Jaymz Lennfield (Beatallica) – Beatles x Metallica Mashups, Lars Ulrich Calls, Licensing Battles & Touring Worldwide

About this episode

Jaymz Lennfield of Beatallica discusses the band's unique mashup of The Beatles and Metallica, including their origin story, licensing challenges, and touring experiences.

In this episode of Tribute Band Sessions, we sit down with Jaymz Lennfield of Beatallica — the legendary band that fuses The Beatles and Metallica into mind-bending mashups that somehow feel like both bands wrote them on purpose. Jaymz breaks down the wild origin story: how a one-night spoof festival in Milwaukee led to homemade CDs, BitTorrent chaos, and the internet effectively naming the band “Beatallica” for them. Then things got real — licensors got involved, the Beatles side became complicated, and (yes) Lars Ulrich actually called Jaymz at home after reporters started playing Beatallica tracks in Metallica interviews. We get into the real behind-the-scenes of being a long-running mashup/tribute act: How Beatallica started at Spoof Fest (April 1, 2001) The internet blow-up: CDs → MP3s → BitTorrent → global attention Why putting music out “for free” still created licensing problems The Metallica relationship, approvals, and staying on the right side of trademarks Why some Beatles songs (especially George Harrison estate material) are a hard “no” for official release How Beatallica writes: weaving structures, lyric craftsmanship, and evolving into a more collaborative band…

People in this episode

Host: Mike Gendler

Guest: Jaymz Lennfield

Topics covered

• mashups
• music licensing
• tribute bands
• touring
• fanbase dynamics
• AI in music

Keywords

• Beatallica
• mashups
• music licensing
• Lars Ulrich
• The Beatles
• Metallica
• touring
• AI in music

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Beatallica, The Beatles, Metallica

Places: Milwaukee

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