It's not HeadlineNEWS. It's Gotham. HeadlineNEWS isn't even close.

The first three words are Latin #2 Wide, manually resized horizontally.

That's only for the "Fire" part. the "Great Balls of" part is a different font altogether.

Nope, that font was based on the logo. The logo itself was based on Eurostile Ext2 Bold, as "RAM" with the "M" turned upside-down, and letters artificially boldened.

I found an even closer match!

Not even close. Look at the C's.

This might just be an altered serif block font.