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The first two songs from ''Part 1'', "Gone Sovereign" and the first official single, "Absolute Zero" were released for radio airplay in mid/late August 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yO6uhtauIRw |title=Scotty Mars Interview With Corey Taylor Part 2 |publisher=YouTube |date=|accessdate=2012-10-23}}</ref> The first single from ''House of Gold & Bones Part 2'' was "Do Me a Favor".<ref>http://loudwire.com/corey-taylor-stone-sour-elaborate-touring-plans-latest-on-slipknots-next-album/</ref><ref>http://www.wrif.com/gmi/story.aspx?ID=1838825</ref> It was released digitally on February 12.<ref>{{cite web|title=STONE SOUR Working On 'Do Me A Favor' Video|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/stone-sour-working-on-do-me-a-favor-video|publisher=BlabberMouth}}</ref> Guitarist Josh Rand stated in an interview with O2 Academy <ref>{{youtube|OTsHo66j0Io|Stone Sour: Missing Tracks and Comic Books}}</ref> that there was a song recorded for Part 1, an instrumental which was deemed 'not up to par' by the band. The song will likely be released in the future once James Root and Josh Rand do 'some stuff to it guitar-wise'.
The first two songs from ''Part 1'', "Gone Sovereign" and the first official single, "Absolute Zero" were released for radio airplay in mid/late August 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yO6uhtauIRw |title=Scotty Mars Interview With Corey Taylor Part 2 |publisher=YouTube |date=|accessdate=2012-10-23}}</ref> The first single from ''House of Gold & Bones Part 2'' was "Do Me a Favor".<ref>http://loudwire.com/corey-taylor-stone-sour-elaborate-touring-plans-latest-on-slipknots-next-album/</ref><ref>http://www.wrif.com/gmi/story.aspx?ID=1838825</ref> It was released digitally on February 12.<ref>{{cite web|title=STONE SOUR Working On 'Do Me A Favor' Video|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/stone-sour-working-on-do-me-a-favor-video|publisher=BlabberMouth}}</ref> Guitarist Josh Rand stated in an interview with O2 Academy <ref>{{youtube|OTsHo66j0Io|Stone Sour: Missing Tracks and Comic Books}}</ref> that there was a song recorded for Part 1, an instrumental which was deemed 'not up to par' by the band. The song will likely be released in the future once James Root and Josh Rand do 'some stuff to it guitar-wise'.


On October 5, 2012, Johny Chow of [[Fireball Ministry]] and [[Cavalera Conspiracy]] was announced as the bassist for the band on the ''House of Gold & Bones'' tour cycle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/stonesour/posts/10151174078854578 |title=Dear Friends, I am... |publisher=Facebook |date= |accessdate=2012-10-23}}</ref> Stone Sour subsequently played Soundwave Festival 2013 in Australia and on the Sunday at Download Festival 2013. Guitarist [[James Root]] did not tour with Stone Sour in the winter of 2013, as he had to take a brief hiatus from the group to work on the upcoming [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] album. Christian Martucci filled in for Root during that period. It was announced, via the band's Facebook page, on October 5, 2014 that the band had begun recording a new album, which would be a covers album.
On October 5, 2012, Johny Chow of [[Fireball Ministry]] and [[Cavalera Conspiracy]] was announced as the bassist for the band on the ''House of Gold & Bones'' tour cycle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/stonesour/posts/10151174078854578 |title=Dear Friends, I am... |publisher=Facebook |date= |accessdate=2012-10-23}}</ref> Stone Sour subsequently played Soundwave Festival 2013 in Australia and on the Sunday at Download Festival 2013. Guitarist [[James Root]] did not tour with Stone Sour in the winter of 2013, as he had to take a brief hiatus from the group to work on the upcoming [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] album, although it was later revealed that he was fired from the band. Christian Martucci filled in for Root during that period. On October 5, 2014, it was announced via Stone Sour's Facebook page that the band had begun recording a covers album.


