A deleted scene, reinstated for some TV broadcasts, sees Carrey crowdsurf onto stage and do some not-too-shabby growling and particularly impressive gyrating.Ĭannibal Corpse, meanwhile, were the top-selling death metal band of the 1990s. When they eventually saw the movie, they were a bit underwhelmed as a bunch of what they’d shot didn’t make it into the theatrical cut. The band weren’t used to the multiple takes and long waiting times required of a Hollywood production and spent two days miming to Hammer Smashed Face with a room full of extras moshing silently. He also rattled off the lyrics to R ancid Amputation, which was on our previous album. “Then he starts rattling off lyrics and tells us he wants us to play Hammer Smashed Face. “Jim comes over to us wearing his Ace Ventura garb, going, ‘Oh my god! Cannibal Corpse! It’s so great to have you guys here!’” recalls Mazurkiewicz. Barrett had only just joined the band, replacing Bob Rusay, and Barnes wouldn’t be in it for much longer – he left in 1995 and was replaced by George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher.) and guitarists Jack Owen and Robert Barrett. The lineup featured in the film is frontman Chris Barnes, bassist Alex Webster, drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz Jr. (Bizarrely, the band are credited as ‘Thrasher Band “Cannibal Corpses”’, and nobody seems certain whether that is a joke or a mistake. Whether or not he was a legitimate Cannibal Corpse fan, Carrey had done his research and reportedly greeted the band members by name, as well as reciting lyrics to them. Webster describes Carrey as being “at least interested in our music – I’m not sure if he was a big fan or not”. However, the band remember it differently. Trust me, it's the first thing I asked him when we met.'

He'd never heard of Cannibal until doin' that movie. In 1999, Santana wrote, 'For the record, Jim hates death metal. (If anyone was wondering, Italian speedcore band Komprex have a track called Brutal Jim that is built around Carrey’s growls here, and Illinois comedy thrash band Smash Potaters use it to lead into their cover of Sum 41’s Fat Lip.)Ĭarrey’s son in law, Alex Santana, is the lead singer of LA death metal band Blood Money, has claimed his purported love of metal is wildly exaggerated. In fact, according to Napalm Death’s Barney Greenaway, before approaching Cannibal Corpse for Ace Ventura, Carrey wanted them to be in the film.

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