Bad News is the self titled debut album from British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 heavy metal group Bad News

Bad News

Bad News were a spoof rock band, created for the Channel 4 television series The Comic Strip Presents.... Its members were Vim Fuego , vocals and lead guitar ; Den Dennis, rhythm guitar ; Colin Grigson, bass ; and Spider Webb, drums .-Biography:Bad News made their television debut during...

 released in October 1987 by EMI

EMI

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. The album features a cover of the famous Queen

Queen (band)

Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...

 song "Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohemian Rhapsody

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" and was produced by Queen's guitarist Brian May

Brian May

Brian Harold May, CBE is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the guitarist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen...

. "Bohemian Rhapsody" was released as a single and had a music video created for it, written and directed by Adrian Edmondson

Adrian Edmondson

Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson is an English comedian. He is probably best known for his comedic roles in the television series The Young Ones and Bottom , for which he also wrote together with his long-time collaboration partner Rik Mayall.-Early life:Edmondson, the second of four children, was...

, who portrays Vim Fuego in the group. The video was released as a video single by Picture Music International. In 2004, EMI re-released the album with a re-ordered track listing and with additions of tracks derived from the group's followup album The Cash In Compilation.

Original release

Side 1

1. "Hey Hey Bad News" 5:22 (Vim Fuego)
2. "Warriors of Ghengis Khan" 3:27 (Fuego)
3. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Freddie Mercury
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   ) 3:46

Side 2

1. "Bad News" 3:11 (Fuego)
2. "Masturbike" 2:20 (Dennis)
3. "Drink Till I Die" 5:26 (Dennis)

1989 Rhino Records release

1. "Bad Dreams Rehearsal" 5:13
2. "A.G.M." 4:24
3. "Introducing The Band" 2:19
4. "Bad News" 3:11
5. "Hey Mr. Bassman" 2:00
6. "Hey Mr. Drummer" 2:15
7. "Masturbike" 2:20
8. "Trousers" 3:49
9. "Drink Till I Die" 5:26
10. "Vim Is Angry" 2:09
11. "Hey Hey Bad News" 5:22
12. "Warriors Of Ghengis Khan" 3:27
13. "Excaliber" 6:21 †
14. "Bohemian Rhapsody" 3:46
15. "Double Entendre" 3:35 †
16. "Casing In On Christmas" 4:09
17. "Dividing Up The Spoils" 2:59

† indicates a track exclusive to the CD edition of the album.

2004 re-release

1. "Hey Hey Bad News"
2. "We Haven't Recorded Anything Yet"
3. "Warriors of Ghengis Kahn"
4. "Excalibur"
5. "Bohemian Rhapsody (Take 1)(Part)"
6. "Bohemian Rhapsody"
7. "The Contract"
8. "Introducing the Band"
9. "Bad News"
10. "Hey Mr Bassman"
11. "Masturbike"
12. "What Are You Going to Wear for Top of the Pops?"
13. "Drink Till I Die"
14. "Maybe We Should Plug the Guitars In"
15. "Pretty Woman
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16. "Life with Brian"
17. "Bad Dreams"
18. "A.G.M."
19. "O'Levels"
20. "Double Entendre"
21. "Cashing In On Christmas" (Dub)
22. "Cashing In On Christmas"

Bad News

• Vim Fuego (aka Alan Metcalfe)
  Adrian Edmondson
  Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson is an English comedian. He is probably best known for his comedic roles in the television series The Young Ones and Bottom , for which he also wrote together with his long-time collaboration partner Rik Mayall.-Early life:Edmondson, the second of four children, was...
  
   - vocals
  Singing
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  , lead guitar
  Lead guitar
  Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
  
  , bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
   on "Warriors of Ghengis Khan"
• Den Dennis
  Nigel Planer
  Nigel George Planer is an English actor, comedian, novelist and playwright.Planer is perhaps best known for his role as Neil Pye in the cult BBC comedy The Young Ones. He has appeared in many West End musicals, including Evita, Chicago, We Will Rock You, Wicked and Hairspray...
  
   - rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar
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• Colin Grigson
  Rik Mayall
  Richard Michael "Rik" Mayall is an English comedian, writer, and actor. He is known for his comedy partnership with Ade Edmondson, his over-the-top, energetic portrayal of characters, and as a pioneer of alternative comedy in the early 1980s...
  
   - bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Spider Webb - drums
  Drum kit
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Production

• Produced By Brian May & Vim Fuego
• Engineered By Pete Schwier
• Re-Mastering By Bill Inglot & Ken Perry