A Pretty Major Deal

The Jamaican, black metal band Major Lazer is a collaborative musical project from DJ/Producers Diplo and Switch.



As if the video leaves any questions, Major Lazer is a Jamaican commando who lost an arm in a secret zombie war and has since replaced it with a highly rad and girthy automatic weapon. He fights vampires and various monsters, parties hard and rides a rocket-powered skateboard circa 1984.

Back on planet earth, the duo released their first album Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do on June 16th, 2009. Being a pretty big deal, tons of people collaborated on this album recorded at Tuff Gong Studios in Jamaica.

Diplo and Switch previously worked together to produce artists Sanitgold and M.I.A. ~ being nominated for a Grammy with M.I.A's song Paper Planes from her 2007 album, Kala.

Major Lazer is currently on tour. I think they were in NYC a week or so ago. Bummer to have missed it.