to the radio station during the hostage situation and end up infuriating the Lone Rangers with their comments. White Zombie appear in the bar scene with Officer Wilson is searching for Amy Locane, playing the track they recorded for the film "Feed the Gods". Lemmy Kilmister makes a brief appearance in the crowd outside the radio station as the editor of his school magazine. Production Casting Metallica, Cannibal Corpse and Testament were approached for the bar scene but declined to appear. Director Michael Lehmann did not want Brendan Fraser in the role of Chazz as he could not see him getting past his role as Link in Encino Man. When Adam Sandler found out, he went to his house at four in the morning and threatened to walk from the film if Fraser was not cast. Lehmann immediately changed his mind after meeting him. Location The KPPX radio station was located at Fox Plaza in Los Angeles, which served as Nakatomi Plaza in the 1988 film Die Hard. Music The film features an original song by White Zombie and went on to chart on the Billboard 200 and peak at Number 157. In addition, there are re-recordings of songs from Motorhead and Primus. Jay Yuenger and Sean Yseult also accompanied with Brendan Fraser's vocal rendition of "Degenerated", a song by hardcore punk band Reagan Youth. The song was produced by Yuenger and Bryan Carlstrom. A number of songs can be heard in the film but not included on the soundtrack album. These are: "Baby Huey (Do You Wanna Dance)" by Dim Stars; "Shamrocks and Shenanigans (Boom Shalock Lock Boom) [Butch Vig Mix]" by House of Pain; "Unsatisfied" by The Replacements; "Rocks" by Primal Scream; "Janie's Got a Gun" by Aerosmith; "Wheezing" by David Byrne; "Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful" by "Sons of Thunder" (Galactic Cowboys). Reception Box office The film debuted in tenth place, grossing US$1.9 million in its opening weekend, grossing only half its budget. Critical response On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 29% based on 38 reviews. The site's critical consensus states: "There's a biting satire that keeps threatening to burst out of the well-cast Airheads, but unfortunately, the end result lives down to its title in the most unfortunate ways." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 46 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences