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re: Have yall heard about The Colorado Killdozer rampage of 2004
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:39 pm to Placebeaux
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:39 pm to Placebeaux
So I went and did a thing...
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Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:44 pm to fr33manator
Post it! I think it's pretty good, man.
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:44 pm to Placebeaux
Killdozer guy is a hero honestly. He stood up against complete bullshite. The man is a legend
When I’m old as shite I want to go out killdozer style
When I’m old as shite I want to go out killdozer style
This post was edited on 1/31/20 at 10:46 pm
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:54 pm to HempHead
It’s not complete yet but I could upload the current work to SoundCloud with the lyrics.
And if it’s good enough isn’t there a movie out?
And if it’s good enough isn’t there a movie out?
Posted on 1/31/20 at 10:59 pm to fr33manator
quote:
The corrupt town council fricked this guy, and they kept fricking him afterwards, like when they fined him for the construction company busting the sewer line. The whole project was going to cut the guy's access off from his own property, making it impossible for him to get onto and off of it. That in itself is illegal.
He built the killdozer and destroyed the local businesses of every member of the town council.
Posted on 1/31/20 at 11:11 pm to jimbeam
There was an episode of the podcast Timesuck about this a couple months ago. Episode 168.
It goes into deep detail on what led up to it, the building of the killdozer, and the day it all happened. Worth the listen, for sure.
It goes into deep detail on what led up to it, the building of the killdozer, and the day it all happened. Worth the listen, for sure.
Posted on 1/31/20 at 11:12 pm to HempHead
The Ballad of Killdozer-work in progress
Killdozer
Well Marvin was a welder, just a humble working man,
In Granby, Colorado, where he’d make his final stand,
So now I’ll tell his tale so heed the lesson that he brings
“Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things”
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
You know sometimes a man he just refuses to surrender
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
Wrong a man that has a plan they’ll give you something to remember
He owned a couple acres and a shop to make repairs,
Not a man to wrong another without cause,’
But some bureaucrats decided that he wasn’t good enough,
And so they destroyed his livelihood with laws,
They had finished Marvin’s business,
Left him no way in or out,
By the red tape one more common man screwed over,
But inside Heemeyer spied unfinished business of his own,
When with vengeance on his mind he eyed his Dozer
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
You know sometimes a man he just refuses to surrender
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
Wrong a man that has a plan they’ll give you something to remember
For 18 months he built it,
Sandwiching cement with steel,
A cocoon of revenge filled with screens and guns,
With an armor plated engine,
This behemoth with a blade,
When complete it weighed in over 60 tons
On fourth of June he climbed into his tomb,
And sealed it shut,
Greased the sides so none could climb this beast of metal,
There was no door, created for it,
He just smashed right through the walls,
His legend roared as to the floor he pushed the pedal,
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
You know sometimes a man he just refuses to surrender
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
Wrong a man that has a plan they’ll give you something to remember
Killdozer
Well Marvin was a welder, just a humble working man,
In Granby, Colorado, where he’d make his final stand,
So now I’ll tell his tale so heed the lesson that he brings
“Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things”
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
You know sometimes a man he just refuses to surrender
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
Wrong a man that has a plan they’ll give you something to remember
He owned a couple acres and a shop to make repairs,
Not a man to wrong another without cause,’
But some bureaucrats decided that he wasn’t good enough,
And so they destroyed his livelihood with laws,
They had finished Marvin’s business,
Left him no way in or out,
By the red tape one more common man screwed over,
But inside Heemeyer spied unfinished business of his own,
When with vengeance on his mind he eyed his Dozer
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
You know sometimes a man he just refuses to surrender
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
Wrong a man that has a plan they’ll give you something to remember
For 18 months he built it,
Sandwiching cement with steel,
A cocoon of revenge filled with screens and guns,
With an armor plated engine,
This behemoth with a blade,
When complete it weighed in over 60 tons
On fourth of June he climbed into his tomb,
And sealed it shut,
Greased the sides so none could climb this beast of metal,
There was no door, created for it,
He just smashed right through the walls,
His legend roared as to the floor he pushed the pedal,
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
You know sometimes a man he just refuses to surrender
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
Wrong a man that has a plan they’ll give you something to remember
This post was edited on 1/31/20 at 11:16 pm
Posted on 1/31/20 at 11:15 pm to Placebeaux
They did a story about it on One of those cop/detective shows. Only way they stopped him was the tank got stuck after he rammed a warehouse (I think) then he offed himself to keep from getting arrested
Posted on 1/31/20 at 11:18 pm to fr33manator
Posted on 1/31/20 at 11:34 pm to jimbeam
It paints a story, no? Keep going?
