Testament’s Alex Skolnick Launches Rap Alter Ego Skoly D, Takes Down Right Wing Echo Chambers In ‘B.I.G. L.I.E.’ Video

By On Jan 8, 2022

HU $ H MONEY, the rap duo with Skoly-D, the alter ego of TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick, and Kimmy G (Kimmy Gordon), have released their first video “BIGLIE” January 2021 in Washington, DC

“BIGLIE” deals with a lot of non-laughing things, but we can all use a bit of weird relief, “says Skolnick, who is also the song’s composer and producer.” What better way to highlight the absurdity of it all than a classic rap groove with humor, inspired by the founding father of funny sociopolitical music, Mr. Zappa?

“We’re not expecting a change of opinion here, but we hope that, regardless of whether someone agrees with the song or not, they – at least – will be entertained by zingers. Do them well! “

“You can see how much fun we had it. It’s right there!” adds Kimmy G.

Directed by Frankie Fulleda, “BIGLIE” was shot guerilla-style in July 2021 at Fox News HQ, Times Square and Washington Square Park and is said to pay homage to New York, its resilience and ubiquitous craze, as it is a dismantling across the country right echo chambers. In a t-shirt with the oversized logo of the influential RUN-DMC, Skoly Fox impales news, election refusal and insurgency revisionism. The video also features the comic J-Hype (Jonathan Hyppolite) and Karl Lake, best known as “Robot Guy” from “Chappelle’s Show”. Hot tip: Alex, Kimmy and the video director once appeared on the show “Maury” under the name VICIOUS DNA.

Lyrics of “BIGLIE”:

Scroll through the channels

Fox News Prime Time

Grime time, crime time

Let’s call it SCHLEIMZEIT

Competition lurks: OAN, Newsmax

So Fox has to twist the facts

I need a detox from these toxic conversations

It’s like chains and locks on my cable box

Everything from watching Fox

This is a man who will drive you crazy

His name is Sean Hannity

Followed by Tucker

He’s a troubled mother …

Then the truth becomes even more tangled

As we suffer through the Ingram angle

And get out of line

We have Judge Jeanine and her wine box

The 2020 elections were historically protected

Subject to inspection

But someone didn’t accept his rejection

Had to go and start a riot

Such a scam, how can anyone buy this?

Go to DC for a Capitol riot

Doomed and Unfortunate Predestined Mission

Arrests for sedition

Which is undeniable. Or is it?

Now they call it a “tourist visit”

Vote against an investigation

This is now misinformation

LARGE

You got a lot of nerve trying to misinform me

LIE

They’re trying to tell the whole world what our eyes haven’t seen

BIG LIE

Try to deny that there is blue in the sky

You can hide from the truth, this is nothing but a big lie

A big lie

SINGING

Nothing but a big big one

Nothing but a big big one

Nothing but a big lie

Nothing but a big big one

Nothing but a big lie

(“Kimmy G!”)

VERSE 3

Kimmy G:

No conservatives, cons in serving

Anti-Truths To Seduce Your Income

Profits are what they make

Flag hugs for the dollar bills that overturn them

It is a burden to tend Q sheep

Wrong formulation, it works

Unfounded facts destined to stir

Half-assed racist fascist vermin

Twist of the law, fraud swirls

It hurts, concerted

Just be honest, they are just encouraging

People who like to burn their crosses

SOLO

Malicious hackers abroad

To corrupt the mind like a disease

Sew doubts about all that is true

Someone says “I am Q!”

Rumors spread faster than a Lexus

Arizona, Georgia, Florida, and Texas

Narratives are based on nothing but fiction

Used as an excuse for voting restriction

(GOP)

They were once Nancy and Ronny’s party

Now they have the rain-haired Giuliani

Your constituents have lost touch with reality

They send all their money to “Stop the Steal!”

