Zimmer's Hole
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| Zimmers Hole | |
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| Also known as | ZH |
| Origin | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Thrash metal |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Label(s) | Century Media |
| Associated acts | Dark Angel Death Dethklok Fear Factory Strapping Young Lad Tenet Unit:187 |
| Website | www.legionofflames.com |
| Members | |
| Chris Valagao Jed Simon Byron Stroud Gene Hoglan |
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| Former members | |
| Steve Wheeler Will Campagna Chris Stanley |
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Zimmers Hole is a humorous thrash/speed metal band from Vancouver, Canada. It includes Byron Stroud and Jed Simon from Strapping Young Lad. Zimmers 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. As of 2008, Gene Hoglan has replaced former drummer Steve Wheeler.
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[edit] History
[edit] Bound by Fire
From the text according to "Bound by Fire"
By The Light of the Sheep's Eye, We; Zimmers 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.
[edit] Legion of Flames
In 2001, when Strapping Young Lad was done 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 parodies 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" with humorously altered lyrics.
[edit] When You Were Shouting at the Devil... We Were in League with Satan
On March 11th 2008, Zimmers Hole released their third album When You Were Shouting at the Devil...We Were in League With Satan. A live concert DVD was in the works, but it is questionable if it will ever be released (the concert itself dating back to 2003).[1][2]
[edit] Members
[edit] Current members
- Chris Valagao (Also known as “Heathen”, “Dr. Heathen Hooch”, “E.Val”, “Lorde of Ass-Fire”) – vocals
- Jed Simon (Also known as “El Smooché”, “Lord of Electric Wynde”) – guitar
- Byron Stroud (Also known as “Sickie Moochmaster”, “Lorde of Greased Thunder”) – bass
- Gene Hoglan – drums (2007–present)
[edit] Former members
- Steve Wheeler (Also known as “Bangsley Starnipples”, “Lorde of Strobe Lightning”) – drums (1991–2007)
- Will Campagna – keyboard (2002)
- Chris Stanley (Also known as “The High Commander of the Satanic Bubble”) – guitar
[edit] Discography
- Bound by Fire (1997)
- Legion of Flames (2001)
- When You Were Shouting at the Devil... We Were in League with Satan (2008)

