Overloaded has been given all kinds of advice. Some of it has been good, but most is forgettable. Everyone thinks they have the answer when the reality is the music industry has been spiraling out of control for over a decade. Mainstream radio plays the same songs over and over and over. Concerts have become traveling freak shows where painted ladies and cheap trinkets are as big of an attraction as the music. Bands adhere to conservative guidelines written by industry professionals who wouldn’t be caught dead at a rock show. Punk has gone corporate, extreme metal has become a parody of itself, rap has skipped the same beat for fifteen years, and country has gone Bon Jovi. The music industry is in shambles and literally no one is buying it. Each day another record label crashes as experts try and re-invent the wheel in search of the next big thing. Through this sea of madness, Overloaded stays on course unaffected by the trends and know it alls. Is Overloaded metal or hard rock? We’ll leave that decision to the critcs.
Through hard work and research, Overloaded have forced themselves on the media. Old school press kits have been mailed worldwide. Popular metal magazines ala Metal Maniacs, BW&BK, Heavy, Burrn, Rock Station, Classic Rock, etc have given Overloaded favorable reviews. The list of interviews and reviews from metal websites on Overloaded’s myspace blog is impressive. Official sponsor Jagermeister continues its support through personalized merch and college metal radio programmers play Overloaded on their shows. New York’s Talking Metal podcast discovered Overloaded and featured the band on numerous episodes, and later as one of their top picks for up and coming metal artists on the pilot episode of Talking Metal on the fuse TV network. Fox TV almost had the cajones to feature Overloaded on their 2007 show “The Next Great American Band”, but chickened out. Overloaded has warmed up crowds for all types of bands. From Skid Row to Dope, from Bobaflex to Slaughter, from Hell Yeah to Jani Lane, from Soil to Krokus, the list goes on and on. In summer of 2007, Overloaded won the WRIF competition to open for Godsmack at the Fox Theater in Detroit. The show went over flawlessly, and Godsmack invited Overloaded to perform at the following day’s tour stop at Soaring Eagle Casino.
After three and a half successful years, behind the scenes drama had escalated to a critical level. In January 2008, vocalist Chris Gillen and lead guitarist Erik Kluiber parted ways with their rhythm section. Determined to keep pushing Overloaded to new levels of creativity and performance, Chris and Erik conducted a thorough search within the underground Detroit rock scene for a new rhythm section. Within 6 weeks, Overloaded was back on its feet with Frank Krukel on bass, Eli Brown on guitar, and Chris “Bootcheck” Buczek on drums. The new lineup has proven itself both on and off stage. An interpretation of the MC5’s Ramblin’ Rose was recorded for an upcoming PBS documentary, and the band travelled 1000 miles and rocked the fuck out at Rocklahoma 2008. Currently Overloaded is playing select shows and writing new material.
King of the Landfill
Overloaded Lyrics
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My friend were gonna die in the most horrible way.
We are the cancer infecting her more everyday.
Squaw nature is a whore and yet she gets raped anyway.
Here's the picture that were painting.
Oily poisons and acid raining.
Hail the Kingdom we're creating.
Somehow the natives managed to savor her taste.
Behold the mountain range of everything that we waste.
No need to keep it, we'll buy some more.
If we run out then we'll go fight a war.
To own again what we just threw away...
While our mother decays.
My she's growing old.
There's a history lesson we've never seemed to learn...
When mother earth is fired, the fire's gonna burn.
No where to run to and no where to hide.
Destroyed everything that we need to survive.
No more sunlight to dry all the rain,
That is poisoned with pain.
No more breathing, only screaming,
Only dreaming it'd all go away.
Only demons hail the Kingdom...
Don't you hail the King?
