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‘Yesterday’ Parody Trailer Sees Beatles Replaced with GWAR

The Beatles-themed film Yesterday recently crossed the $100 million mark with its worldwide gross, but perhaps the film would have made even more money had it been about GWAR instead. Okay, maybe…

'Yesterday' Parody Trailer Sees Beatles Replaced with GWAR

NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 02: Metal band GWAR performs live onstage for the Viva La Bam tour at Roseland Ballroom on November 2, 2007 in New York City; The Beatles in a television studio for the filming of a global broadcast of their song ‘All You Need is Love’.

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The Beatles-themed film Yesterday recently crossed the $100 million mark with its worldwide gross, but perhaps the film would have made even more money had it been about GWAR instead.

Okay, maybe not. However, YouTube channel Ryan's Shorts created a new parody trailer for YesterSlay that instead imagines a world without GWAR instead of the Beatles, and it's rather brilliant.

If you needed an example today that the internet isn't always a forever-burning dumpster fire, look no further than the video below. The late Dave Brockie/Oderus Urungus must be looking down (or maybe up?) at this and smiling.

Erica Banas is a news blogger who's been covering the rock/classic rock world since 2014. The coolest event she's ever covered in person was the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Sir Paul McCartney inducting Foo Fighters? C'mon now!) She's also well-versed in etiquette and extraordinarily nice. #TransRightsAreHumanRights