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Garbage Gang

we're hella gross

RANK #5

DISPLAY SCORE 7.99 / 10

Perfect 10 — Vocals from Richie Branson
Perfect 10 — Production from Richie Branson
Perfect 10 — Challenge from Ben Tarkus · LEX the Lexicon Artist · Mark Cooper · Richie Branson
Vocal Standout 8.6 / 10 avg across judges
Challenge Champion 9.6 / 10 avg across judges
Perfect Card 30/30 from Richie Branson
Wide Appeal no judge ranked you in their bottom third
Crowd Surfer on 37/74 ballots (50%)
Niche Fave 9 voters made you their #1 — a small but devoted fanbase
Full Package audio + art + lyrics + both writeups

TOTAL REACH — 17 plays rank 10 / 24

VPC SITE 17

TOTAL LIKES — 5 rank 13 / 23

VPC SITE 5

Take Out The Trash

Vocalist's challenge writeup

persona: Garbage Man origin: gritty underbelly of the business (Made of the grime and the dust and the glass / Might be desperate slightly decrepit) rise to fame: won the championship (i put on a crown and the crowd getting so elated) eventual fall from glory: injured, skull cracked, brain never be the same (Hospital bed just popped in under me / Whole skull got a hairline crack / brain wont ever be the same)

Producer's challenge writeup

created intro track. intro track is used for hook of full song.

Lyrics

I'm a Pyrotechnic light obsessive fight authentic and fly electric 
slide on the set when my mind is hectic/ 
straight to your dome like a psychic message/ 
everything is overrated/ 
i put on a crown and the crowd getting so elated/ 
seemin like the hardcore is overhated/ 
and the real out here really overstated/ 

Made of the grime and the dust and the glass 
Never write a check you can’t cash/ 
know the spotlight don’t last/ 
Ima have to take out the trash 

Might be desperate slightly decrepit life be all right in hindsight accept it/ 
frog leap an test it/ 
i compete i swept it/ 
i don’t need no lesson power bomb the press kit/ 
everything is kinda blurry/ 
blinded by the blood in my eyes but I’m never worried/ 
judge and the jury take you down the pile drive way/ 
got a high hill to climb like skyway/ 
big one piece fitna find it my way/ 

Made of the grime and the dust and the glass 
Never write a check you can’t cash/ 
know the spotlight don’t last/ 
Ima have to take out the trash 

Hospital bed just popped in under me/ 
nurse eyes just locked in wondering/ 
Will i ever be okay
She said that i been attacked/ 
Whole skull got a hairline crack/ 
my brain wont ever be the same
brain wont ever be the same

Made of the grime and the dust and the glass 
Never write a check you can’t cash/ 
know the spotlight don’t last/ 
Ima have to take out the trash 

Made of the grime and the dust and the glass 
Never write a check you can’t cash/ 
know the spotlight don’t last/ 
Ima have to take out the trash

JUDGES' BREAKDOWN

Ben Tarkus
8.67/10 score rank #4 of 24

VOCALS 8

PRODUCTION 8

CHALLENGE 10

Man oh man this is giving 90s NuMetal vibes and that's so quintessentially wrestling. I love the flow and delivery across the song and the challenge is really met head on here. I can't escape how catchy that chorus is... damn. Let's open up the pit, Royal Rumble style!
Mark Cooper
8.67/10 score rank #5 of 24

VOCALS 8

PRODUCTION 8

CHALLENGE 10

This track is dope! very rage against the machine/fred durst/korn vibes and i'm here for it! Punchy vocals and cool singing vocals in the bridge. The production would have been in the right pockets in the late 90's attitute era bumper intros. lyrics were great and very gritty which is definitely expected. Enjoyed this track from start to finish.
Richie Branson
10.00/10 score rank #1 of 24

VOCALS 10

PRODUCTION 10

CHALLENGE 10

Entrance gives me hardcore wrestler who jumps off ladders and bleeds all over the ring vibes. Love the melodic vocal double under the main vocal, well done. Vocal energy and variation gives me Kendrick vibes. Production is solid. Hook is catchy.
Klopfenpop
7.33/10 score rank #12 of 24

VOCALS 8

PRODUCTION 6

CHALLENGE 8

It sounds like Lex might have been stuck using a different recording setup than usual, but I think Shawn did a decent job of making it work! It feels a little harsh in the high mids, but this is something every VPC producer ends up dealing with, because this thing is always a marathon. This is a cool throwback Limp Bizkit vibe. It's got that 00s steez. The yarly vocals are spot on. I wish the snare attack hit as hard as the kick and hat do. The character work is pitch perfect here. The mix is pretty muddy, unfortunately.
LEX the Lexicon Artist
9.33/10 score rank #2 of 24

VOCALS 9

PRODUCTION 9

CHALLENGE 10

Hell fucking yeah I loved that intro theme. Got me fuckin PUMPED. Is that a Limp Bizkit sample? This was a really fun departure from the standard Garbage Gang sound. I see that Shawn took my note of pushing himself to do something different ;) It paid off because this sounds awesome! Lex Lingo is also showing off his huge vocal versatility. He inhabits the persona of Garbage Man and uses garbage metaphors to punctuate the clear narrative. I'm a big fan of this nu-metal / industrial sound you guys tried on for this round.

AUDIENCE SCORE

5.55 / 10

Aggregated from 74 ballots cast by the public.

AUDIENCE RANK

6 / 24

Out of 24 teams competing this round.

37 voters ranked them in their top 10
23 voters had them in their top 5
9 voters picked them as their #1 favorite

FINAL BLEND

The final score was a 7.99. The song received an average voter score of 5.55 from the community, and an average judge score of 8.80.

The display score blends the audience and judges' contributions at 25%/75%. Here's how Garbage Gang's 7.99 broke down:

1.39 from audience

6.60 from judges

(5.55 × 25%) + (8.80 × 75%) = 7.99

YOUR SEASON SO FAR

Round 1 7.30 / 10 rank #7
Round 2 8.12 / 10 rank #4
Round 3 7.99 / 10 rank #5
Round 4 8.33 / 10 rank #3 PERSONAL BEST
Round 5 8.05 / 10 rank #10

TOTAL REACH — 17 plays · rank 10 / 24

TOTAL LIKES — 5 · rank 13 / 23