's that good... all within the execution and utterly hilarious

# Jul 7, 2011 @ 11:38 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address

To minimize comment spam/abuse, you cannot post comments on articles over a month old. Please check the sidebar to the right or the related band pages for recent related news articles.