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==History==
BPMD was conceived in the summer of 2019 when Ellsworth, Demmel, Menghi and Portnoy teamed up to record an album featuring covers of 1970s songs, titled ''[[American Made (BPMD covers album)|American Made]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/current-former-members-of-machine-head-dream-theater-overkill-unite-in-new-project/|title=Current/Former Members Of MACHINE HEAD, DREAM THEATER, OVERKILL Unite In New Project|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|accessdate=April 15, 2020|date=August 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/overkills-blitz-details-made-in-america-project-with-mike-portnoy-and-phil-demmel/|title=OVERKILL's BLITZ Details 'Made In America' Project With MIKE PORTNOY And PHIL DEMMEL|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|accessdate=April 15, 2020|date=September 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/phil-demmel-on-his-collaboration-with-mike-portnoy-and-bobby-blitz-ellsworth-it-was-pretty-rad-playing-with-those-dudes/|title=PHIL DEMMEL On His Collaboration With MIKE PORTNOY And BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH: 'It Was Pretty Rad Playing With Those Dudes'|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|accessdate=April 15, 2020|date=October 21, 2019}}</ref> In a January 2020 interview on The Blairing Out with Eric Blair Show, Demmel revealed that the project would be called BPMD, in reference to three of the members' last names as well as Ellsworth's nickname Blitz. About the project, he said: "It's all cover tunes from American bands of the '70s. It's called ''American Made'', [and it's got songs from] [[ZZ Top]], [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]], [[James Gang]], [[Aerosmith]], [[Grand Funk Railroad]] — all these cover tunes that we modernized them and not really thrashed them up, but we made kind of metal versions of them. And we think we found maybe a label home, and we're looking to put the record out here probably at the end of the first quarter, maybe beginning of second quarter. It's all up in the air right now."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bobby-blitz-ellsworth-mike-portnoy-phil-demmel-and-mark-menghi-join-forces-in-bpmd-american-made-album-due-soon/|title=BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH, MIKE PORTNOY, PHIL DEMMEL And MARK MENGHI Join Forces In BPMD: 'American Made' Album Due Soon|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|accessdate=April 15, 2020|date=January 31, 2020}}</ref>
''American Made'' was released on June 12, 2020, through [[Napalm Records]], and includes ten song covers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bpmd-feat-bobby-blitz-ellsworth-mike-portnoy-phil-demmel-and-mark-menghi-debut-album-to-be-released-via-napalm/|title=BPMD Feat. BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH, MIKE PORTNOY, PHIL DEMMEL And MARK MENGHI: Debut Album To Be Released Via NAPALM|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|accessdate=April 15, 2020|date=March 25, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bpmd-feat-bobby-blitz-ellsworth-mike-portnoy-phil-demmel-and-mark-menghi-american-made-album-details-revealed/|title=BPMD Feat. BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH, MIKE PORTNOY, PHIL DEMMEL And MARK MENGHI: 'American Made' Album Details Revealed|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|accessdate=April 15, 2020|date=April 15, 2020}}</ref>
==Discography==
* ''[[American Made (BPMD covers album)|American Made]]'' (2020)
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