Ruins is a Dread Zeppelin

Dread Zeppelin

Dread Zeppelin is an American band best known for performing the songs of Led Zeppelin in a reggae style as sung by a 300 pound Vegas Elvis impersonator. Over the years they would also perform songs originally by Elvis Presley, Bob Marley and The Yardbirds. The group toured extensively around the...

 album featuring B-sides

B-Sides

B-Sides is an iTunes-exclusive album from the Coventry Trio The Enemy, consisting of ten songs that were B-sides to the single releases from their debut album We'll Live and Die in These Towns.-Track list:#Fear Killed the Youth of Our Nation...

, alternate mixes and previously unreleased tracks. It was originally released exclusively to members of the Dread Zeppelin fan club in 1996, before being made available to the general public later that year.

Track listing

1. "Jailhouse Rock
   Jailhouse Rock (song)
   "Jailhouse Rock" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller that first became a hit for Elvis Presley. The song was released as a 45rpm single on September 24, 1957, to coincide with the release of Presley's motion picture, Jailhouse Rock...
   
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2. "Hey Hey What Can I Do
   Hey Hey What Can I Do
   "Hey Hey What Can I Do" is a song by the English rock group Led Zeppelin released in 1970 as the B-side of "Immigrant Song" outside the United Kingdom. It is Led Zeppelin's only non-album track released during the band's existence. It did however appear on the Atlantic Records UK various artists...
   
   "
3. "Woodstock
   Woodstock (song)
   "Woodstock" is a song about the Woodstock Music and Art Festival of 1969.Joni Mitchell wrote the song from what she had heard from then-boyfriend, Graham Nash, about the festival. She had not been there herself, since she was told it would be more advantageous to appear on The Dick Cavett Show by...
   
   " (live)
4. "Communication Breakdown
   Communication Breakdown
   "Communication Breakdown" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, from their 1969 debut album Led Zeppelin.- Structure :The pounding guitar riff was played by Page through a small, miked Supro amplifier throughout; and ran his Fender Telecaster through a fully closed Vox wah pedal to...
   
   "
5. "Rock & Roll
   Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin song)
   "Rock and Roll" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin, which was first released as the second track from the band's fourth album in 1971, with a guest appearance by The Rolling Stones pianist Ian Stewart.-Overview:...
   
   "
6. "Stir It Up
   Stir It Up
   "Stir It Up" is a song composed by Bob Marley in 1967, written for his wife Rita, and first made popular by Johnny Nash. Nash's recording hit the top 15 in both Britain and America in 1972....
   
   " (single version)
7. "Tour-Telvis: A Bad Trip"
8. "Stairway to Heaven
   Stairway to Heaven
   "Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in late 1971. It was composed by guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant for the band's untitled fourth studio album . The song, running eight minutes and two seconds, is composed of several sections, which...
   
   " (single version)
9. "Jungle Boogie
   Jungle Boogie
   "Jungle Boogie" is a funk song recorded by Kool & the Gang for their 1973 album Wild and Peaceful. It scored number four as a single and became very popular in nightclubs. The song's spoken main vocal was performed by the band's roadie Don Boyce...
   
   " — featuring Screamin' Jay Hawkins
   Screamin' Jay Hawkins
   Jalacy Hawkins , best known as Screamin' Jay Hawkins was an American musician, singer, and actor...
   
    as "Dr. Paradox"
10. "Brick House Of The Holy" (Disco version) — mashup of Brick House
    Brick House (song)
    "Brick House" is a funk song from the Commodores' 1977 album Commodores and is one of their most popular songs. The single peaked at #5 in the U.S. and #32 in the UK pop charts.-Creation and recording:...
    
    and Houses of the Holy
    Houses of the Holy (song)
    "Houses of the Holy" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin from their 1975 album, Physical Graffiti. The track is a mid-tempo rock song, heavy on bass and featuring a distinctive Jimmy Page guitar riff. In order to create the layered guitar introduction and fade-out, Page used a Delta T...
    
    
11. "Takin' Care of Business
    Takin' Care of Business
    "Takin' Care of Business" is a song written by Randy Bachman and first recorded by Canadian rock group Bachman–Turner Overdrive for their 1973 album Bachman–Turner Overdrive II.-Development:...
    
    " — featuring Randy Bachman
    Randy Bachman
    Randolph Charles "Randy" Bachman, OC, OM is a Canadian musician best known as lead guitarist, songwriter and a founding member for both the 1960s–70s rock band The Guess Who, and the 1970s rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive...
    
    
12. "Disco Inferno
    Disco Inferno
    Disco Inferno is a song by The Trammps.Disco Inferno can also refer to:* Disco Inferno , a 1976 disco album recorded by The Trammps featuring the song* Disco Inferno , a band formed in the late 1980s...
    
    "
13. "Do The Claw (Again!)"
14. "The Last Resort" (soundtrack version) — from National Lampoon's Last Resort
    National Lampoon's Last Resort
    National Lampoon's Last Resort is a 1994 direct-to-video comedy film directed by Rafal Zielinski...
    
    
15. "Earshot!" (The Reggae Blades)

Personnel

The album features songs recorded both with and without lead singer Tortelvis. Tortelvis performs on tracks 1–3, 5–8, and 14 (and is sampled on track 15). Bassist Gary Putman (aka Butt-Boy and Gary B.I.B.B.) sings lead on tracks 9–13, guitarist Jah Paul Jo

Jah Paul Jo

Jah Paul Jo is a guitarist, bass player, singer and producer best known for creating the novelty band, Dread Zeppelin. From 1983 to 1988, Jah Paul Jo, as Severs Ramsey, was the singer/bass player in The Prime Movers...

sings lead on "Communication Breakdown", and "Earshot!" is an instrumental performed by The Reggae Blades, a band whose members later formed Dread Zeppelin.