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"Ask ERB" Pete & Lloyd - Part 1

Who are the people who you'd like to collaborate with most?

Pete: I don’t really think about guests that way. It’s more like the characters who neither me nor Lloyd can look like, and then casting them with great talented people from there.

Lloyd: That said, we’d love to work with Jack Black. 

What ever happened to the Shay Carl rap battle teased for season 2?

Pete: The song for it wasn’t very go...

JUNE QUIZ! WIN AUTOGRAPHED PRIZES!

We have got a brand new quiz for you all! Just head to to the link below to enter...

https://forms.gle/wD1nQQJWdntKeE3k7 

Deadline for entry is June 30th! We will announce the winner in early July.

Best of luck to you all!

Video Live Stream & Writers Chat Session [June]

Pete & Lloyd flew to Philadelphia today ahead of their live performance at the "Too Many Games" convention tomorrow night. But, we want to let you know about the next live video stream and Discord chat session which are coming in the next few days!

Saturday 22nd June @ 1pm PT - Video Live Stream

Monday 24th June @ 2pm PT - Writers Discord Chat Session

If you are unable to make either one of them; we will archive the video for later viewing and also pin a message in the D...

Bill O'Reilly (Green Screen)

And as a companion to the Lennon video here is Lloyd's green screen shot sat at the desk. That hair is still just so beautiful! :) In an alternate reality Lloyd would have crushed it as a news reporter.

John Lennon (Green Screen)

Well this takes us back a few years! :) Here is a one shot green screen cut from the very first ERB back in 2010. This is a full length shot of Peter as Lennon. (That jacket could have done with a bit of an iron or steaming to get out those creases!)

You can watch the fully formed ERB video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHRxv-40WMU 

"Remix The Beef" Contest

Here is a challenge for all you creative types out there! 

We have attached an acapella version of Burger King vs Ronald McDonald (just the vocals - no beat). We want you to take those vocals and do something interesting with them. Anything goes - we are looking for any style of remix - just make it something cool!

Deadline for entries is Friday July 5th. You can submit your entries by mailing finalised files or YouTube links etc to: erbpatreon@gmail.com 

You can d...

Make This Battle! We want your ideas!

I know you all love suggesting & discussing potential ideas for future ERB videos, so we thought it would be nice to try out a system whereby you are able to submit your best ideas for future match-ups to us directly. 

We have set up a brand new channel over on the ERB Discord server called #make-this-battle where you can post your ideas (so that we can see them all). You can submit a maximum of three suggestions and then every few weeks I will ask Peter and/or Lloyd to give fe...

Which is your favorite battle of S6 so far???

We are only three battles into Season 6, but it would be interesting for us to know which one has been your overall favorite so far. So, lets take it to a patron poll... get voting folks!

BK vs McD Behind The Scenes Photos

How do you like your behind the scenes photos served? In a slideshow with a side order of music, or in a photo gallery to peruse at your leisure? We got you covered either way. :)

Pete has put together a little video slideshow for you from the Burger King vs Ronald McDonald shoot. You can also find a bunch of photos from the shoot over on a private page on our website.

To see the gallery photos head on over to: 2019-06-14 00:23:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Raw Beef Footage - BK vs McD

Here is a one shot video on green screen of Peter and Lloyd from the Ronald McDonald vs Burger King shoot. Enjoy. :)

Ronald McDonald vs Burger King

It's here! Today's ERB video has just this minute gone live! You must be hungry! Go gobble it up folks! Thank you for all your support. You are making this all happen. :)

Gandhi vs Martin Luther King Jr - Demo

Earlier this week we released an ERB Season 3 album collection onto most streaming sites. We added three bonus tracks too. So, do go check them out on iTunes, Spotify etc. 

One track that we nearly added as a bonus track was this demo of Gandhi vs Martin Luther King Jr. But, here it is just for you lovely patrons instead. It features Pete and Lloyd on the vocals and also includes alternate lyrics for MLK's first verse. Enjoy!

Our next S6 video is out tomorrow (Sat June 8th). ...

Zach Sherwin Q&A

Yesterday, Zach Sherwin joined the ERB Discord server unexpectedly and chatted to patrons for over an hour. You can read back through the full chat by heading to the #general-chat channel and clicking on the first pinned message. But, here are the main questions he answered...

Which one was your favourite ERB role? Multiple favorite roles, for different reasons. Sherlock's slo-mo figuring-out-Batman's-parent-trauma verse was a series highlight for me. Loved all those Go...

MAY QUIZ RESULTS! DID YOU WIN?

Thank you to everyone who entered the May Quiz. We can announce no one got all the questions correct and no one picked the correct tiebreaker number. But... we do have a winner! Congratulations to Dante Walton!!!

We will be sending out his two prizes this week - the actual framed photo of Gandalf that we used in the Wolverine vs Krueger video shoot plus a behind the scenes photo from the Billy Mays vs Ben Franklin video shoot - which is also framed & autographed.

Each month we...

Rob Rico aka Che Guevara Q&A

Rob Rico dropped into the Discord chat yesterday and spoke to patrons for over an hour. Thank you to everyone who joined in and also to those of you who sent in questions. He has answered a bunch of them for you:

Has anyone said to you that you look like Che before? Cos u really do look like him. {and Jon Snow!} Honestly I’ve never been compared to Che before the battle, and even now it’s hard for me to see the similarities because I only see my self haha. As far as...

