Beatallica is a mash-up band that plays music made from combinations of songs of the Beatles and Metallica.

While the scansion and melody are usually Beatles-based, the music is played metal style with some Metallica riffs and solos thrown in.

Later that year, one of those CDs made its way to Milwaukee resident Dr. David Dixon, who created a web page that included mp3s of the songs and he named the band "Beatallica".

The band was unaware of the webpage until Dixon finally met them in the summer of 2002, carrying a stack of fan emails from all around the world.

An official music video for the first single, Hero of the Day Tripper, was made with the band starring as hesh 1970's superheroes saving a party from the clutches of four Big Sleazers.

The CD contains a bonus track, Beatallica's cover of the JBO song "Eine Guten Tag Zum Sterben" (English translation: "A Good Day for Dying").

During the tour Jaymz would join J.B.O on stage to sing "Ein Guter Tag Zum Sterben" in German.

March 5, 2009, saw the release for Beatallica's second (and third) official video entitled "Fuel on the Hill (and Benzin auf dem Berg)".

Metallica were aware of the spoof band's existence and never threatened to take any legal action; Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett have all publicly stated that they enjoy Beatallica's music.

[2] On February 17, 2005, a cease-and-desist notice was sent to David Dixon (and the band's web host) by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, a company which holds rights to most of The Beatles' catalog.

The notice states that the "music", "news" and "merchandise" sections of the official Beatallica website constitute a copyright violation and should therefore be taken down.

Stujillo (note: Kliff McBurtney has been three different people over the course of the band's history, but unlike Grg Hammettson, the name was not changed) Until 2007, Beatallica's recordings were only available as MP3 and FLAC downloads.