They’re the ones responsible for one of our favorite videos of 2008, and now L.A. noise rockers The Mae Shi deliver some good old-fashioned animated bloodshed and carnage in the video for “The Lamb And The Lion”, the latest single from their highly acclaimed album HLLLYH.

The Mae Shi – “The Lamb And The Lion”

The only thing better than celebrities having public meltdowns is celebrities having private meltdowns that are surreptitiously caught on tape. And the only thing better than that? When their rage is sampled to create a really hysterical, catchy track. Christian Bale, meet The Mae Shi.

The Mae Shi, like many of us, saw this little tidbit yesterday about Christian Bale flipping out last summer on the set of Terminator 4 when someone looked at him the wrong way. Okay, that wasn’t exactly it, but it was something equally as ridiculous.

Bale’s expletive-ridden tirade was, thankfully, caught on tape. And with such great lyrics already written for them, L.A.’s The Mae Shi decided to write a song about the incident. In a statement the band released today along with the new track, they explained:

We thought it was so crazy that we, The Mae Shi, wrote and recorded a song about it. I should clarify and say that this isn’t really a Mae Shi song, it’s a tribute song we made to celebrate the epic-ness of Christian Bale.

We’ll let the song make its own statement.

The Mae Shi – “R U Professional?”

The only thing better than celebrities having public meltdowns is celebrities having private meltdowns that are surreptitiously caught on tape. And the only thing better than that? When their rage is sampled to create a really hysterical, catchy track. Christian Bale, meet The Mae Shi.

The Mae Shi, like many of us, saw this little tidbit yesterday about Christian Bale flipping out last summer on the set of Terminator 4 when someone looked at him the wrong way. Okay, that wasn’t exactly it, but it was something equally as ridiculous.

Bale’s expletive-ridden tirade was, thankfully, caught on tape. And with such great lyrics already written for them, L.A.’s The Mae Shi decided to write a song about the incident. In a statement the band released today along with the new track, they explained:

We thought it was so crazy that we, The Mae Shi, wrote and recorded a song about it. I should clarify and say that this isn’t really a Mae Shi song, it’s a tribute song we made to celebrate the epic-ness of Christian Bale.

We’ll let the song make its own statement.

The Mae Shi – “R U Professional?”

This song could have made our top singles. And the album it’s from; HLLLYH, just missed out on being in our top 15. So it’s only fitting that The Mae Shi’s fun, self-produced video for “Run To Your Grave” landed on our best of 2008.

The Mae Shi – “Run To Your Grave”