This is a song about outer space and black holes. The music to this was written almost four years ago, with help from our friend James Matthews. I hope you learn something from this one.
“Black Holes Suck”
Download it for free at 192kbps.
This is a new song from our upcoming psychedelic album Psycho Delicacy called “Radiation Mutation Transformation.”
Free mp3 download (192kbps):
Radiation Mutation Transformation
A video for our song Sharktopus is coming very soon!
Holy crap, I never made a blog entry about this! What the heck am I on? Wait, don’t answer that.
Nuclear Bubble Wrap, along with Steve Goodie and TMST Animation have won the Logan Award for Best Comedy Music Video! Check out the Logan Awards website for more info about it. Among the judges were Dr. Demento and “Weird Al” Yankovic himself!
Big thanks to Rob Balder for putting on these awards as well as Steve Goodie and Andrew Kepple, who made “Avada Kedavra” possible.
If you still haven’t seen the music video for “Avada Kedavra” then click here so you can watch and make comments about how Draco sounds like Justin Bieber!
Since it’s Halloween time, here’s a new creepy Halloween song! Enjoy. This song will be on our next album which will be called “Psycho Delicacy.”
Free mp3 (192 kbps)
The Halloween That Came Before November the First
$1 Paid download (high quality mp3, FLAC, whatever…)
A new They Might Be Giants tribute album called Mink Car Cover has just been released! The album is a complete song-by-song cover of TMBG’s album Mink Car, which was released on September 11, 2001. All proceeds from the album go to the FDNY Foundation to support New York’s emergency personnel.
Our contribution to the album was a cover of “Older” which you can hear right here! You can buy the album on Bandcamp or iTunes.
Other artists on the album include Hank Green, Shael Riley and the Double Ice Backfire, Devo Spice, Molly Lewis and MC Frontalot.
Hey guys. Sorry, I’ve been bad about updating Ask NBW. Just did. And to the person who asked for the ScientLOLojyuuichi instrumental: I’m sure it’s around but I’d have to go digging through the source tracks to make one. And they’re on a DVD somewhere… I’ll do my best to find em and make one…
Ask NBW for 6/19/11
Ben. B Burge asks: hey, anyway you could post the chords for ‘I have a perfect idea for a screen play’? its gotta be one of your best songs.. you guys rock (even if my friends think other wise.. thanks!
Oh man… um… that’s an old one. Uh, it’s in G. Chords are G B C A D… I think…
Joebob asks: Hey, could I have chords for Lesbian?
Verses: F F/E F/Eb Bb C A Bb F, Chorus: F Bb C A Bb G C, Bridge: Dm Gm Gdim A F Bb C
J-Dawg asks: How’s the Beatles parody album coming?
It isn’t. We decided to stop doing parodies… sorry. 
The songs we made for it (Creepy Internet Guy, Bare Facts, and Act Pottery) are available for download on this site, and Pac-Man is on the Twenty-Six and a Half Weird Al tribute album.
The new Weird Al tribute album, “Twenty-Six and a Half” is released! Hooray!!! The album contains songs by artists such as Steve Goodie, MC Frontalot, mc chris, Shael Riley and the Double Ice Backfire, Devo Spice, MC Lars, and many more! (Oh and it has a song by us, too.)
Proceeds from the album go to aid the Weird Al Star Fund and Make the Rock Hall Weird, organizations geared towards getting Al a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and to get him inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! (Proceeds also go to the artists, the producers, and Weird Al’s publisher.) The song we contributed is a cover of Al’s unreleased Beatles parody, “Pac-Man.”
There are many ways to buy this thing. Pick the one to your liking!
Physical CD (PayPal)
iTunes
BandCamp (digital download in any format you like)
CDBaby (digital download, physical CDs in stock soon)
You can stream all the songs for free on the Bandcamp page.
Plus: it’s Weird Al approved!
A lot of people have heard me talking about this, and I’ve made the announcement on Facebook, but I’m putting it here to make it all official-ish.
