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Earlier artwork, releases, merch photos, videos, and press.

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Original Merch

Original Live Evil shirts and foam fingers, straight from the old merch page.

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A fan in a white helmet showing off a black Live Evil T-shirt
Live Evil T-shirt
A fan holding up a black Live Evil foam hand
Live Evil foam finger

Earlier Cassette

Hand-drawn Shotgun Suicide artwork from the original cassette

1989 / TDK CASSETTE

And the Dead Shall Rise

5 tracks · Out of print

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Track list
  1. Intro to Reality
  2. The Fury
  3. Someday
  4. Gone Away
  5. Back Off Bitch

Live Videos

Three SF IndieFest performances from the original video archive. Playback depends on YouTube availability.

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The Story

The Band That Didn’t Exist

As a teenager in San Francisco, Laurent Martini loved Mötley Crüe and wrote more than 100 songs for the band he dreamed of fronting. He already had a name for it. Live Evil.

Years later, he brought the lyrics to Mortified. The producers put real musicians behind him, and Live Evil finally got its gig. The story went on to become Heavy Metal Playground, a stage show about the kid behind the songs.

Meet the original lineup
Original Mortified Presents Live Evil: Heavy Metal Playground poster
FIG. 02 / HEAVY METAL PLAYGROUND, 2011

Historical Press and Artwork