BPMD
Years active2019–present
LabelsNapalm Records
Spinoff ofMetal Allegiance
MembersBobby "Blitz" Ellsworth
Phil Demmel
Mark Menghi
Mike Portnoy

BPMD is an American heavy metal supergroup. Formed in 2019, the band consists of Overkill singer Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth, Vio-lence and former Machine Head guitarist Phil Demmel, and two members of Metal Allegiance–bassist Mark Menghi and drummer Mike Portnoy.

History

BPMD was conceived in the summer of 2019 when Ellsworth, Demmel, Menghi and Portnoy teamed up to record an album featuring covers of 1970s songs, titled American Made.[1][2][3] In a January 2020 interview on The Blairing Out with Eric Blair Show, Demmel revealed that the project would be called BPMD, in reference to three of the members' last names as well as Ellsworth's nickname Blitz. About the project, he said: "It's all cover tunes from American bands of the '70s. It's called American Made, [and it's got songs from] ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, James Gang, Aerosmith, Grand Funk Railroad — all these cover tunes that we modernized them and not really thrashed them up, but we made kind of metal versions of them. And we think we found maybe a label home, and we're looking to put the record out here probably at the end of the first quarter, maybe beginning of second quarter. It's all up in the air right now."[4]

American Made was released on June 12, 2020, through Napalm Records, and includes ten song covers.[5][6]

Discography

References

  1. ^ "Current/Former Members Of MACHINE HEAD, DREAM THEATER, OVERKILL Unite In New Project". Blabbermouth.net. August 7, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "OVERKILL's BLITZ Details 'Made In America' Project With MIKE PORTNOY And PHIL DEMMEL". Blabbermouth.net. September 27, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "PHIL DEMMEL On His Collaboration With MIKE PORTNOY And BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH: 'It Was Pretty Rad Playing With Those Dudes'". Blabbermouth.net. October 21, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  4. ^ "BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH, MIKE PORTNOY, PHIL DEMMEL And MARK MENGHI Join Forces In BPMD: 'American Made' Album Due Soon". Blabbermouth.net. January 31, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  5. ^ "BPMD Feat. BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH, MIKE PORTNOY, PHIL DEMMEL And MARK MENGHI: Debut Album To Be Released Via NAPALM". Blabbermouth.net. March 25, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  6. ^ "BPMD Feat. BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH, MIKE PORTNOY, PHIL DEMMEL And MARK MENGHI: 'American Made' Album Details Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. April 15, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
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