Dude! It’s not “Dead Tongue,” it’s Deathtongue, the classic Heavy Metal band out of Bloom County! Bill T CatT on vocals/lead tongue, Hodge-Podge on drums, Steve Dallas on vocals/guitar, and THE Opus Penguin on Electric Tuba!!!
Run with the devil! Shout Satan’s might!
Deathtöngue! Deathtöngue! The beast rises tonight!
Aackthpth!
In the original Bloom County story arc, a woman’s young son had been exposed to the music of Deathtöngue and was going around singing these lyrics. . . and had also taken up occult practices and ended up turning Steve Dallas into a zucchini. ‘Twas all a parody of the heavy metal “satanic panic” of the ’80s. . .
Looks like Deathtöngue has been post-apocalyptically transformed into something more like Rammstein. Well *done*
That is so awesome that Jason worked that in there. Great fans too, who can explain the various clues, since nobody is going to get them all. A lot of Sunday comic aficionados are reading weapon brown. GO CHUCK!!
You know,even before I noticed translated the lyrics and said what comic strip they were from,I like to image it was a Rammstein song,because it just seems that practical.That and they are awesome.
@Ben: Milo Bloom also found out during the course of “investigative reporting” that when played backwards, one of their songs had a Beatlesque-hidden message – “Goooo to Schooool… Saaaay your Praaayyyers…” >;)
Everything’s so fantastic about this page: The sudden appearance of the wall of speakers, the small “click” frame, the translation puzzle in the third frame. It’s a peak moment in a series that’s already consistently amazing.
Not that my comment should add anything of value here but the music was actually was performed by Mucky Pup on the Flexidisc that was released with The Billy and the Boingers Bootleg
however the Germanese version of the song made me feel like I was 10 again 😀
When I saw that it was in German, I thought you were working the Katzenjammer Kids in there; is that the case, or was the language change-up just a way to avoid being devoured by a pack of rabid lawyers?
I do not get the reference to the music in the last panel. Are they from famous comics?
These people, Huey, Annie, etc are relentless.
badass artwork though. really like the first panel. look at the size of Chuck’s wrists. He is a strong strong man.
Did you just translate ‘Trogdor’ into German?
From the Babelfish german-to-English translator:
They run with the devil
cry Satan’s hate
Dead tongue! Dead Tongue!
the dragon rises/rose at night
Don’t know how accurate that is, and don’t know what song that’s from
Oh, man. And I thought Chuck was going to be serenaded with “Tomorrow”, which would be bad enough.
James: You’re pretty accurate with the translation.
No idea what song it is.
Pffththtbbl!
Dude! It’s not “Dead Tongue,” it’s Deathtongue, the classic Heavy Metal band out of Bloom County! Bill T CatT on vocals/lead tongue, Hodge-Podge on drums, Steve Dallas on vocals/guitar, and THE Opus Penguin on Electric Tuba!!!
Yep, that’s a “hurt locker,” alright.
The original lyrics were in a Bloom County strip:
Run with the devil! Shout Satan’s might!
Deathtöngue! Deathtöngue! The beast rises tonight!
Aackthpth!
In the original Bloom County story arc, a woman’s young son had been exposed to the music of Deathtöngue and was going around singing these lyrics. . . and had also taken up occult practices and ended up turning Steve Dallas into a zucchini. ‘Twas all a parody of the heavy metal “satanic panic” of the ’80s. . .
Looks like Deathtöngue has been post-apocalyptically transformed into something more like Rammstein. Well *done*
That is so awesome that Jason worked that in there. Great fans too, who can explain the various clues, since nobody is going to get them all. A lot of Sunday comic aficionados are reading weapon brown. GO CHUCK!!
Good job decrypting my pigin german, gang!
I much preferred Deathtöngue to its hair-band reincarnation as Billy and the Boingers.
The horror! Those aren’t Klipsch.
So, what are the odds the second that music started blaring ol Weapon Brown’s codename changed to something more like my name?
You know,even before I noticed translated the lyrics and said what comic strip they were from,I like to image it was a Rammstein song,because it just seems that practical.That and they are awesome.
@Ben: Milo Bloom also found out during the course of “investigative reporting” that when played backwards, one of their songs had a Beatlesque-hidden message – “Goooo to Schooool… Saaaay your Praaayyyers…” >;)
Everything’s so fantastic about this page: The sudden appearance of the wall of speakers, the small “click” frame, the translation puzzle in the third frame. It’s a peak moment in a series that’s already consistently amazing.
At least it wasn’t Atomic Rooster
Not that my comment should add anything of value here but the music was actually was performed by Mucky Pup on the Flexidisc that was released with The Billy and the Boingers Bootleg
however the Germanese version of the song made me feel like I was 10 again 😀
Mr. Yungbluth, I offer unto you my first born child. May you raise him to be a fine man.
When I saw that it was in German, I thought you were working the Katzenjammer Kids in there; is that the case, or was the language change-up just a way to avoid being devoured by a pack of rabid lawyers?
‘Cause those katz can jam!
Right, I can safely say I’d never have spotted that one in a million years. I don’t think Bloom County was ever syndicated down under.
Monday is tomorrow. New update! Chuck has got to have some tricks up his sleeve. Go Chuck! Go Snoop!!
Sweet Jesus…. A Deathtongue reference? JY… you leave me staggered.
I was waaaaaaaaaaaay wrong on what I thought the “enjoy the music” reference was in the last post. This is better.
holy shit I came back just in time! Phhbbbttt!! :p~
love those little skull notes.
\It’s a small world after all . . .\ would have been even more effective, but it just wouldn’t have fit the atmosphere of the times.
:Lights a Candle at the Altar of JY:
All COmic Blessings to the great Illustrator and Storyteller
:cue Chimes and Gongs 87 times:
OHMMMMMMMMM Dude that was Killer , Major fan here m, posted it on my Facebook page and a few of my m8’s love it.
:all praise the JY, JY is Awesomeness………:
DeathtTongue is OK, but I was really hoping it'd be Beethoven, for a combined Peanuts/Clockwork Orange reference.
I actually have a recording of Deathtongue on a tape somewhere! Cool one, man!"U stink but I love U"!
JY: Way-O, Way-O, Way-O…
Comics and Metal go together like nothing else XD \m/ Kudos to everyone who shared the reference.
Oh, JY. U stink but I <3 U.