==Musical style==
==Musical style==

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Stone Sour
Stone Sour performing at Hellfest in 2013. From left to right: Josh Rand, Corey Taylor, Johny Chow, Roy Mayorga and Jim Root.
Stone Sour performing at Hellfest in 2013. From left to right: Josh Rand, Corey Taylor, Johny Chow, Roy Mayorga and Jim Root.
Background information
OriginDes Moines, Iowa, U.S.
GenresAlternative metal, hard rock, heavy metal
Years active1992 (1992)–1997, 2000–present
LabelsRoadrunner Records
MembersCorey Taylor
Josh Rand
Roy Mayorga
Johny Chow
Christian Martucci
Past membersJoel Ekman
Shawn Economaki
Jim Root
Websitewww.stonesour.com

Stone Sour is an American hard rock band formed in Des Moines, Iowa in 1992, performing for five years, before disbanding in 1997. They reunited in 2000 and since 2006, the group has consisted of Corey Taylor (lead vocals), Josh Rand (guitar) and Roy Mayorga (drums). Longtime members Joel Ekman (drums, percussion), Shawn Economaki (bass guitar), and Jim Root (guitar) left the group in 2006, 2011, and 2014 respectively.

To date, Stone Sour have released five studio albums Stone Sour (2002); Come What(ever) May (2006); Audio Secrecy (2010); House of Gold & Bones – Part 1 (2012) and House of Gold & Bones – Part 2 (2013). They also released a digital live album, Live in Moscow, in 2007.

Stone Sour earned the group two Grammy Award nominations, both for Best Metal Performance, for the singles "Get Inside", in 2003,[1] and "Inhale", in 2004.[2] The album went on to become RIAA certified Gold.[3] In 2006, following the release of Come What(ever) May, the group received another Grammy Award nomination for Best Metal Performance for the single "30/30-150".[4]

Stone Sour has sold over four million albums worldwide.[5]

Band history

Formation and early years (1992–1997)

Stone Sour was founded by Corey Taylor, who eventually became the vocalist of Slipknot, and former drummer Joel Ekman. Taylor's longtime friend Shawn Economaki joined shortly after, and filled in as the bass player. During these formative years, Stone Sour recorded 2 demo tapes,[3] in 1993 and 1994. Shortly after, in 1995, Jim Root, who is now also part of Slipknot with Taylor, joined the band. The group was complete, and in 1996, it recorded another demo tape, songs from which would later be used in 2002 on their self-titled debut album, Stone Sour. The band was named after an alcoholic drink that consists of one part whiskey, one part orange juice, with a splash of sour mix.

In 1997, the band went on hiatus, during which Taylor and Root spent most of their time with Slipknot, who were another up-and-coming act in Des Moines and would soon earn a record deal. Root actually did not join the band until over a year after Taylor, and Economaki went on to become Stage left guitar tech.

Stone Sour and hiatus (2000–2004)

Main article: Stone Sour (album)
Josh Rand joined the band in 2001.

After Josh Rand joined the band, the band recorded their debut self-titled album in Cedar Falls. Upon release, the album charted at number 46 on the Billboard 200.[6] The song "Bother", which was featured on the Spider-Man soundtrack (credited only to Taylor),[3] peaked at number 2 on the Mainstream Rock Chart as well as number 4 on the Modern Rock Tracks and 56 on the Billboard Hot 100.[7] The next single, "Inhale", peaked at 18 on the Mainstream Rock chart.[7] The group received two Grammy Award nominations for Best Metal Performance for the singles "Get Inside"[1] and "Inhale"[2] in 2003 and 2004 respectively. The album went on to achieve Gold certification.[3] The band toured for six months with label mates Sinch and Chevelle before going on a temporary hiatus as Taylor and Root went back to join Slipknot for another album and tour.[3]

Come What(ever) May (2005–2007)

Main article: Come What(ever) May
Stone Sour performing in 2007. From left to right: Corey Taylor, Roy Mayorga and Shawn Economaki.

The band came back in 2006 to release their second studio album, Come What(ever) May. They parted ways with drummer Joel Ekman, currently drumming for Isaac James, who left to take care of his cancer-stricken son, and later recruited current drummer, Roy Mayorga (Soulfly, and later Amebix). The track "30/30-150" was recorded with Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin.[8] The album was released on August 1, 2006. It was met with positive reviews from critics, and sold 80,000 copies in the first week, allowing it to debut at number four on the Billboard 200.[6] The band toured for the next year and a half, releasing the Live in Moscow album exclusively to iTunes on August 14, 2007.[3]

The single "Sillyworld" peaked at number 2 on the Mainstream Rock charts in 2006. "Through Glass" proved to be successful peaking at number 1 on the Mainstream Rock Chart,[7] 2 on the Modern Rock Tracks,[7] 12 on the Adult Top 40[7] and 39 on the Billboard Hot 100 also in 2006.[7] They released two more singles in 2007, "Made of Scars" and "Zzyzx Rd.", which managed to peak at numbers 21 and 29 on the Mainstream Rock charts respectively.[7] In 2006 they received a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance nomination for the single "30/30-150".[4]

Audio Secrecy (2009–2011)

Main article: Audio Secrecy
Stone Sour performing in 2010.

