Belushi Speed Ball reveal new single & video ‘How Tough Am I?’

Louisville thrash metalheads BELUSHI SPEED BALL will release their heavily awaited fourth album, Toxic Waste Was Everywhere In The ’80s, on June 5th—just ahead of their meltdown performance at Milwaukee Metal Fest. 

The underdog metal collective returns with the record’s 2nd single, “How Tough Am I?,” that’s paired with a groundbreaking music video featuring stop motion art by Toni Alarco and Blanca Collado and a cameo from legendary Troma Entertainment co-founder, director and the Toxic Avenger himself, Lloyd Kaufman.

Commenting on their latest masterpiece, vocalist Vinny Castellano says:

“On our journey to ripping off the greatest thrash band of all time, Municipal Waste, we just knew we had to get Lloyd Kaufman in our music video. And that’s exactly what we done did. The Toxic Avenger director himself makes a cameo for our newest track, “How Tough Am I?” A good old fashion Spongebob song, retelling his adventures trying to get into the Salty Spitoon. We are featuring Stop Motion animation by world renowned artists, Toni Alarco and Blanca Collado. And we are again proud to say, no AI has been used.”

Stream “How Tough Am I?“: 
Bandcamp | Spotify | Apple Music

The band’s latest shameless cash grab, Toxic Waste Was Everywhere In The ’80s, features artwork by Andrei Bouzikov (Municipal Waste, Toxic Holocaust, High on Fire) and packs 12 ball-busting tracks like their lead song “I Ought Not Know,” that are guaranteed to leave your jaw broken while you claw your way out of the pit at some questionably ventilated basement show.

Castellano recently commented on the impending record:

“We are so excited to drop our strongest album to date! Toxic Waste Was Everywhere in the ‘80s is guaranteed to melt faces into a plutonium level pizza pit. For context: We will have to release a blank greatest hits album prior to this drop. We ain’t had a hit yet, and this entire album will be nothing but banger hits after banger hits. In addition, we are proud to announce Belushi’s newest additions: Bassist, Justin McClure and drummer, Ben Cotton (Rose Funeral, SIDS) will be joining the chaos for their recording debut. Making this LP a must have for any crossover thrash fan.”

Pre-order Toxic Waste Was Everywhere In The ’80s: 
https://belushispeedball.bandcamp.com/

Toxic Waste Was Everywhere In The ’80s Track List: 

1. I Ought Not Know
2. How Tough Am I?
3. That’s a Mighty Fine Wayne Gretzky
4. What’s Funnier Than 24?
5. All Pete’s Exes
6. Kellaway’s Wife
7. D.E.N.N.I.S. System
8. It’s a Green Day (You Know… Still Like Stocks)
9. Terminator Lava Factory
10. I’m Not Your Buddy, Guy
11. Belushi Speed Ball
12. Captain Planet Still Can’t Stop Us

Fans can catch BELUSHI SPEED BALL live this spring. Tickets available HERE.

BELUSHI SPEED BALL Tour Dates: 
April 17 – Dayton, OH @ Cosmo Joe’s Atomic Lounge
April 18 – Atlanta, GA @ 529
June 6 – Milwaukee, WI @ Milwaukee Metal Fest

Belushi Speed Ball is a Kentucky-based band founded in 2013 as a studio project amongst friends with a penchant for cliché crossover thrash. Their first live performances came soon after, enthralling a rapidly growing fanbase with a uniquely interactive brand of theatrics and unorthodox approach to releases and merch.

Dubbed “one of the funniest fucking things I have heard this year” by The Needle Drop’s Anthony Fantano, Belushi Speed Ball are inspired by bands from Toxic Holocaust and Anthrax to Gwar and Municipal Waste, to whom they simultaneously play homage and satirize a mean comment from a fan in their song “Ripping off Municipal Waste”, which was voted one of Leo Magazine’s top 20 songs of 2022. With a reputation for both trashing venues and meticulously cleaning them up after each individually themed performance, Belushi Speed Ball are masters of executing the unthinkable.  From playing out of a Mad Max-esque moving van and starting Terminator-inspired 300-person Nerf gun fights to releasing entire albums in N64… or Furby… formats, nothing is sacred as they continue evolving as, in the words of Metalsucks, “a freakshow of blistering thrash dedicated to laughing its ass off at blistering thrash.” 

Belushi Speed Ball Lineup:
Vinny Castellano – Vocals
Brian Desper – Additional Vocals
Jamison Land – Guitar
Derrek Tipton – Guitar
Justin McClure – Bass
Ben Cotton Drums