CONTINUING THE MUSIC THEME

In honor of Aaron Rodgers weekend in Vegas, more specifically his Sunday night with Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott, a couple of music-themed posts have found there way to my fingertips at a perfect time.

After one of our many family trips to Wisconsin, years ago, we returned home with a CD by a group called Cheeseheads With Attitude. It was called "Straight Outta Wisconsin," and it was hilarious. So, recently, I decided to look more into this CD and the parody-based, pro-Packer musical group. Some of the things I found were quite interesting, but for my post today, the humor will be the highlight (due to the fact that it is April 7th and snowing in central New York).


First, Stevie Rachelle, who attained fame by being the lead singer of the 80's glam band Tuff, was a member of CWA. Rachelle grew up in Wisconsin and graduated from Oshkosh West High School before moving to California and striking up his original music career. CWA created parodies, like the famed Weird Al Yankovic, by taking hit songs' melodies and altering the lyrics to take a pro-Packer form. The most widely known example is the Cheesehead's take on Beck's "Loser." The Wisconsin trio struck fame with their version entitled "Cheesehead Baby." The transformation of the lyrics is as follows:

Beck: Soy un perdedor. I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me?
CWA: Oh, gosh darnit don'tcha know, I'm a cheesehead baby, the pride of Wisconsin.

Cheeseheads With Attitude even performed in front of 10,000 fans at the official Super Bowl XXXII pep rally in San Diego, CA. That performance featured a song off of their second CD "Cheesehead's For Life" entitled "P-A-C-K", a parody of the famed "YMCA" by the Village People. The refrain was changed to, "It's fun to cheer for the P-A-C-K... Wearin' green and the gold, Lambeau covered in snow, You can tailgate out in the cold."

A chain record store's district manager even said at one point that Cheeseheads With Attitude was outselling Garth Brooks and the Spice Girls in many Wisconsin stores during the 1996 holiday season. An official history of the trio can be found here. CD's and MP3's can easily be found on the internet at sites like Amazon.