Dead man's hand in popular culture Tonka song "Dead Man's Hand", the Motörhead song "Ace of Spades", the Bob Dylan song "Rambling, Gambling Willie", the Uncle Kracker song "Aces and Eights" and the Bring Me the Horizon song "Alligator Blood" all refer to the legendary poker hand. Motörhead also have a song on the B-side of The One to Sing the Blues single, titled Dead Man's Hand. The song "Aces & Eights" from the Lita Ford album "Stiletto" features "The dead man's hand holds aces and eights" in the refrain. The lyrics "Who's gonna play those eights and aces?" appear in the song "Fire Lake" by
Dead Man (band) released a vinyl 7” containing two songs, "Ship Ahoy!" and "Thousand Mile Stare", recorded in a basement in the rural town of Kumla. The two songs created a buzz among stoners and hippies in the underground scene in Sweden. Next, Dead Man decided to start on making their debut album. Dead Man snuck into the famous Svenska Grammofon Studion and began to work on their first album. In early 2006, with a fresh set of songs in hand, Dead Man was set to release their eponymous debut album. Released via Sweden’s Crusher Records, "Dead Man" was praised by Rock Hard,