Airheads is a comedy film released on August 5, 1994. It tells the story of a band of loser musicians who stage a hijacking of a radio station in order to get airplay for their demo recording. Airheads was written by Rich Wilkes, directed by Michael Lehmann, and starring Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Ernie Hudson, Michael McKean, Judd Nelson, Michael Richards, Amy Locane and Joe Mantegna.
Airheads (Original Soundtrack) album by Various artists was released on July 19, 1994 and produced by Lonn Friend, The album only released 1 promotional single: Born to Raise Hell (Motörhead with Ice-T and Whitfield Crane). The film features an original song by White Zombie and went on to chart on the Billboard 200 and peak at Number 157.
In addition, there are re-recordings of songs from Motorhead and Primus. Jay Yuenger and Sean Yseult also accompanied with Brendan Fraser‘s vocal rendition of Degenerated, a song by hardcore punk band Reagan Youth. The song was produced by Yuenger and Bryan Carlstrom.
A number of songs can be heard in the film but not included on the soundtrack album. These are: Baby Huey (Do You Wanna Dance) by Dim Stars; Shamrocks and Shenanigans (Boom Shalock Lock Boom) Butch Vig Mix by House of Pain; Unsatisfied by The Replacements; Rocks by Primal Scream; Janie’s Got a Gun by Aerosmith; Wheezing by David Byrne; Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful by Sons of Thunder (Galactic Cowboys).
Tracklist:
- Born to Raise Hell (Motörhead with Ice-T and Whitfield Crane)
- I’m The One (by Eddie Van Halen) (4 Non Blondes)
- Feed the Gods (White Zombie) (White Zombie)
- No Way Out (by Jesse Malin, Richard Bacchus, Howard Kusten) (DGeneration)
- Bastardizing Jellikit (by Primus) (Primus)
- London (by The Smiths) (Anthrax)
- Can’t Give In (Candlebox) (Candlebox)
- Curious George Blues (by Scott Hackwith)(Dig)
- Inheritance (by Prong) (Prong)
- Degenerated (by Paul Bakija, Dave Rubenstein) (The Lone Rangers)
- I’ll Talk My Way Out Of It (by John Melendez, J. Cantor) (Stuttering John, John Melendez)
- Fuel (by Stick) (Stick)
- We Want the Airwaves (by The Ramones) (The Ramones)
Songs from the film not included in the official soundtrack
Baby Huey (Do You Wanna Dance) (by Dim Stars)
Shamrocks and Shenanigans (Boom Shalock Lock Boom) Butch Vig Mix (by House of Pain)
Unsatisfied (by The Replacements)
Rocks (by Primal Scream)
Janie’s Got a Gun (by Aerosmith)
Wheezing (by David Byrne)
Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful (by Sons of Thunder)(Galactic Cowboys).