Posted on 2/1/20 at 2:18 pm to fr33manator
I like the poem.
Kind of conflicted though myself on the whole story.
There were definitely small town politics at work against him but it takes two people not to get along and he was certainly one of them.
I'm all about hoisting the black flag when necessary but none of the shite he was going through would make me give up my life and it is a fallacy that he was financially destitute without his muffle shop in operation (despite what he may have believed).
The timesuck episode on youtube is a great (but long) listen.
I look forward to the release of "Tread" this spring (debuted at SXSW in 2019).
Andy
Kind of conflicted though myself on the whole story.
There were definitely small town politics at work against him but it takes two people not to get along and he was certainly one of them.
I'm all about hoisting the black flag when necessary but none of the shite he was going through would make me give up my life and it is a fallacy that he was financially destitute without his muffle shop in operation (despite what he may have believed).
The timesuck episode on youtube is a great (but long) listen.
I look forward to the release of "Tread" this spring (debuted at SXSW in 2019).
Andy
Posted on 2/1/20 at 3:03 pm to fr33manator
Where's the music? What direction you going in Bro-Country, Progressive Metal, Grindcore, K-Pop, Gangsta Rap, Synth-Rock?
You going to put the Tale of the 2019 Tigers to music too?
You going to put the Tale of the 2019 Tigers to music too?
Posted on 2/1/20 at 3:38 pm to Placebeaux
What caused this again?
Posted on 2/1/20 at 4:17 pm to CharlesLSU
quote:
Did you even bother to read the link?
Be the guy who won’t follow the media-driven narrative that this guy was 100% wronged and a folk hero?
Nope. Beware fake news.
Beware assholes who spout nonsense about Trump and the Constitution then run away and never answer a simple fricking question.
Posted on 2/1/20 at 4:23 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
quote:
Imagine that, a government driving a reasonable man to do unreasonable things.
Posted on 2/1/20 at 4:36 pm to Aubie Spr96
quote:
I’m often amazed at the level of bull shite we put up with today versus what the Founding Fathers dealt with. Men were protesting and getting shot over excise taxes on tea. Meanwhile, today’s beta male is justifying the bull shite that this gov’t did to this man and condemning him for rebelling. Amazing.
Some of the posters in this thread are the beta males you describe. It's quite sad.
Posted on 2/1/20 at 6:24 pm to kywildcatfanone
True American Hero! 
Posted on 2/2/20 at 9:54 pm to AndyCBR
quote:
Kind of conflicted though myself on the whole story.
It’s a folk tale. Like John Henry, or Paul Bunyan.
The Story is more important than the beancounter truth.
A common man was thwarted through the machinations of politics
Then when he tried to right it they stopped him with red tape.
And so he was forced to become unreasonable.
The fact that no one bled but Heemeyer makes it a worthy folk tale IMHO
Posted on 2/2/20 at 10:01 pm to MojoGuyPan
quote:
Where's the music?
Don’t have it yet, looking for people more talented than me on that front
quote:
What direction you going in Bro-Country, Progressive Metal, Grindcore, K-Pop, Gangsta Rap, Synth-Rock?
