Grim Deeds - Glenn The Heavy Metal Custodian

  You probably know Grim Deeds' modus operandi by now. He records songs pretty much as and when he comes up with them. Often he records in his car or other unlikely places, mostly they're solo recordings though occasionally he'll draft in friends to contribute (such as Kody Templeman or Eddie Kobane). Then he shares them on his Bandcamp page https://grimdeeds.bandcamp.com/music

  Then, every once in a while, he'll pick a bunch of the best ones, re record them and release them on an album. One such album was 2017's Only The Beast collection (https://grimdeeds.bandcamp.com/album/only-the-beast). 13 of the best songs selected from his first 8 albums and properly recorded by Cederick Forsberg at Studio 2 Takt in Sandviken, Sweden. A talented musician as well as producer, Ced also played all the instruments. It was a quality pop punk delight and was well received enough to have led to a second collaboration...

  Only The Beast Too... another 14 cherry picked tracks from the Grim Deeds archives but this time it's released on vinyl, cd and digital by the excellent Outloud! Records.   https://outloudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/only-the-beast-too Grim's pop punk sensibilities meet Ced's love of heavy metal head on and the result is that we have a great album that'll appeal to fans of Teenage Bottlerocket, Ramones and early NOFX (though, as Grim admits on the album, he can't listen to NOFX nowadays).

  This is possibly my favourite track, it's titled Glenn The Heavy Metal Custodian...

He’s been the school custodian since 1993
But he has been a metalhead since birth
He headbangs while he waxes floors
And throws the devil horns
‘Cause he’s baddest metal janitor on Earth

They call him Glenn
The heavy metal custodian
He’s listening to Slayer in the halls
They call him Glenn
The heavy metal custodian
He’s cleaning up graffiti on the walls

He’s dressed in all black denim
And his hair is shoulder length
The students say he looks like Jesus Christ
But metal is his savior and he plays it loud for strength
‘Cause he’s got 20 more classrooms to clean tonight

They call him Glenn
The heavy metal custodian
He wants to start a pit and thrash around
They call him Glenn
The heavy metal custodian
And he’s the coolest janitor in town

He doesn’t mind the garbage
And he doesn’t mind the mess
As long as he can play some Megadeth real loud
Heavy metal music’s all he needs to clean the school
And make us proud (so sing it loud)