10 musicians bill their fantasy ‘Celebrity Deathmatch’
Many moons ago, when MTV still mainly played music videos, Celebrity Deathmatch was one of their flagship programs (one which they will be reviving with Ice Cube).
The clay animation show saw two celebrities battle it out in the ring to settle a real or fictional beef, featuring matchups such as Marilyn Manson vs. Ricky Martin, Courtney Love vs. Dave Grohl and Billy Corgan, KISS vs. NSYNC, Ozzy Osbourne vs. Rob Zombie and many, many more.
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We asked members of Don Broco, Neck Deep, Palaye Royale, Municipal Waste, the Faim, Creeper, Grayscale, the Bronx, Bowling For Soup and Deez Nuts who they would bill for their fantasy deathmatches; they were each allowed to pick anyone–except for Trump. Check out their answers below.
Rob Damiani, DON BROCO
A tag team of Blur vs. Oasis. I feel like it never really got resolved. They sort of made friends a little bit, but not really. Growing up in the ’90s and having that Britpop rivalry was so exciting. Maybe Robbie Williams could officiate—he could be the ref. In a classic Celebrity Deathmatch style.
Ben Barlow, NECK DEEP
Mark Hoppus and Tom Delonge. No explanation needed!
Remington Leith, PALAYE ROYALE
I would love to see Kylie Jenner and Nicki Minaj battle it out. That would be a sight to see!
Tony Foresta, MUNICIPAL WASTE
Conor McGregor vs. Bill Cosby. Just so Connor could fuck his old ass up. Fuck that rapist.
Josh Raven, THE FAIM
Selena Gomez and Ariana Grande for no apparent reason. I don’t know why, it’d just be funny. Two popstars, why not? See what happens; see if they got some fight in them!
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Will Ghould, CREEPER
I remember seeing Stone Cold Steve Austin in a Celebrity Deathmatch when I was a kid, so I’d have him up against [British right-wing media personality] Katie Hopkins. I’d love to see Stone Cold ‘stunner’ her – that would be great. I hest that I’ve advocated man-on-woman violence there!
Collin Walsh, GRAYSCALE
I hate a lot of the analysts on [ESPN’s] SportsCenter; some of them are so goddamn annoying and they’re really terrible. I also hate just about every politician on both sides. So I’d have a Royal Rumble of 100 of each. All the sports analysts on one team and a lot of political people from all parties mixed in and fighting all at the same time. I’d have them go at it for an hour.
Matt Caughthran, THE BRONX
Brad Pitt and Bruce Willis. I like them both and think it would be a great. I’d like to see that fight.
Jaret Reddick, BOWLING FOR SOUP
Queen Latifah vs. Oprah – because that would be hilarious!
JJ Peters, DEEZ NUTS
Our guitarist, Matthew Rodgers, have a fight with our guitar tech Derek, because all they do when they’re fucked up is talk about how much they’re going to beat each other’s asses but I haven’t seen it. I want to see that shit go down for real!
