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ShowYouSuck Heralds 'The Return Of Headbanger's Ball' In New Video

By Jon Graef in Arts & Entertainment on Feb 5, 2013 7:20PM

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Emcee ShowYouSuck keeps throwing pizza parties for himself, and more and more people keep showing up. In December, Show dropped his "dark and edgy" mixtape One Man Pizza Part III: Rest In Pizza, the release of which he celebrated just a couple of weeks ago.

Now, he's got a new video for Rest In Pizza track "The Return of Headbanger's Ball," and it's an unlikely, but excellent, tribute to the late MTV show. Name checking Primus, shouting out late Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell, and doing creative sampling of Ozzy Osbourne, Show raps over a spooky, repeating keyboard line and mile-a-minute snare hits. C'mon, everybody: scream "Dimebag's back!"

This Thursday, Show is part of an absolutely insane quadruple bill at the Bottom Lounge, sponsored by Red Bull and Fake Shore Drive, which includes Freddie Gibbs, Sasha Go Hard (who just released a new mixtape yesterday called Round 3), and Tree, who the Chicago Reader calls "thoughtful and impassioned." The cost? $3. Pretty excellent, no?