"All My Best Friends Are Metalheads" is a single by the American

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band

Less Than Jake Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida, formed in 1992. The band consists of Chris DeMakes (guitars, vocals), Roger Lima (bass, vocals), Matt Yonker (drums), Buddy Schaub (trombone), and Peter "JR" Wasilewski (saxoph ...

. The two live tracks on the single are taken from a 7" track that the band did in 2000. It was released to airplay on July 4, 2000 although the album itself was recorded and released in 1998. It is one of the group's best known songs. There are two versions of the intro to this song. In most cases, it starts with a clip from a Victor Lundberg speech called “An Open Letter to My Teenage Son.” The other is a clip from the documentary ''

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''. In the

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, it got to number 51. A metalhead is a fan of

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Track listing

#"All My Best Friends Are Metalheads (Radio Edit)" – 3:27 #"Help Save The Youth Of America From Exploding (Live)" – 3:23 #"Rock-N-Roll Pizzeria (Live)" – 2:14

In popular culture

It is featured in the video games ''

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'' and ''

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'', and in the soundtrack for the 2000 film '' Digimon: The Movie''. The song was also used in a demo reel of

Craig Yoe Craig Yoe (born February 23, 1951) is an author, editor, art director, graphic designer, cartoonist and comics historian, best known for his Yoe! Studio creations and his line of Yoe! Books. Early life Craig Yoe was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He ...

's Yoe! Studio in the early 2000s.

Personnel

Chris DeMakes Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida, formed in 1992. The band consists of Chris DeMakes (guitars, vocals), Roger Lima (bass, vocals), Matt Yonker (drums), Buddy Schaub (trombone), and Peter "JR" Wasilewski (saxoph ...

- guitar *

Roger Manganelli Rogério Lima Manganelli (born October 31, 1973), commonly known as Roger Lima, is an American musician, best known as the bassist and co-lead vocalist of the ska-punk band Less Than Jake. He also performs as the lead singer and rhythm guitar ...

- bass guitar, lead vocals *

Vinnie Fiorello Vincent "Vinnie" Fiorello (born June 24, 1974) is an American rock musician and businessman. He co-founded the ska punk band Less Than Jake in 1992, and was the band's drummer and lyricist until 2018. He also founded the record labels Fueled by ...

- drums, lyrics *

Buddy Schaub Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida, formed in 1992. The band consists of Chris DeMakes (guitars, vocals), Roger Lima (bass, vocals), Matt Yonker (drums), Buddy Schaub (trombone), and Peter "JR" Wasilewski (saxoph ...

- trombone * Derron Nuhfer - saxophone * Pete Anna- trombone

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:All My Best Friends Are Metalheads 7 2000 singles Less Than Jake songs 1998 songs Song recordings produced by Howard Benson Capitol Records singles Songs about friendship Songs about youth subcultures