“I HAVE explored space. I have explored time. Now … I explore distortion.”
So said 95-year-old Star Trek icon William Shatner as he took the wraps off his heavy metal project, The Fuckers.
In preparation for an upcoming US festival appearance, Shatner and guitarists Marcus Nand (White Lion) and Britt Lightning (Vixen), bassist Phil Soussan (Ozzy Osbourne) and drummer Fred Aching played a warm-up at Park West in Chicago.
Their set included songs by Osbourne, Metallica and Motorhead.
There were also three originals from Shatner’s forthcoming album What The Fuck Is Heavy Metal?
Shatner earlier announced an all-star line-up for that LP.
Record label Cleopatra insisted: “For Shatner, this is not a novelty move — it is a full-scale artistic statement. At 95, he is leaning into the power, danger and drama of heavy music with the same sense of commitment and conviction that has defined his career across film, television, spoken word and music.”
The Fuckers are a street-corner tip to play Coachella next year.
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