In one of 2017's most baffling TV/metal crossovers, Power Trip's "Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe)" — off this year's excellent album Nightmare Logic, which ranked high on our list of the Best Albums of 2017 — found its way onto the Fox News program The Five yesterday, December 6th. The ripper played twice: Once as the show returned from commercials, and again as they went to break. Co-host Greg Gutfield even name-dropped the group on the former occasion, marking the first (and probably last) time you'll hear Power Trip referenced on a conservative-leaning cable news show.
Power Trip weren't exactly thrilled by the signal boost, as Pitchfork points out. When fans began tweeting at them about it, the band replied, "Is this a joke?" A fan later proposed they sue Fox News, prompting another outraged tweet from the Texans: "CEASE & DESIST." You can catch the crossover here at the 27:45 and 33:30 marks, or via the below fan footage.
— Icyboi (@RankTrevor) December 6, 2017
CEASE & DESIST https://t.co/Sk4pPm72XV
— POWER TRIP (@powertriptx) December 7, 2017
is this a joke? https://t.co/tc1LDb92pQ
— POWER TRIP (@powertriptx) December 7, 2017