From this point forward, Nuclear Bubble Wrap will no longer be doing song parodies. That means our next album, and all albums afterwards, will be made entirely of original songs, composed by us. You won’t see another thing like “Food Belongs in Me” or “Avada Kedavra.”
This was a decision I’d been thinking about for quite some time now, and eventually I came to the conclusion that it’d be best for us to go in this new direction. We started out doing parodies because I was a Weird Al wannabe and I just liked writing them. They were fun. But as we progressed as musicians, it became apparent that our true abilities lied in creating original songs, and we began having more fun doing those. Even so, I kept writing parodies, and as time went on it seemed like I was writing them not because I actually wanted to, but because I was feeling obligated to. Eventually it started to become a chore. I just wasn’t enjoying it very much. And after writing original songs that we’re legitimately proud of like “Burning Ambitions” and “Sharktopus” I realized that’s the direction I want to see this band going. And I don’t want to be Weird Al anymore.
Doing parodies did help us, though. Honestly, I attribute a lot of our current musical ability to the parodies, because we had (or tried, anyway) to match the instrumentation and production of the original songs. The Beatles parodies we did were especially challenging. Song parodies are a tough art to perfect, and to all my friends who do song parodies: you certainly have my respect. I just feel like it’s not my thing anymore. And we need to move on.
On a side note, one reason I’m happy with this decision is that it’s become apparent to us that in order to make it as a band, we really just can’t do parodies. How many people hear a song parody on YouTube and immediately think, “This was good! What else has this person made? Where I can check out the rest of his/her stuff?” You probably do if you’re a fan of comedy music, but the casual music listener isn’t going to. Most people see a song parody, laugh, and move on. As funny musicians like Jonathan Coulton, Paul & Storm, Lemon Demon, and MC Lars have proved, it’s certainly possible to make it as an independent artist selling funny music on the internet. But what do these people all have in common? They don’t do parodies. And even though their music is funny and quirky and weird, people still recognize them as legitimate musicians. It’s a sad fact, but the reality is that most everybody looks down on song parodies. People even call Weird Al a no-talent hack, despite the fact that he does parodies and original songs (like we were doing). Meanwhile, everybody praises comedy bands like The Lonely Island and Flight of the Conchords for their musical abilities (and rightfully so– they’re fantastic musicians, but so is Weird Al.) It’s not unrealistic to think about how being in a band that does parodies just might be weighing us down.
Looking back, some of these feelings might be apparent when you look at our latest release, Exploding Head Syndrome. Before, our CDs were split fairly evenly on parodies vs. originals. But our new album has fifteen tracks on it, and only four of them are parodies. We were caught up in having so much fun with the originals that making parodies just wasn’t a priority. And now, aside from Avada Kedavra, we don’t even play any parodies live. It’s time to let them go and head into a new direction. It’s going to be exciting for me to be able to hold up our next album and say that we wrote every bit of it ourselves.
I’m also a bit sad to say that this means our planned album consisting of entirely Beatles parodied, Beatle Juice, isn’t going to happen. My heart just isn’t into trying to finish it, and if I tried now, it probably wouldn’t be that good. The songs that we did make for it (Act Pottery, Creepy Internet Guy, and Bare Facts) will still be available for download on our website. And Pac-Man will be exclusive to the Weird Al tribute album.
So that’s that. The decision’s final, and it wasn’t one that I made lightly. I’m excited to see the direction this band takes. Don’t leave, because in five years we’re going to decide our true calling is making lo-fi atonal noise rock!
Hey everyone! A new Weird Al tribute album is coming out entitled “26 and a Half.” It’s a great little project with tons of great artists covering Weird Al songs. All proceeds go to the artists and the Weird Al Star Fund (a fundraiser trying to get Al’s name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame). The album contains our cover of “Pac-Man” (an unreleased parody of the Beatles’ “Taxman”), as well as songs by MC Lars, MC Frontalot, Shael Riley, Steve Goodie, Worm Quartet, and many more! Pre-order it now and you’ll also receive bonus material!
Pre-order the album right here! The release date is expected to be mid-June.
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