A folk kind of thing, like The Devil Went Down to Georgia
With a Banjo/fiddle duel
Posted on 2/3/20 at 1:09 am to AndyCBR
I finished the lyrics. Don’t care about the truth. The story And the sentiment deserve to be carved into history, like Johnny Appleseed
Ballad of Killdozer-full
the Ballad of Killdozer
Well Marvin was a welder, just a humble working man,
In Granby, Colorado, where he’d make his final stand,
So now I’ll tell his tale so heed the lesson that he brings
“Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things”
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
You know sometimes a man he just refuses to surrender
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
And when you mess with such a man he’ll give you something to remember
He owned a couple acres and a shop to make repairs,
Not a man to wrong another without cause,’
But some bureaucrats decided that he wasn’t good enough,
And so they destroyed his livelihood with laws,
They had finished Marvin’s business,
Left him no way in or out,
By the red tape one more common man screwed over,
But inside Heemeyer spied unfinished business of his own,
When with vengeance on his mind he eyed his Dozer
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
You know sometimes a man he just refuses to surrender
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
And when you mess with such a man he’ll give you something to remember
For 18 months he built it,
Cement sandwiched within steel,
A cocoon of revenge filled with screens and guns,
With an armor plated engine,
This behemoth with a blade,
When complete it weighed in over 60 tons
On fourth of June he climbed into his tomb,
And sealed it shut,
Greased the sides so none could climb this beast of metal,
There was no door, created for it,
He just smashed right through the walls,
His legend roared as to the floor he pushed the pedal,
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
You know sometimes a man he just refuses to surrender
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
And when you mess with such a man he’ll give you something to remember
The plant that caused it all, was first to fall, and the the town hall,
Then the dens of all the men who’d done him wrong,
When the cops, they tried to stop it, bullets, bombs could not prevail,
They all failed for the Killdozer was too strong,
Bridge:
Then to challenge him there in the road,
On a metal beast of his own,
Sat the man who’d colluded with men of state,
To take Heemeyer’s Land,
But Now Killdozer Stands,
Two Treads Driven By Hate
Banjos and fiddles duel
And though some may call him crazy,
Sometimes every normal man,
Feels the urge to hoist the black flag,
And put spit upon his hands,
In his defense,
No innocents,
Were harmed in his destruction,
He met his end,
Buried within,
A tomb of his construction,
So if you’re feeling small,
Then just recall, And give some thanks,
When they step upon the little man,
Somewhere killdozer cranks!,
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
You know sometimes a man he just refuses to surrender,
Killdozer! Killdozer-o-ozer!
When you mess with such a man he’ll give you something to remember
“Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things”
Ballad of Killdozer-full
the Ballad of Killdozer
Well Marvin was a welder, just a humble working man,
In Granby, Colorado, where he’d make his final stand,
So now I’ll tell his tale so heed the lesson that he brings
“Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things”
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
You know sometimes a man he just refuses to surrender
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
And when you mess with such a man he’ll give you something to remember
He owned a couple acres and a shop to make repairs,
Not a man to wrong another without cause,’
But some bureaucrats decided that he wasn’t good enough,
And so they destroyed his livelihood with laws,
They had finished Marvin’s business,
Left him no way in or out,
By the red tape one more common man screwed over,
But inside Heemeyer spied unfinished business of his own,
When with vengeance on his mind he eyed his Dozer
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
You know sometimes a man he just refuses to surrender
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
And when you mess with such a man he’ll give you something to remember
For 18 months he built it,
Cement sandwiched within steel,
A cocoon of revenge filled with screens and guns,
With an armor plated engine,
This behemoth with a blade,
When complete it weighed in over 60 tons
On fourth of June he climbed into his tomb,
And sealed it shut,
Greased the sides so none could climb this beast of metal,
There was no door, created for it,
He just smashed right through the walls,
His legend roared as to the floor he pushed the pedal,
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
You know sometimes a man he just refuses to surrender
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
And when you mess with such a man he’ll give you something to remember
The plant that caused it all, was first to fall, and the the town hall,
Then the dens of all the men who’d done him wrong,
When the cops, they tried to stop it, bullets, bombs could not prevail,
They all failed for the Killdozer was too strong,
Bridge:
Then to challenge him there in the road,
On a metal beast of his own,
Sat the man who’d colluded with men of state,
To take Heemeyer’s Land,
But Now Killdozer Stands,
Two Treads Driven By Hate
Banjos and fiddles duel
And though some may call him crazy,
Sometimes every normal man,
Feels the urge to hoist the black flag,
And put spit upon his hands,
In his defense,
No innocents,
Were harmed in his destruction,
He met his end,
Buried within,
A tomb of his construction,
So if you’re feeling small,
Then just recall, And give some thanks,
When they step upon the little man,
Somewhere killdozer cranks!,
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
You know sometimes a man he just refuses to surrender,
Killdozer! Killdozer-o-ozer!
When you mess with such a man he’ll give you something to remember
“Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things”
This post was edited on 2/3/20 at 2:44 am
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