Music - July 29, 2009
Roll up for Beatallica's "Masterful Mystery Tour"
Beatallica is one of Milwaukee's longest-running musical gags. But the thing is, if you've seen the band or heard one of its three CDs, you know that the concept - that of marrying the music and style of the Beatles with the music and style of Metallica - is a winner and that it takes a lot of skill, humor and cojones to make it work.
Tags: Beatallica, Masterful Mystery Tour, Jaymz Lennfield, Beatles, Metallica

Music - Nov. 1, 2006
MiniKISS show at Pabst falls a little short
Watching "the littlest KISS tribute band in the world" drove home an important reminder about Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and the full-size group: it was never really about the music.
Tags: minikiss, beatallica, pabst theater, kevin brandt

Music - Feb. 24, 2005
Sony/ATV Music takes aim at Milwaukee's Beatallica
Local musical parody group Beatallica got a shock last week when its Internet Service Provider ThePlanet.com received a cease and desist order via e-mail and fax from Sony/ATV Music demanding the removal of the bulk of the band's Web site.
Tags: Sony/ATV Music, Beatallica, Metallica, Lars Ulrich, Beatles, Tinker, reilly, spoof, parody, Rutles, Mike Portnoy

Music - Aug. 26, 2004
Beatallica upends two legendary rock bands
Take one part Beatles, one part Metallica and one part Michael Tierney and pals and you've got a good start for an oddball band. Add a healthy dose of humor and parody and you've got the fun and funny -- and quite popular -- Beatallica!
Tags: Tierney, Tinker, Reilly, Beatallica, Beatles, Metallica, Spoof