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VENTRILOQUISM
Welcome to the website of the rock group, Ventriloquism. Ventriloquism plays original throwback rock influenced by The Who, Hollies, Easybeats, The Move, 13th Floor Elevators and many other 60's bands with songs about the Supernatural. Sports and Surviving Nuclear War! The videos below are from Ventriloquism's upcoming album, "Thermonuclear Reaction" and are currently availalable for purchase as MP3 downloads from the Amazon links listed below the videos and at other good streaming sites. All Ventriloquism recordings are originals written and produced by our leader, Mickey Elmore.
"Alternate Earths"
Simply the best rock record in the 21St Century! Imagine the Rolling Stones meeting the 13th Floor Elevators meeting Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett! Video footage is from a Public Domain1968 Pepsi commercial. "Alternate Earths" is about the fact that Alternate Earths (Parallel Earths) exist in the same space we occupy but in different dimensions. Hasn't there been some celebrity who you knew was dead turn out to be alive and do you occasionally see things appear and disappear in a blink of a second when you weren't paying attention? You've just experience an Alternate Earth!
''The Questions Why''
conspiracy folk rock with Hollies & Byrds influences about commercial plane crashes. the Zodiac Killer, the Escape from Alcatraz, the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island, the Moon Landing & the mysterious death of Bobby (I Fought the Law) Fuller. Would make a great theme song for a History Channel show!
"If Eddie Cochran Said Yes, The Beatles Might Not Exist"
Led Zeppelin Meets the Ramones influenced original song based on a very hidden fact in Beatles History. Specifically, on April 16, 1960, English Recording Artist Tony Sheridan asked the Great Eddie Cochran of “Sumertime Blues” fame to share the cab Eddie was taking with his girlfriend Sharon Sheely, Gene Vincent, and Eddie's tour manager to Heathrow Airport. Eddie told Tony Sheridan “No” but had “Eddie said yes” Tony Sheridan could have died in the tragic Car Crash that ended Eddie Cochran's life. Had that happened, the Beatles would not have recorded 'My Bonny” with Tony Sheridan as he would be dead, Brian Epstein would not have heard 'the Beatles on record as their recording off 'My Bonnie' with Tony Sheridan would not have existed, Brian Epsein might not have signed the Beatles and the Beatles as we know them Might not have existed. All of this is called “The Butterfly Effect”
"The Law of Probability Lies"
is about the fact that the Law of Probability says that all numbers have an equal chance of being drawn in the Lottery like Powerball or Mega Millions while Ventriloquism is convinced that is a lie. You will never see a Jackpot Winner with 6 numbers in a row such as 1,2,3,4,5 and the Powerball/Megaball 6 for example happen in a country like the United States. Don't believe this then I dare you to play any 6 numbers in a row like the song says. Musically this was influenced by The Beatles and The Byrds.
"Dance To This Bitches"
by Ventriloquism is probably the most danceable Ventriloquism song. The lyrics are based on the life of a female nurse who Mickey's an acquaintance of and originally was titled "The House of Emo" because this nurse is a huge Emo fan. Before you try to cancel me, the Nurse loves and approves this song & will get a royalty if it sells! Unintentionally came out a bit new wavish
''Yuki Kawamura Pride of Japan''
An AC/DC like stadium rock tribute to Yuki Kawamura of Japan who we consider the greatest passer in the world! Yuki Kawamura at 5'8" is the shortest player in the NBA and currently plays for The Memphis Grizzlies. Yuki and Luka Doncic are our favorite players in the MNA.
"Thermonuclear Reaction"
the title song of Ventriloquism's upcoming album is about surviving a nuclear war in your own luxury deluxe nuclear bomb shelter. Musically influenced by the Hollies, Everly Brothers and the Byrds. Inspired by a "Twilight Zone" episode, "One More Pallbearer" in reverse as we'd rather be in a Nuclear Bomb Shelter than be wiped out with everyone else!
''Freeze, Wait, Reanimate''
About Boston Red Sox great Ted Williams, Cryogenics and Revival! From the upcoming album
'Thermonuclear Reaction.'
"Seance in the White House"
This is a totally true original song not about the Trump White House but Abraham Lincoln's White House that is probably the only song ever recorded based on Star Trek's William Shatner's "The Unexplained" on the History Channel's Civil War episode. Musically it's The Beatles meet The Byrds meet Booker T & the MGS!
"Jackson Heights of Yesteryear"
Please allow me this one moment of 50/60s crooner pop indulgence. This is an autobiological song of basically the first 21 years of my life growing up in Jackson, Heights, Queens, NYC where I had my first crush on an older girl who years later won an Academy Award as an Actress, found out John f. Kennedy had been assassinated during 6th grade class, saw a 13 year old Johnny Thunders of the NY Dolls play 'Walk Don't Run' in the Junior High talent show & much more. Gene Simmons of Kiss lived 100 feet away from me but isn't mentioned in the song.
"The Sounds of Tomorrow"
A bit of unintentional Yes Prog rock. There actually is an alternate 6 minute long version of this song that sounded too insane even for me!
"Why Didn't Animal House Win the Academy Awards"
Animal House Changed the Face of Comedy and should have won various Academy Awards in 1979 (Best Picture, John Belushi Best Actor, John Landis Best Director) but Nooooo! This is only the second Metal song Ventriloquism has written & recorded The first one is unreleased as it was about a Las Vegas Raiders football player who is a friend of a friend of Mickey and we never heard back from him when we asked him to endorse the song! The late Steven Furst who played Flounder was Mickey's brother-n-law's best friend and Mickey met him several times. Steven was hilarious in person. Oddly enough a High School classmate of Mickey's is Boone's, Peter Riegert's, sister and Chip, Kevin Bacon's wife actress Kyra Sedgwick graduated from the same Friends Seminary High School. If Kevin Bacon ever hears this record, we apologize for unintentionally not mentioning his name.