The band's third album Audio Secrecy,[3] was recorded at the Blackbird Studios in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Nick Raskulinecz, who was the producer for the band's second album Come What(ever) May.[9] and released on September 7, 2010 .[10] Taylor stated that “Audio Secrecy is the summation of everything we want, everything we crave and everything we fight for...The dimensions go further than anything we've ever tried before. It's metal, rock, slow, soft, hard, fast, bitter, beautiful and most importantly, it's real. You can't get an album like this out of a band that doesn't exist. We're throwing caution out the damn window.”

Stone Sour played the first annual Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival with Avenged Sevenfold and Hollywood Undead among others.[11] Stone Sour set the release date of Audio Secrecy as September 7. Stone Sour were part of the Soundwave Festival in late February/early March in Australia 2011.[12] Stone Sour headlined[when?] The Avalanche Tour, supported by Theory of a Deadman, SKILLET, Halestorm and Art of Dying.[citation needed] It was also announced that a Stone Sour live DVD will be released, filmed at the Brighton Centre in the United Kingdom.[citation needed] The band toured with Avenged Sevenfold, New Medicine and Hollywood Undead on the "Nightmare After Christmas Tour" 2011.[citation needed]

On April 16, 2011, it was announced that bassist Shawn Economaki had left the tour for personal reasons. Jason Christopher, who had played with Corey Taylor previously during his solo performances and with the Junk Beer Kidnap Band, filled in for the tour.[citation needed] In May 2011, Stone Sour canceled the remaining dates from their headline tour as drummer, Roy Mayorga suffered a minor stroke. He made a full recovery.[13] The band played their last show of 2011 at the second day of the Rock in Rio IV festival, which took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between September 23 – October 2. Drummer Roy Mayorga was not present at the show as he was expecting his first child back home, and filling-in for him was ex-Dream Theater and The Winery Dogs drummer Mike Portnoy.[14] Bassist Shawn Economaki was also absent from the performance.

House of Gold & Bones (2012–2014)

Main articles: House of Gold & Bones – Part 1 and House of Gold & Bones – Part 2

The band released a song called "The Pessimist" as a free download on their Facebook page on March 27, 2012. The song was previously only available on the iTunes deluxe version of the soundtrack to Transformers: Dark of the Moon. They also released their first DVD Live at Brighton in the same year, capturing their performance on November 7, 2010.[15]

Johny Chow performing in 2013.

It was announced via Instagram on May 3, 2012 that bassist Shawn Economaki had parted ways with the band on amicable terms. He was replaced in the studio by current Skid Row bassist Rachel Bolan.[16] Stone Sour started recording their fourth studio album in early 2012.[17] Corey Taylor stated that the album would end up being a double album or concept album, and described the album's sound as "Pink Floyd's The Wall meets Alice in Chains's Dirt".[18] It was later announced that the new material would be released as two separate albums. The first album, House of Gold & Bones – Part 1 was released worldwide on October 23, 2012, and the second album House of Gold & Bones – Part 2 was released worldwide on April 9, 2013. The project also has a 4-part graphic novel series that accompanies the albums, telling the linear storyline featured in the twin albums' lyrics.

The first two songs from Part 1, "Gone Sovereign" and the first official single, "Absolute Zero" were released for radio airplay in mid/late August 2012.[19] The first single from House of Gold & Bones Part 2 was "Do Me a Favor".[20][21] It was released digitally on February 12.[22] Guitarist Josh Rand stated in an interview with O2 Academy [23] that there was a song recorded for Part 1, an instrumental which was deemed 'not up to par' by the band. The song will likely be released in the future once James Root and Josh Rand do 'some stuff to it guitar-wise'.

On October 5, 2012, Johny Chow of Fireball Ministry and Cavalera Conspiracy was announced as the bassist for the band on the House of Gold & Bones tour cycle.[24] Stone Sour subsequently played Soundwave Festival 2013 in Australia and on the Sunday at Download Festival 2013. Guitarist James Root did not tour with Stone Sour in the winter of 2013, as he had to take a brief hiatus from the group to work on the upcoming Slipknot album, although it was later revealed that he was fired from the band. Christian Martucci filled in for Root during that period. On October 5, 2014, it was announced via Stone Sour's Facebook page that the band had begun recording a covers album.

Musical style

Throughout the band's career, their musical style has been described as alternative metal, heavy metal, and hard rock. Their music features double bass drum patterns, heavy guitar riffs, dual guitar harmonies and vocally combining screaming with singing.