Biden won the man, it’s no secret

Chalk it up with revisionist history

Pure conspiracy, don’t be a weirdo

The earth is round and we went to the moon

LARGE

You’ve got a whole lot of nerve trying to misinform me

LIE

They’re trying to tell the whole world what our eyes haven’t seen

BIG LIE

Try to deny that there is blue in the sky

You can hide from the truth, this is nothing more than a …

LARGE

You’ve got a whole lot of nerve trying to misinform me

LIE

They’re trying to tell the whole world what our eyes haven’t seen

BIG LIE

Try to deny that there is blue in the sky

If you hide from the truth, it is nothing but a big lie

A big lie

It’s a big big big big big big lie

Ponzy scheme that will make you cry

Nothing but one big big one

Nothing but a big big lie (BIG LIE!)

It’s a big big big big big lie

Pipe dream, cake in the sky

Nothing but one big big one

Nothing but a big big lie (BIG LIE!)

REPEAT

I’m watching Fox News again as they switch to prime time

Grime Time, Crime Time, let’s call it SLIME TIME

SLIM TIME

I am sticky & green

SLIM TIME

I’m seeping through your screen

SLIM TIME

I’m on your phone and TV

SLIM TIME

BIG LIE

[End of lyrics]

In the fall of 2020, Skolnick released two anti-Donald Trump rap songs, “Trump Sucks” and “Wear A Fucking Mask”.

Skolnick, an outspoken critic of the 45 as ‘a hymn’ and labeled ‘brilliant’ to ‘pathetic’ and ‘sickly’, I just had to keep going.

“Staying in my lane is something I’ve never been good at.

“I realize that a jazz / rock guitarist known for his thrash metal work, releasing old school rap songs with a sociopolitical message and Zappa-esque satire may not make sense. But my question to you is: Does anything make sense these days? “

He added, “More energy has been put into this sequel so I hope those who loved the first think similarly of ‘WAFM’.

“For anyone who thought the first track was the pinnacle of my rap technique, three words: HOLD MY BEER”.

The 53-year-old guitarist has made no secret of his political views and has tweeted frequently against Trump’s policies, including how the then government was handling the outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus first observed in China would. In March 2020, the guitarist beat up Trump because he “couldn’t convey a sense of calm in an emergency”.

Last April, Skolnick Faisal Al Yafai and Idrees Ahmad of Newlines Magazine explained why artists should speak honestly about social and political upheaval, why he isn’t worried about losing fans who disagree with him, and why he’s making a rap Song called “Trump.” When asked if he was concerned about angering some TESTAMENT fans with his political opinions, Alex said, “It stopped me at one point when it first happened. There is another sentence by an athlete – one of the greatest athletes – Michael Jordan, who once said, ‘Republicans buy trainers too.’ I think he said this to turn down an invitation to speak for a Democratic candidate at a rally, something like that. So first I thought of that – I thought, well, I have some fans who … I don’t know how anyone could be behind Trumpism – as much as I could talk about Trump; let’s talk about Trumpism – I don’t understand. But do I really want to drive them out? And then I just thought, well, I don’t? I want to not playing that game and just having to suck it up and smile and somehow tweak my social media presence to make her happy. It actually felt like a relief to just say, ‘You know what? No.’ “

He continued, “I think it goes beyond politics because I’m not attacking traditional conservative politics. It would be very different if this were the 80s or even the 90s and I was talking about people who believe in lower corporate tax rates . Now it’s gotten so insincere. And all the belief in the right-wing news echo chamber and these headlines. Current headlines about Fox – an example: [President Joe] Biden was giving a press conference, and one of the headlines on Fox: “Biden is giving a press conference full of lies.” These are the same people when Trump made his public appearance, they praised him, they fell over. So it’s so insincere. And the same people who criticize me and threaten not to hear my music buy it. And I cannot support that. And I can’t pretend I support that. “

TESTAMENT’s newest album, “Titans Of Creation”, was released in April 2020 via Nuclear Blast.