A Conversation Between the Showdown

Band Member 1: "Dude, our last cd rocked!"

Band Member 2: "Yeah! Total metal assault that rocked people's faces off!"

Rest of Band: "Yeah! Total Metal Assault!"

Band Member 5: "People got snake bit like crazy! It was lethal heavy metal!"

Band Member 1: "And people got electrocuted because our metal is so freaking high voltage!"

Rest of Band: "Yeah! Snake bit and electrocuted!"

Band Member 1: "Okay, A Chorus of Obliteration has been out for a year and a half now so we should probably start working on a second cd."

Band Member 2: "I say we make a total metal assault!"

Rest of Band: "Yeah! Total Metal Assault!"

Band Member 1: "Actually, for this one, I'm thinking about not having a total metal assault."

Band Member 2: "What?! Are you kidding me? Our mottos are "High Voltage Metal" and "Git Snake Bit". You simply can't get snake bit or electrocuted by sissy music."

Band Member 1: "I'm aware of this, but don't you guys remember that Maylene and the Sons of Disaster concert we went to. They were rocking people's faces off, but they were playing a southern rock sound and I think that'd be something sweet to do."

Band Member 4: "But weren't they still metal?"

Band Member 1: "Partially. We don't have to be total High Voltage Metal, but we just have to say we are."

Band Member 3: "Guys, I love Maylene and I think toning it down a bit could be cool, we simply can't do it."

Band Member 1: "What are you saying? You don't think we can expand our horizons and bring southern fried metal to the masses!"

Band Member 3: "No, it's just that I have 'Heavy Metal' tattooed on my arms and when I got that done I was assuming that all our cds would be a total metal assault like our amazing first cd and that we wouldn't release a totally sissy follow up album."

Band Member 1: "You bring up a good point there. Okay, let's have some old 80's metal riffs and then we can just use those to make everyone think that we're still recording a metal cd!"

Rest of Band: "That's a good idea!"

Band Member 2: "Do we still get to use our mottos 'Get Snake Bit' and 'High Voltage Metal'?"

Band Member 1: "Of course we do! Remember, we have to market it as a metal cd."

Band Member 5: "Should I get rid of my second bass drum?"

Band Member 4: "Yeah, you probably should keep it just in case, but odds are we won't need it."

Band Member 3: "Oh! I bet I can manage to mess around with my amp and settings and get some clean distortion."

Band Member 1: "Whoa! I didn't even know such a thing existed."

Band Member 2: "So what should we do about the lyrics?"

Band Member 1: "Definitely a Jesus rocks, Satan sucks thing. How about for the title we do 'To Hell With the Devil'?"

Band Member 3: "No way, Stryper already did that 20 years ago."

Band Member 1: "Oh, I thought it sounded familar, but it was pretty cool too. I mean you use the word hell, but you're not cussing and since the devil's already in hell, it just.."

Band Member 3: "Yeah, we all got it."

Band Member 5: "How about 'Temptation Come My Way'?"

Band Member 1: "I like that because it makes sound tough and that we're ready for a challenge and temptation can't beat us 'cause we just rock so much and the temptation will get snake bit in the process!"

Band Member 3: "Yeah, we all got it."

Band Member 5: "Let's go to a NASCAR race!"

Rest of Band: "Yeah!"