Mr T vs Mr Rogers Photos & Unused Beat

During the live stream yesterday, two of the things that came up: 1) Wanting to give more content to our Patrons, and 2) Mr T. 

So, from the deepest memory cards in our archive, we present a photo suite of behind the scenes shots with an unused beat - The Mr T vs Mr Rogers Edition.

-np&eL

Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates - Concept Demo

This was the first attempt at capturing the musical story behind Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates. If you listen quickly, you’ll hear mostly “blah blah blah” 

But if you listen a little closer, you’ll hear tiny little seeds of ideas that went on to become the story and song we released on Youtube.

Lol... and as I’m hearing for the first time while I listen to it and write this, you’ll also hear a random joke about planting trees that didn’t make the cut.

I think y...

Video Live Stream [May]

Peter & Lloyd hosted a video live stream earlier today for all Writers & Directors. If you were unable to watch live - you can now watch this archived version. Thank you.

Rob Rico - Friday May 31st @ 12pm PDT

On Friday Rob Rico aka Che Guevara will be appearing on the Discord server to answer questions and chat with you all. He will be available on Friday May 31st @ 12pm PDT in the #general-chat channel

Please post up questions for Rob in the comments below, email erbpatreon@gmail.com or post them in the #ask-erb channel on the Discord server. Thanks!

Video Live Stream & Writers Chat Session

We are now able to confirm the time and date of the upcoming Live Stream and Writers Chat Session - which are open to all Writer & Director tier patrons.

Tuesday 28th May @ 2pm PDT - Writers Chat Discord Session

Thursday 30th May @ 12pm PDT - Live Video Stream

The chat session will take place on the Discord server in the #concepts-and-spoilers channel. The discussion may end up containing some spoiler type information so be warned if you are anti-spoiler inclined. :)

MAY QUIZ! PRIZES TO BE WON!

We have been beavering away over the last few weeks and we now have a brand new quiz for you to have a bash at! We have two cool prizes to be won including the actual photo of Gandalf that appeared in the Wolverine vs Krueger video. 

Just head to to the link below and fill in the details & answers:

https://forms.gle/2rPVczYosg1BWwgh7 

Note: We are also going to give away a free t-shirt ...

Question Time!

We thought it would be nice to do a Q/A with you all - if it goes well we might make it a regular thing. So, for the next week or so we are going to be accepting questions from you - either post them here in the comments below or you can post them in the new Discord channel #Ask-ERB

You can direct your question at any member of the crew or previous guest rappers. We can't promise we will be able to get you answers as some folk are extremely busy, but we will try our best. And then in ea...

Behind The Scenes - Photo Galleries

We have compiled two photo galleries from the first two shoots of Season 6. You can find the photos over on a hidden page for Patrons only on our website. Just head over to:

https://erbofhistory.com/patron-photos 

There are some pretty cool shots - most of which were taken by Andy Chinn.

Behind The Scenes - Wolverine Claws VFX

Editor Javi Sanchez-Blanco explains in this video how we created the effect of Krueger appearing through Wolverine's gloves in the recent video. All hail Javi, king of video effects.

Lloyd will be chatting at 3pm PDT today!

Later today (Wednesday 15th May) at 3pm PDT Lloyd will be logging on to the Discord server to chat with all patrons. He will be in the #general-chat channel of the ERB Discord server. 

[If you are not able to make that time, we will pin a post in the #general-chat channel, so you can read through the conversation as it happened]

If you haven't yet joined the Discord it is very simple to sign up. Here is a quick quide of how to do so: 2019-05-15 17:02:19 +0000 UTC View Post

Season 3 Thumbnail Poll

Yo, it's Lloyd. Wondering if you can help me out. Just putting together a Season 3 album to upload onto Itunes. But, I need to decide on the thumbnail. I was thinking black. But, also got blue and red as options, so figured I would let you decide. Check the attachments to see them then vote away.

New Merch - Limited Time Availability

One of our patrons on the Discord server sent us a t-shirt design and we loved it, so we are gonna pop it on sale on our Teespring store until May 31st. There's a whole array of colors on offer. 

Big thanks to patron 'YDGeon' for sending it to us. To order  a shirt go to:

https://teespring.com/stores/erb-store 

All patrons get a a minimum 10% discount at both our Teespring store and...

Early Writing Demo of Che vs Guy

This particular battle went through more re-writes than usual.  Here is demo number 2, the character of Guy Fawkes was very different, some jokes went to different characters, and Lloyd can be heard doing the scratch vocals for Che.    Early thumbnail image, from before we decided to put Che in black and white, thrown in for good measure.  Happy Saturday!  And thanks for supporting ERB.    -np & eL

Wolverine 1 Verse Alts

You know how when you think you've got a whole verse completely done and so you go to your house and make a little video of you rapping it to the camera?  Welcome to my life.  I spent a whole afternoon tweaking Wolverine's first verse last month and then the next day went back to the studio to pitch it to Pete and realized all the little changes I had made were worse than what we had already recorded for the demo that previous week.  That's just how it goes sometimes.  Loo...

Advanced Release - Che Guevara vs Guy Fawkes - Karaoke Version

Here's an advanced release of the Che vs Guy karaoke version. 

Get these lyrics down pat and then maybe we'l rock it together at a show some time.   

You can also purchase the instrumental at:  https://erbofhistory.com/music