Richard Cheese "Lounge Against The Machine"

America's loudest lounge singer Richard Cheese performs swingin' Vegas versions of rock, rap, and Top40 hits, "swankifying" contemporary songs into traditional pop vocal standards. Cheese has released 6 albums and has sold more than 100,000 CDs, starting with his 2000 debut CD, "Lounge Against The Machine." The hardest working Dick in show business has played sellout shows around the world, from New York to New Orleans, from Las Vegas to London, from Hollywood to Honolulu. One of his songs was featured in the movie "Dawn Of The Dead," and he's made appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live, CNN, MTV, Fox News Channel, and NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly as the house band. With his swanky jazz trio, his tiger-striped tuxedo, and his enormous microphone, Richard Cheese presents the perfect mix of music, martini, and madcap. Visit Dick's official website at www.richardcheese.com

Excerpt from AllMusicGuide.com album review by Alex Henderson

...Richard Cheese has a good laugh at the expense of lounge music on Lounge Against the Machine. But this goofy CD doesn't butcher Tony Bennett or Frank Sinatra; instead Cheese turns his attention to mostly alternative rock hits of the '90s. In Cheese's hands, everything from Nirvana's "Rape Me," Garbage's "Only Happy When It Rains," and Radiohead's "Creep" to Rage Against the Machine's "Guerilla Radio" and Limp Bizkit's "Nookie" gets a lounge makeover. The songs' angst-ridden lyrics and Cheese's frivolous, Vegas-minded arrangements make for odd, ironic contrasts, and that's exactly what the singer is going for. In addition to lampooning lounge music, Cheese is laughing at the abundance of angst that one hears in a lot of alternative rock...

Tracks:
Nookie/Break Stuff (originally by Limp Bizkit)
Guerilla Radio (originally by Rage Against The Machine)
Come Out And Play (originally by Offspring)
Closer (originally by Nine Inch Nails)
Wrong Way (originally by Sublime)
Bullet The Blue Sky (originally by U2)
Creep (originally by Radiohead)
Last Resort (originally by Papa Roach)
Rape Me (originally by Nirvana)
What's My Age Again (originally by Blink 182)
Smack My Bitch Up (originally by Prodigy)
Fight For Your Right (originally by Beastie Boys)
Only Happy When It Rains (originally by Garbage)
Suck My Kiss (originally by Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Holiday In Cambodia (originally by Dead Kennedys)
The Rockafeller Skank (originally by Fat Boy Slim)