After six fab messages from artists and bands this is a brief Christmas message to all you wonderful readers of With Just A Hint Of Mayhem direct from me, Bill, at Mayhem Towers. A much safer place than Nakatomi Tower! I hope you all have a great Christmas and are looking forward to a wonderful 2026. Thank you for making my 2025 so good. See you next year!
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Here it is, the final day of Mayhem’s 12 Days of Christmas series for 2025.. The ten posts so far have featured the Apocalypse Disco, Radiohead, Black Box Recorder, Shrub, the Postal Service, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, Bring Me The Horizon, Muse, the Doors and R.E.M. Many of you will know by now that this years theme has not been not very festive and is almost certainly our darkest theme so far. But with all the crap in the world at the moment much of it driven by Dementia Don in the partly demolished and fake gold encrusted White House I thought I would celebrate Chrimbo this year with songs about the end of the world. These are twelve fabulous tracks despite the rather savage theme. Music has, and will always accompany me wherever I go, even if that is into the heart of the forthcoming (???) Armageddon!
I have decided to end the series on a relatively hopeful note. So I have chosen “World Hold On (Children Of The Sky)” by Bob Sinclair. The uplifting music and positive lyrics will hopefully make us all feel good. Words such as “Right here, spread love, everybody join together now. One race, one heart, love and unity, everybody sing. Yeah!” It was released as the second single from Sinclair’s ‘Western Dream’ album, in April 2006. It was a hugely successful track and it charted in many countries, particularly in dance charts, it also made the UK singles top 10. I love that whistling hook too.
I promised you a surprise for the day 12 post and click here to check it out. It is a rather excellent demo suggested to me by Boss Caine himself a.k.a. Dan Lucas. It is called “The End Of The World (Lo-Fi(Solation) Blues demo)” and you can take a listen over at Bandcamp, just click here!
I also promised you an end of the world playlist based on this series, you can find that below! Twelve songs making up almost an hour of Armageddon tunes!
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Here comes day 11 of Mayhem’s 12 Days of Christmas series for 2025.. The ten posts so far have featured the Apocalypse Disco, Radiohead, Black Box Recorder, Shrub, the Postal Service, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, Bring Me The Horizon, Muse and the Doors. Many of you will know by now that this years theme is not very festive and is almost certainly our darkest theme so far. But with all the crap in the world at the moment much of it driven by Diaper Donnie in the partly demolished and fake gold encrusted White House I thought I would celebrate Chrimbo this year with songs about the end of the world. These are twelve fabulous tracks despite the rather savage theme. Music has, and will always accompany me wherever I go, even if that is into the heart of the forthcoming (???) Armageddon! Maybe I need to make them into a playlist, what do you think? Some of you have contacted me with a resounding yes to the playlist. It will appear when we post the final installment a.k.a. day 12. There may be a surprise extra track on the day 12 posting too, keep checking in!
Today we have what some may consider an obvious choice for this series, it is “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” by the legendary and sadly missed R.E.M. It was released in 1987 and was the second single taken from their fifth album, ‘Document’. It reached 69 in the US Billboard chart that year and number 39 in the UK when it was reissued in 1991. In the 1990s in interviews with Musician magazine and Q magazine front man, singer and lyricist Michael Stipe said of the song which included a number of diverse references, such as a quartet of individuals with the initials “L.B.”: Leonard Bernstein, Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce, and Lester Bangs. that the “L.B.” references came from a dream he had in which he found himself at a party surrounded by famous people who all shared those initials. “The words come from everywhere, I’m extremely aware of everything around me, whether I am in a sleeping state, awake, dream-state or just in day to day life, so that ended up in the song along with a lot of stuff I’d seen when I was flipping TV channels. It’s a collection of streams of consciousness.” It certainly fits our theme, thanks to the title and general lyrical strangeness.
