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Bob Rivers
Bob Rivers started in radio and comedy, putting out his first album 'Twisted World' in 1993. He's best known for taking Black Sabbath's 'Iron Man' and turning...
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Mr. Magoo
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Oxycontin Eater
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When A Man Loves A Chicken
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Wrong Foot Amputated
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Yellow Snow! Yellow Snow! Yellow Snow!
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12 Days of Layoffs
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12 Pains Of Christmas
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3 Inch Tool
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401k
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96 Beers
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ADD
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Acid Rain
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American Pie Eulogy
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Are They Gonna Fry OJ?
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Back In a Us Made Car
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Beat Up Old Jetliner
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Bob Rivers started in radio and comedy, putting out his first album 'Twisted World' in 1993. He's best known for taking Black Sabbath's 'Iron Man' and turning it into a Christmas song called 'I Am Santa Claus' in 1996, which became a weird holiday staple despite the heavy metal sound. Other songs like '12 Pains Of Christmas' and '12 Days of Layoffs' show his habit of twisting familiar tunes into workplace and holiday satire.
He worked with musicians like Dennis Regan on guitar and Jim Norton on bass, but his radio career had rough patches. In 2003 he was fired from a show after a prank went too far for some listeners. Rivers kept recording anyway, putting out albums like 'Bob Rivers Is Dead' in 2004 and an autobiography in 2011.
His material leans toward the deliberately silly and sometimes provocative, with songs like '96 Beers' and '401k' poking at everyday life. There's not much grand narrative to it, just a guy who made a living tweaking songs and getting into trouble on the air.
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