Category Archives: The Doctor Of Doom

Khemmis Frontman Ben Hutcherson Releases Cover Of The Offspring’s “Come Out And Play”

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Khemmis frontman Ben Hutcherson has released a cover of The Offspring‘s “Come Out And Play” as part of his Doctor Of Doom project. You can find a video for that below and donate to Hutcherson’s Patreon HERE.

Hutcherson commented:

“’Nothing happens unless first we dream.’ – Carl Sandburg

‘Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?’ – Alfred Lord Tennyson

Do you remember your dreams? I do.

I once dreamt of a world. A different, better world. One wherein the Offspring‘s album ‘Smash‘ was written and recorded by members of Misery Index and Napalm Death. Wouldn’t you like to live in that world? I had a fleeting glimpse of it and it is glorious. You, too, can visit that reality (in three minute increments) thanks to my reimagined version of ‘Come out and Play’ and the ‘music video’ I willed into existence from the horrors of my mind.

Thanks to Chuck E. Cheese for scarring all of us who came of age in the 80s and 90s.

‘Like a Spreading Disease’ is the second in an ongoing series of videos wherein I deconstruct pop/rock hits from yesteryear and rearrange them as extreme metal songs. Want to learn how to play this song? Want to know what I’m covering next? All of this and much more is available to supporters of my Patreon!”

Ben Hutcherson (Khemmis) Shares Cover Of Santana & Rob Thomas’ “Smooth”

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Khemmis frontman Ben Hutcherson has released a cover of Santana and Matchbox 20 vocalist Rob Thomas’ “Smooth” as part of his new project The Doctor Of Doom. You can check that out below and donate via Patreon to help Hutcherson raise money for the project.

Hutcherson told The Pit of the following about the track:

“In the songs that I had gone back to, there was something interesting happening. Because fuck, I could make a grindcore version of ‘Smooth‘ by Santana, and say, Ha ha! And that’s it. But for better or for worse, I spent a long time reconfiguring that song. Just the arranging of it took days, and then figuring out how I wanted to play things, and take the feel of the song and translate it to its other form.

And I probably wouldn’t have done any of this if I hadn’t been locked in my house while a deadly virus rages outside. I suddenly had this time where I’m not going on tour this year, next year, fuck, ever again? So I could say, Fuck it and go get whatever straight job is available now in the age of the virus, or I could really double down on really being a musician.”