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Day 10 of Mayhem’s 12 Days of Christmas series for 2025 is here. The nine posts so far have featured the Apocalypse Disco, Radiohead, Black Box Recorder, Shrub, the Postal Service, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, Bring Me The Horizon and Muse. Many of you will know by now that this years theme is not very festive and is almost certainly our darkest theme so far. But with all the crap in the world at the moment much of it driven by Rapey Van Winkle in the partly demolished White House I thought I would celebrate Chrimbo this year with songs about the end of the world. These are twelve fabulous tracks despite the rather savage theme. Music has, and will always accompany me wherever I go, even if that is into the heart of the forthcoming (???) Armageddon! Maybe I need to make them into a playlist, what do you think? Some of you have contacted me with a resounding yes to the playlist. It will appear when we post the final installment a.k.a. day 12. There may be a surprise extra track on the day 12 posting too, keep checking in!
Today’s song is a classic sixties track, “The End” by the Doors. It was the final track on their self-titled debut album that was released in January 1967. In 2015, the Library of Congress selected ‘The Doors’ album for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant“. In 1969 Jim Morrison said this of the song “Every time I hear [“The End”], it means something else to me. It started out as a simple good-bye song … Probably just to a girl, but I see how it could be a goodbye to a kind of childhood. I really don’t know. I think it’s sufficiently complex and universal in its imagery that it could be almost anything you want it to be“. Personally I do see it as bringing an end of the world vibe with it. It is a truly epic track which in its original form runs for nearly 12 minutes. I have thrown in an even longer live version below too.
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Here comes day 9 of Mayhem’s 12 Days of Christmas series for 2025. The eight posts so far have featured the Apocalypse Disco, Radiohead, Black Box Recorder, Shrub, the Postal Service, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash and Bring Me The Horizon. Many of you will know by now that this years theme is not very festive and is almost certainly our darkest theme so far. But with all the crap in the world at the moment much of it driven by Trumpelstiltskin in the partly demolished White House I thought I would celebrate Chrimbo this year with songs about the end of the world. These are twelve fabulous tracks despite the rather savage theme. Music has, and will always accompany me wherever I go, even if that is into the heart of the forthcoming (???) Armageddon! Maybe I need to make them into a playlist, what do you think? Some of you have contacted me with a resounding yes to the playlist. It will appear when we post the final installment a.k.a. day 12. There may be a surprise extra track on the day 12 posting too, keep checking in!
Today’s song is by Muse and it comes from their 2022 album ‘Will Of The People’, it is a perfect choice for this years theme, I bring you “We Are Fucking Fucked”. The album went to number one in the charts in many countries including the UK. Speaking about the origins of the album, Matt Bellamy said that “Warner Records requested a greatest hits album from Muse. Instead, the band decided to make an album that was a montage of all of those types of genres that we’ve touched on in the past and would feel like a greatest hits album of new songs.” He said that the lyrics on the album were inspired by “the increasing uncertainty and instability in the world as the Western empire and the natural world, which have cradled us for so long, are genuinely threatened. This album is a personal navigation through those fears and preparation for what comes next.” Bellamy has also described the track as “the weirdest, darkest lost B-side of Muse’s life”. So if we are truly fucking fucked, then this song is definitely a part of my Armageddon playlist!
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It is now time for day 8 of Mayhem’s 12 Days of Christmas series for 2025. The seven posts so far have featured the Apocalypse Disco, Radiohead, Black Box Recorder, Shrub, the Postal Service, Tom Waits and Johnny Cash. Regular readers will know by now that this years theme is not very festive and is almost certainly our darkest theme so far. But with all the crap in the world at the moment much of it driven by the Fanta Fuhrer in the partly demolished White House I thought I would celebrate Chrimbo this year with songs about the end of the world. These are twelve fabulous tracks despite the rather savage theme. Music has, and will always accompany me wherever I go, even if that is into the heart of the forthcoming (???) Armageddon! Maybe I need to make them into a playlist, what do you think? Some of you have contacted me with a resounding yes to the playlist. It will appear when we post the final installment a.k.a. day 12. There may be a surprise extra track on the day 12 posting too, keep checking in!
