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Celestial Panelvan ftg. Chainsaw Motherf@#ker MC

In the mid '90's there was a group called Celestial Panelvan playing pop songs with satirical lyrics. Guitarist Paul Holden and Simon (as Chainsaw Mutherfucker MC) got the idea to transform the act into a Barry White meets Bodycount style affair. The result was an instantaneous success and every gig the theme changed. Simon would dress as an arab or IRA terrorist, as Jason from Friday 13^{th, as a hawiian shirt, terrytowling hat and big Camera wearing American tourist to name just a few of the costumes.}

^{Nothing was sacred, from "Remember me Dismember me" (a song about making love in an abatoir during which the group would throw McDonalds hamburgers into the audience…..and the audience would throw them back). …to the classic Barry White style slow groove love song "Love Feels Like You" (which was all about a guy wanting to have anal sex with his girlfiend)…. to "Kurt" a song about Kurt Cobain where Simon, with the use of a fake gun and sampled gun shots would shoot himself in the mouth and drip pints of fake blood all over himself and drop to the ground lie there motionless while the group played 2 songs around his "dead body" and then suddenly spring to life to get all irreverent again. The group quickly became a cult item in Sydney's inner city but different musical paths divided them after only a few months.}

^{The combo recorded 6 tracks but felt that the songs just didn’t live up to "live" experience and thus were never released. There is continued talk of reunion shows but as yet there is no definite plan.}

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