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HEADCHEESE? WHAT THE HELL IS HEADCHEESE? IS THAT ANYTHING TO DO WITH...?

Questions we are incessantly asked. So to put your minds at rest, Headcheese is a name derived from a quote used by the Hitchhiker in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. His explanation being that it is a type of jelly made from all the bits of a cows head.

"They use everything - they don't throw nothin' away. They use the jowls, the eyes..."

The abbatoirs never waste any part of a cow, you see (Rump steak? Ox tail?). Headcheese (also known as BRAWN in Britain - it's quite popular in Scotland, apparently) is a delicacy in the, let's say, more Redneck parts of the world. It sounds disgusting, but it isn't all that bad, apparently. So there you go. I'm busting to try some, just so as I can tell you what it's like!

We called the band Headcheese for no apparent reason, apart from the fact that we are horror fans and it was a nice link to Texas Chainsaw, considering Leatherface was already taken (bastards!). Well you could say it is because we are a big, stinkin' mix of all sorts of disgusting stuff. There's Gerard, the die-hard metalhead, who simply does nothing more than write weird lyrics and scream a lot, Adam, the hardcore influenced, yet still very metal, riff maker, who belts out riffs that are custom made for mosh pits, and Cormac, the nu-metal maniac with the rumbling bass lines that make your stomach go funny. And last, but definitely not least, there's our completely bonkers DJ/Sampler David. And you just gotta hear this boy's shit. He brings Headcheese right to where a band shouldn't venture...

Our music, if you haven't heard it, is well, HEAVY! We don't go for fancy technical music, scales or any shit like that. We are the voice of what people like us want, I guess. We all simply write what we want to hear, and we are glad that a lot of people to appreciate it for what it is. We simply write angry, aggressive, heavy, spooky, twisted, sick, funky, evil and cool music that people will want to listen to over and over again. We aren't out to change the world. We don't write heartfelt crooning love songs. We write songs about horror films, murderers and other stupid shit. We write stuff you wanna get up and dance to. Wouldn't you rather get up and get moshing instead of sitting thinking about the moral implications of a silly song like REDRUM? I know we would, as do our fans. We hope you get the Headcheese experience as much as we do. And we thrive on fear - we are just out to scare you. What's a little fright between friends?

WE ARE YOUR DEAD - WE ARE YOUR SCUM.

Maximum Respect,

HEADCHEeSE