Today’s track is “Parasite Eve” by Bring Me The Horizon from their 2020 album ‘Post Human: Survival Horror’. The song samples “Erghen Diado” written by Petar Lyondev and performed by the Bulgarian Female Vocal Choir; Lyondev is credited as a co-writer alongside the whole band. The song was written during the Covid quarantine and while it might not be strictly end of the world stuff, I think it was written in that kind of mindset. Back then we didn’t really know exactly how bad Covid was going to be. The song made it to number one on the UK Rock & Metal chart but scraped to a disappointing 28 on the UK singles chart. In my opinion it should have been a bigger hit.
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This is the third in our series of Christmas messages from bands and artists that we have featured on With Just A Hint Of Mayhem this year. This one comes from the supremely talented Leeds based singer songwriter Molly Rymer. Not only does she possess great musical talent she is also a delightful human being. I haven’t seen her play live yet, but I certainly hope to remedy that in 2026! Massive apologies for not posting this before Molly’s final gig of 2025! News years resolution for me? Be more timely when posting!
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Mayhem’s 12 Days of Christmas posts are now at day 7. The six posts so far have featured the Apocalypse Disco, Radiohead, Black Box Recorder, Shrub, the Postal Service and Tom Waits. This years theme is not very festive and is perhaps our darkest theme so far. But with all the crap in the world at the moment much of it driven by Putin’s Pedo Pet in the partly demolished White House I thought I would celebrate Chrimbo this year with songs about the end of the world. These are twelve fabulous tracks despite the rather savage theme. Music has, and will always accompany me wherever I go, even if that is into the heart of the forthcoming (???) Armageddon! Maybe I need to make them into a playlist, what do you think? Some of you have contacted me with a resounding yes to the playlist. It will appear when we post the final installment a.k.a. day 12.
Today’s track is from Johnny Cash and the song is “The Man Comes Around”. The song gives itself to the title of the album it was featured on, ‘American IV: The Man Comes Around’. This was the fourth Johnny Cash album produced by Rick Rubin. It was the first in the American Recordings series to make the UK chart, it peaked at number 40 after its release in 2002. The song was released as a single in 2002 but failed to make the charts. The series produced six albums and lasted from 1994 until 2010. The lyrics reference the biblical book of revelations and were written by Cash years before this recording and they were updated for this record. The titular ‘man’ is most likely Jesus Christ. In my opinion this is a worthy part of our end of the world series!
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Mayhem’s 12 Days of Christmas posts have reached the half way point, day 6. The five posts so far have featured the Apocalypse Disco, Radiohead, Black Box Recorder, Shrub and the Postal Service. This years theme is deeply dark and not very festive. But with all the crap in the world at the moment much of it driven by Captain Bonespurs in the partly demolished White House I thought I would celebrate Chrimbo this year with songs about the end of the world. Yeah, kind of depressing of course, but these are twelve fabulous tracks and whatever happens. Music has, and will always accompany me wherever I go, even if that is into the heart of the forthcoming (???) Armageddon! Maybe I need to make them into a playlist, what do you think?
Today’s song comes from the legendary songwriter and troubadour Tom Waits. The track is “Earth Died Screaming” the opening track on his 1992 album ‘Bone Machine’ which reached number 26 on the UK album chart. In my opinion this is perhaps the scariest song in the series driven by the sparseness of the production and the even more gravelly than usual vocal performance from Mr. Waits.
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Mayhem’s 12 Days of Christmas posts have reached day 5. The four posts so far have featured the Apocalypse Disco, Radiohead, Black Box Recorder and Shrub. This years theme is very dark and not very festive. But with all the crap in the world at the moment much of it driven by Diaper Donnie in the partly demolished White House I thought I would celebrate Chrimbo this year with songs about the end of the world. Yeah, kind of depressing of course, but these are twelve fabulous tracks and whatever happens music will always accompany me wherever I go, even if that is into the heart of the forthcoming (???) Armageddon! Maybe I need to make them into a playlist, what do you think?
Today’s song comes from Seattle’s The Postal Service. It is “We Will Become Silhouettes” from their 2003 album ‘Give Up’. This is their only studio album to date, can we have another one please? The song was the band’s fourth single and peaked at number three in the Canadian chart. It was written by band members Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello. Is the song about the period after a nuclear war or catastrophe? Possibly, but for me it is a great fit for a series of end of the world songs!
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