Only a “Maniac” Won’t Dig Jack and the Dull Boy’s Cover of the ‘Flashdance’ Theme [Premiere]

Musical mashups and genre-defying acts have become quite a regularity in modern rock music, but some are more daring than others. Firmly planted on the more audacious side of things are Jack and the Dull Boy and their latest single “Maniac,” a revved-up cover version of the classic Michael Sembello pop hit that also acted as the theme song to the classic ’80s film Flashdance. You don’t have to be a child of the ’80s to know this song; it has been on the radio so much, and been in so many shows and commercials that you can’t avoid having some familiarity with it. Combining the best of retro progressive metal and the films that were popular at this time, Jack and the Dull Boy have stayed true to the energy of the Sembello version while putting that familiar ’80s rock spin on it. Failure in T...

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