The lyrics of "King of the Landfill" by Overloaded paint a bleak and haunting picture of the state of our environment. The singer is painfully aware of the destruction humanity has wrought upon the earth, and their pessimistic tone reflects a belief that things cannot be repaired. The first verse alludes to the fact that, despite attempts to dismiss or ignore the damage we have caused, we are killing the planet, specifically through the metaphor of cancer. The lines "Squaw nature is a whore and yet she gets raped anyway" suggest that the earth is being taken advantage of and treated like an object to be abused. The second verse brings into focus the idea of waste and our throwaway culture. The lines "No need to keep it, we'll buy some more. If we run out then we'll go fight a war. To own again what we just threw away..." are particularly powerful, as they show how unsustainable our habits are, and how driven we are by the desire to possess more, even if it means endangering our world.
In the chorus, the lyrics focus on a lamentation of the impending doom that is surely to come with continued reckless behavior. The lines "Oily poisons and acid raining. Hail the Kingdom we're creating." highlights how we are creating our own doom, and taking a perverse pleasure in the power we wield to destroy rather than sustain. The lines "No more breathing, only screaming, Only dreaming it'd all go away. Only demons hail the Kingdom..." accentuate this hopeless omen and suggest that humanity has brought about its own downfall.
Overall, "King of the Landfill" is a somber reminder of the state of our planet and the need for change in how we approach it. The lyrics clearly point out the destructive practices that have led to this grim state and criticize the unwillingness to make impactful change.
Line by Line Meaning
I'd like to tell you that everything is OK.
I want to assure you that everything is fine, but in reality, it is not.
My friend were gonna die in the most horrible way.
The consequences of our actions will lead to a painful end for our planet.
We are the cancer infecting her more everyday.
Our actions are slowly destroying and plaguing Mother Earth like a disease.
Squaw nature is a whore and yet she gets raped anyway.
Despite the beauty and importance of nature, we continue to abuse and exploit it for our own gain.
Here's the picture that were painting.
Here is the reality that we are creating.
Oily poisons and acid raining.
Pollution from our industries and waste is causing toxic rain to fall on our world.
Hail the Kingdom we're creating.
We are proud of the world we are constructing, even though it is harmful to the planet and its inhabitants.
Somehow the natives managed to savor her taste.
Indigenous peoples have historically respected and cared for the environment in a way that we have failed to do.
Behold the mountain range of everything that we waste.
The vast amount of garbage and waste we produce is overwhelming and destructive.
No need to keep it, we'll buy some more.
Our society values consumerism and acquiring possessions over conserving valuable resources.
If we run out then we'll go fight a war.
We are willing to go to extreme measures to obtain more resources, even if it means causing harm to ourselves and others.
To own again what we just threw away...
We have a pattern of disposing of possessions we no longer want, only to later purchase similar items again.
While our mother decays.
The life and well-being of our planet is deteriorating at an alarming rate.
My she's growing old.
Mother Earth is aging and growing weaker by the day.
There's a history lesson we've never seemed to learn...
Humanity's past mistakes have failed to teach us to make better decisions for the planet's future.
When mother earth is fired, the fire's gonna burn.
If we continue to destroy and neglect the environment, the consequences will be dire and widespread.
No where to run to and no where to hide.
We cannot escape the effects of environmental devastation and climate change.
Destroyed everything that we need to survive.
As a species, we have caused irreparable harm to the planet's ecosystems and life-supporting resources.
No more sunlight to dry all the rain,
The negative impact we have on the environment will lead to severe weather patterns and natural disasters.
That is poisoned with pain.
The environment will be hostile, dangerous and uninhabitable due to human activity.
No more breathing, only screaming,
Our disrespectful attitude towards the environment has made our world inhospitable and fatal to humans.
Only dreaming it'd all go away.
The destruction we have caused cannot be undone, and we wish it could all be removed and forgotten.
Only demons hail the Kingdom...
Our actions towards the earth can only be likened to those of evil, demonic beings.
Don't you hail the King?
Are you also a supporter of the destruction and harm we have caused to the environment?
Contributed by Logan L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.