The Metal Shakespeare Company: "To Bleed or Not to Bleed" (Hamlet III.i with V.i)

[PrincessMiskrys]

The use of the ass' head is not part of Hamlet. "Ye olde stox" is essentially saying "You old stocks." I'd use something other than spray paint to write it if I were you. Considering the subject matter, I'm surprised you didn't include the bloody sword fight at the end, where Laertes and Hamlet end up killing each other and the Queen and King are poisoned. Throwing in Polonius getting stabbed by Hamlet behind the curtain in the Queen's bedroom wouldn't be a bad idea.

[Lif3lov3r]

I though that band is epic. After watching their vids... Damn theyre damn epic!

[joebstarsurfer]

when a history degree goes wrong lol out of tune aswell something of rotten "what a falling of there was ".

[Dacfu]

I cant believe I just found two of my favorite things blended together! This rocks. I just played hamlet, and I wish I had found this before the run ended

[LocoNativoz]

lol too awesome

[draximos]

These guys should come back to eugene and play at the WOW Hall. they have pretty epic fuckin stage performance, they came to entertain and did so thusly.

[jesus4eva9987]

i was lucky to see them at a small concert.. i was there for another band. this was just a bonus! they blew me away! they are hysterical! on that day it was shakespeares bday so they had a cake with 436 candels and burned them all! best thing ever! you guys are awesome!

[sonicdinosaur]

It doesn't get any more metal than this.

[agdarwin]

Umm....yeah.

[dobbe2]

Oh happy happy me! You guys seriously make me laugh! SERIOUSLY!

[LAeitch]

Thats so bad get a life!!!!

[Shadowzgoth]

Definately one of a kind, so glad i came across them :) stay metal \m/ greets from England

[princeofnerds]

holy crap, this is awesome

[PlanetofChaos]

METAL SHAKESPEARE!!!!!!! Thou has the BIGGEST BALLS OF THEM ALL!!!

[punkstara]

Nothing has ever made me as happy as this makes me happy. I salute thee, players.

[yohin2]

fail

[EddyMorino]

Yeah, I saw the Porter speech, quite well done!

And Much Ado would really be great, I could totally see you guys getting a female vocalist and turning the Benedick-Beatrice argument in IV.i into a metal duet. Claudio's rantings during IV.i could work really well also.

[EddyMorino]

Oooooh.

That makes more sense now.

Well while I'm commenting I might as well request a rendition of some Macbeth.  "Out damn spot" could turn out to be insanely metal.

[parttimemessiah]

Verily, I tell thee; thee rockest my world most soundly.

[defectnine]

Anyone who takes metal serious forgets its roots

[eringobragh16]

I am totally quoting this in the future, thanks

[Igotddsed]

great job luke.

-Cyrus

[RobcsiMobcsi]

Ne akadjá geci!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[OnlyFor94Hours]

I now love my life

[Emetis1]

LOL is the only word to discribe the clip :P

[userword]

Too gimmicky, a mockery of metal even. I'd prefer something more serious and talented. Ultimately, this is a disgrace to Shakespeare and I hope this doesn't make any money, that would practically be a crime.

Great fun though keep rocking out and doing your thing.

[smashandburn1]

You're a bad person

[DynamicDems]

I love these guys! Great entertainment! Makes me wish I were a concert promoter because these guys should be huge stars. I want to see them featured on VH1. A combination of metal, literature and Weird Al, not to mention the men in tights aspect. More fun than goosing Ronnie James Dio. (No, I never did...but we all have our fantasies.)

[bnlisbest]

Great vid! I know the bassist, so I laughed xtra hard when he turned into an ass!

[Messjuh1]

Amazing!

[insaneCHILD00]

lmaoooo

[Headcaase]

That was amazing xDD

[farkenzi]

as the law partner of the lead guitar's father, I feel I am qualified to say "YOU GUYS ROCK". That's as good and entertaining a video as ANYTHING on MTV past or present. When are you guys going to play Corte Madera?

[justinbigby]

I just saw them last night in concert, and it was fantastic! Too bad they had such a small venue....I would like them to come back and play something bigger.....A MUST SEE for fans of people who like to watch musicians have FUN!

[AgentQED]

This is truly amazing. What a fantastic group of people.

[bobpoof]

This is incredible and you all are pure conduits for the spirit of fun.

[theleperaffinity88]

haha Sirs, i don't really like heavy metal, but this is kicking my noble ass.

[jabmano]

Mind not those who wish to soil your good name, for thou art great at what thoust do.

[JohnnyStreets]

Bardcore lolololololololol

[Kaskut]

This is something thats been missing from nearly ALL music nowadays. No bullshit emo message, no crying no pussy bullshit. These guys are making music because its FUN and they look like they had a blast doing the video. Thank you for keeping the spirit of music alive. All you haters go listen to your auto tune BS or your death metal nonsense where everything is serious. Music is SRS BSNIZ. faggots

[ajkpchee1]

the singer cannot hold a tune. if somebody in a band doesn't write completely original lyrics and can't play an instrument or sing, he's just a loser.

[Gunter47]

This is what you call "missing the damn point".

[ajkpchee1]

you can barely interpret shakespeare spoken normally.... how the fuck are you supposed to even get the jokes in this?

Don't get me wrong, I like shapespeare and old metal is a "meh"....

but this fails on the accessibility/funniness level.

[Gunter47]

"You" needs to be replaced with "I" in that comment. Just because your comprehension fails doesn't mean everyone's does.

[ajkpchee1]

ok seriously who likes shakespeare and poorly performed metal?

[Gunter47]

Read the comments, look at the star rating. All of these people enjoy it.

[Veggieburger802]

ME!!

[Veggieburger802]

Well you fail on the commenting/intelligence level.

[metalshakespeare]

Sir, I'll have thee know I am am possession of and play at each performance the most metal guitar on earth, a Burns Flyte. It can been in myriad photographs on our myspace page.

Second, if I canst not a tune carry, than in good company I am for not a fortnight hath passed since the great scribes of Seattle Weekly didst mine voice compare to that of Sebastian Bach.

[tmiller104]

Hamlet = My all-time favorite story. This, kind sirs', is epic win. Totally buying the album.

[acesf1]

This is good, but if you like this check out Chris Marlowe's Metal Militia and the Ben Jonson Berzerkers...Anyhow, I think Francis Bacon wrote all of these guys' lyrics...

[ScruffenMcfluff]

This is, without a doubt, the best music video that I have ever seen.

Yea, verily, it contains at least three of the greatest moments in the history of heavy metal (and the universe).

0:10

3:19

4:04

Kudos to you, noble bards.

(I also love the fact that the vocalist is wearing a tunic, tights, and tennis shoes.)

[parttimemessiah]

Good sir, hast though not forgotten the following moments of greatness:

0:12

2:27

3:25

3:50

[zaphodchak]

This combines pretty much everything I love.

[EggSpinner42]

Do you guys have a CD out?

[metalshakespeare]

Indeed, sir! Thou may it find within the text of the video.

[mrbike69]

don't like it

[MaidenPriest420]

cool

[MaidenPriest420]

wtf?

[borki4]

the keyboards got edited out?

Awesome song by the way. I can't believe you are disbanding, just when you finally got the bass player.

[metalshakespeare]

Disband! Gracious no. 'Tis merely the facebook group hath disbanded! The MSC soldiers on!

The song was recorded with our old, pre-bass player lineup--the bassline is played by the keys.

[nickkauf36]

2:27 !!!

[nickkauf36]

Go LC!

[humgoddess]

totally rockin!!!:)