Guitarist Josh Rand stated in an interview, that he tries to bring metal aspect and elements of thrash metal in their music. He also stated that his writing style is different than compared to Slipknot's writing style.[25]

Stone Sour's House of Gold & Bones - Part 1 and House of Gold & Bones – Part 2 are mainly known as their concept album. When asked about this, Josh Rand stated: "I don’t think so, because I still think it’s us. We never said that we would be Genesis or Dream Theater or Yes or any of those types of bands. We’re not a prog band. We said we’re going to adopt the ideas of those stories and stuff, but it’s still going to be a Stone Sour record, where you can still pull those individual songs. We just wanted to offer something more - in a world where it’s all about singles, we just wanted to do something different. We’ve always evolved from record to record, if you listen to our entire catalog."[26] Both parts of their albums have been critically acclaimed.

Band members

Current members
Former members
  • Joel Ekman – drums (1992–1997, 2000–2006)
  • Shawn Economaki – guitar (1993), bass (1994–1997, 2000–2011)
  • James Root – guitar (1993–1997, 2000–2014)

Timeline

Discography

Main article: Stone Sour discography
Studio albums

Accolades

Grammy Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2003 "Get Inside" Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance[1] Nominated
2004 "Inhale" Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance[2] Nominated
2006 "30/30-150" Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance[4] Nominated


Revolver Golden Gods
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2013 "Roy Mayorga" Golden Gods Award for Best Drummer[27] Nominated
2013 "Corey Taylor" Golden Gods Award for Best Vocalist[27] Won
2012 "House of Gold & Bones - Part 1" Golden Gods Award for Album of the Year[27] Nominated
2013 Stone Sour Golden Gods Award for Best International[28] Won


References

  1. ^ a b c "Grammy Awards Nominees Announced!". Blabbermouth.net. January 7, 2003.
  2. ^ a b c "Metallica, Evanescence Among Winners At 46th Annual Grammy Awards". Blabbermouth.net. February 8, 2004.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Torreano, Bradley. "Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  4. ^ a b c "SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, STONE SOUR Among GRAMMY Nominees". Blabbermouth.net. Dec 7, 2006.
  5. ^ http://stonesour.com/about
  6. ^ a b "Album Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "Single Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  8. ^ Come What(ever) May (booklet). Stone Sour. Roadrunner Records. 2006. {{cite AV media notes}}: Unknown parameter |titlelink= ignored (|title-link= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ "STONE SOUR Once Again Working With Producer NICK RASKULINECZ". Blabbermouth.net. January 12, 2010.
  10. ^ "Stone Sour Working On New Album For August 2010 Release". Icon vs. Icon. January 12, 2010.
  11. ^ "Lineup 2010". Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  12. ^ "Lineup 2010". Soundwave Festival. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  13. ^ "Stone Sour". Stone Sour. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
  14. ^ "Rock in Rio 2011 – Stone Sour – Full Concert (Show Completo) 24/09/11". YouTube. 2011-09-25. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
  15. ^ "'Stone Sour to release live DVD & covers EP'". July 14, 2011.
  16. ^ "Skid Row Bass Player Records With Stone Sour". UltimateGuitar.
  17. ^ "BLABBERMOUTH.NET – STONE SOUR Begins 'Constructing' New Album". Legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
  18. ^ "BLABBERMOUTH.NET – New STONE SOUR Album Will Be Like PINK FLOYD's 'The Wall' Meets ALICE IN CHAINS' 'Dirt'". Legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
  19. ^ "Scotty Mars Interview With Corey Taylor Part 2". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
  20. ^ http://loudwire.com/corey-taylor-stone-sour-elaborate-touring-plans-latest-on-slipknots-next-album/
  21. ^ http://www.wrif.com/gmi/story.aspx?ID=1838825
  22. ^ "STONE SOUR Working On 'Do Me A Favor' Video". BlabberMouth.
  23. ^ Stone Sour: Missing Tracks and Comic Books on YouTube
  24. ^ "Dear Friends, I am..." Facebook. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
  25. ^ "Stone Sour's Josh Rand: 'Thrash Metal Is Still My Favorite Style of Music'". Ultimate-Guitar.
  26. ^ Exclusive: Josh Rand Interview
  27. ^ a b c http://loudwire.com/2013-revolver-golden-gods-awards-metallica-rob-zombie-tony-iommi/
  28. ^ Metal Hammer Golden Gods 2013 All The Winners
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