“Karl Sanders taught me there are way more notes you can play during a solo than notes you can’t”: Meet Belushi Speed Ball, the ‘pizza thrash’ band chasing greasy guitar tones and making a pineapple-friendly racket on rare ‘90s Jacksons

Belushi Speed Ball.

Don’t let Belushi Speed Ball’s ‘pizza thrash’ shtick trick you: They care deeply about the art of heavy metal guitars. They’re just not bogged down by the seriousness of the genre.

“Being onstage is so much better when everyone is having fun,” says guitarist Jamison Land, who, until 2022, had been the bassist in GWAR. “When everyone takes themselves too seriously, it kills the spontaneity and egos get carried away.”