Around five years ago I recorded my still not released yet solo album "The return to Blueberry hill" and in between those sessions, did this version of "Overkill" you're listening to now but decided not to put it on the album after the sessions were over because my own songs should be the focal point of the album.
I played everything apart from the drums which were done by Maarten Driessen of the Reggae band Povereign, who also was the producer here. I later re-mastered the song, did a new vocal track because let's be honest, singing like Colin Hay does is TOUGH and I simply couldn't go as high as he does without going off or losing power in the delivery. Although I did keep the high pitched vocals in the background as to add texture to the already paranoid nature of the lyrics. They are audible in the final verse.
The pictures come from my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan comic "A Weird world" which is a crossover story of the 2012 and the 2018 series. The pictures show Hun of the Purple Dragons who after stealing Shredder's gauntlets and declaring himself the new Shredder, got Tiger Claw's foot bots on on his tail. But as Donatello opens a dimensional portal, for the 2018 Donatello and April to return home, Hun just happens to see that portal too, and with it he sees a way out and he takes it with two very willing hands. Again fitting in very well with the topic of the song.
