Zimmer's Hole is a humorous thrash/speed metal band from Vancouver, Canada. It includes Byron Stroud and Jed Simon from Strapping Young Lad. Zimmer's Hole was a local band as early as 1994, with their first studio album being 'Bound By Fire' in 1997 (re-issued on Century Media in 2003). Vocalist Chris Valagao also provides backing vocals on mostly every Devin Townsend solo release.
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The Hole Truth / Commandments
From the text according to "Bound by Fire" By The Light of the Sheep's Eye, We; Zimmer's Hole, Do Espouse These, Our Laws...
- Should They Plunder, Thou Shalt Suffer an Eternity of Humiliation in Song for Thy Ignorance and Stupidity.
- Thou Shalt Embrace the Flame. For It is The Creator, and The Destroyer, and The Cooker of Weeners.
- Thou Shalt Wear Dark Clothing. Especially, Big Tall, Leather Boots.
- Thou Shalt Break the Crust that Imprisons the Rectally Retentive.
- Beware the Changeling Glo-God for It is the True Weakness of Will.
- Thou Shalt Ignite That Which Burns.
- Thou Shalt Suck It. Suck It Up. Suck It The Fuck Up. You Fuck.
- Thou Shalt Not Take the Name of Bob Barker. The True Shirtless Aerosol Cheesus Crust, in vain.
- Thou Shalt Stand and Accept It.
- Thou Shalt Swill Ale From A Bullet Proof Cup.
- Thou Shalt Revel in the Flesh and Consume the Feast That is Life, Before the Great Flash - Dot of Armageddon.
Legion of Flames
Later in 2001, when SYL wasn't touring, Jed and Byron got Devin Townsend to produce their second album Legion of Flames, released on his label Hevy Devy Records. It was a big step-up from their previous album, with song piss-takes such as "Gender of The Beast" (Number of The Beast, Iron Maiden), "Sodomanaz" (Go For a Soda, Kim Mitchell), and spoofing Metallica's "Master of Puppets" in the song "Evil Robots" with the line "Napster, Napster, where's the cash that I've been after?". The album also contained a straight-out cover of Joni Mitchell's "This Flight Tonight"
The New Album/Live DVD
Jed Simon has also said recently that he and Byron Stroud could possibly work out a new album after his current project Tenet [1]. A snippet of the live DVD has been posted on MySpace by the editor's Mild Concussion: [2] According to Hevydevyrecords.com Devin Townsend will be recording the third Zimmershole album after a new Darkest Hour album and doing the vocal productions for Soilwork and Himsa. This time for Century Media. [3](HDR NEWS March 2007) The new album is set for spring 2008 and the band said "[they] currently have 19 songs on the table for the new album and some tentative song titles include, 'The Dark Church of Whatever,' 'We Rule The Fucking Land,' Flight Of The Knight Bat' and 'Hair Doesn't Grow on Steel.' As you can see, it's all about having a good time with The Hole." [4]
Band members
- Chris Valagao - Vocals (Dr. Heathen Hooch, Lorde of Ass-Fire) [Also known as 'E.Val']
- Jed Simon - Guitar (El Smooché, Lord of Electric Wynde)
- Chris Stanley - Guitar (The High Commander of the Satanic Bubble)
- Byron Stroud - Bass (Sickie Moochmaster, Lorde of Greased Thunder)
- Gene Hoglan - Drums
Discography
- Bound By Fire (Original) (1997)
- Legion of Flames (2001)
- Bound By Fire (Re-Issue) (2003)
