William Shatner Is Releasing a Christmas Album with Iggy Pop & Henry Rollins : Get a First Listen to “Jingle Bells” — openculture.com

You know what they say: each year the Christmas season seems to start a little earlier. Here it's not yet October, and already we're hearing "Jingle Bells" — but then, this version doesn't sound quite like any we've heard before. The song comes as the opening number on Shatner Claus: The Christmas Album, which promises exactly what it sounds like it does. Officially dropping on October 26th, it will contain, according to Consequence of Sound, William Shatner's "unique take on 13 holiday staples," and feature guest contributors like Iggy Pop on "Silent Night," ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons on “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” and former Black Flag frontman and all-around provocateur Henry Rollins on "Jingle Bells," a collaboration you can stream just above.

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