DATE: OCTOBER 20, 2006
FROM: LIBBY HENRY/KRISTINE ASHTON-MAGNUSON/MITCH SCHNEIDER
STONE SOUR
STRIKE CHORD WITH SOPHOMORE ALBUM ‘COME WHAT(EVER) MAY’ AND HIT SINGLE “THROUGH GLASS”
SONG IS TOP 10 MOST ADDED AT POP/CHR WHILE CONTINUING A FIVE-WEEK #1 RUN AT MAINSTREAM AND ACTIVE ROCK RADIO;
VIDEO FOR “THROUGH GLASS” IS NOW #1 ON MTV2’s T-MINUS ROCK COUNTDOWN
In the video for “Through Glass,” director Tony Petrossian (Avenged Sevenfold, Head Automatica) portrays a Hollywood party as stereotypical celebrity and industry types are gathered at a hilltop mansion while members of STONE SOUR wander throughout. While the members of the band stand in sharp contrast to the farce playing out around them, the plasticity of the revelers is underlined when they literally transform into cardboard cutouts and are picked up and carried off by stagehands.
The public's fixation on the lives of celebrities and plastic culture, as reflected in the video, is distracting people from focusing on society's real problems. "People are realizing now, a little too late, that they let the administration get away with things that are unconstitutional, including pardoning their white-collar crime friends,” explains Taylor. “So people go to these innocuous magazines that show the glamorous life, to escape from reality. They want to see celebrities' lifestyles; they don't want to know what celebrities think for the most part. They don't want them to be socially conscious because then they have to realize that there is a problem.”
STONE SOUR-lead vocalist COREY TAYLOR and guitarist JAMES ROOT (both of whom do double duty in multi-platinum, Grammy Award winners Slipknot), bassist SHAWN ECONOMAKI, guitarist JOSH RAND and drummer ROY MAYORGA-are continuing to tour behind COME WHAT(EVER) MAY. As the follow-up to their four-year-old debut album, which was twice Grammy-nominated, certified gold and contained the huge rock hit "Bother," COME WHAT(EVER) MAY is filled with volatile songs that mix heaviness with sharp hooks. The songs question the motives of false prophets (the title cut), tear apart hypocrisy ("Sillyworld") and smash complacency ("30/30-150," "Hell & Consequences"). Critics are noticing the album as well. “In a better America, Stone Sour would be the face of American Rock,” noted Alternative Press magazine. “Either way you slice it, [Come What(ever) May] is an intense, taut piece of work where every song could be a single,” raved Billboard, while Blender magazine proclaims it as an album that “makes anger and angst seem almost fun.”
The band’s potency as a live act was underlined this summer when they toured with Korn and the Deftones on the massively successful “The Family Values Tour.” Look for STONE SOUR to embark on the “Music As A Weapon Tour” with Disturbed November 15, a trek that will bring them to arenas across the country.
You can check out the “Through Glass” video online here: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/artists/StoneSour/showVideo.aspx?fileID=1644 and it can also be seen on MTV2, VH1, Fuse, Music Choice and MTVU.
Catch STONE SOUR on the road in the following cities and go to www.stonesour.com and www.roadrunnerrecords.com for more information.
Date | City | Venue | |||
Fri | 11/17 | Portland, ME | Cumberland County Civic Center | ||
Sat | 11/18 | Hartford, CT | New England Dodge Music Center | ||
Sun | 11/19 | Amherst, MA | Mullins Center | ||
Tue | 11/21 | Manchester, NH | Verizon Wireless Arena | ||
Wed | 11/22 | Glenn Falls, NY | Glenn Falls Civic Center | ||
Fri | 11/24 | Battle Creek, MI | Kellogg Arena | ||
Sat | 11/25 | Dayton, OH | Hara Arena | ||
Tue | 11/28 | Nashville, TN | Gaylord Entertainment Center | ||
Wed | 11/29 | Duluth, GA | Arena at Gwinnett Center | ||
Fri | 12/1 | Fort Meyers, FL | City of Palms Park | ||
Sat | 12/2 | Orlando, FL | TD Waterhouse Center | ||
Sun | 12/3 | Biloxi, MS | Mississippi Coast Coliseum | ||
Tue | 12/5 | Hollywood, FL | Hard Rock Live | ||
Wed | 12/6 | Jacksonville, FL | Veterans Memorial Arena | ||
Sat | 12/9 | Grand Prairie, TX | Nokia Theatre | ||
Sun | 12/10 | Oklahoma City, OK | Ford Center | ||
Tue | 12/12 | Lincoln, NE | Pershing Auditorium | ||
Fri | 12/15 | Indianapolis, IN | Pepsi Coliseum | ||
Sat | 12/16 | Detroit, MI | Cobo Arena | ||
Mon | 12/18 | Peoria, IL | Civic Center Arena | ||
Tue | 12/19 | Green Bay, WI | Brown County Arena | ||
Thu | 12/21 | Cedar Rapids, IA | US Cellular Arena | ||
Fri | 12/22 | Madison, WI | Alliant Energy Center |
Press Contacts:
MSO (818) 380-0400
Kristine Ashton-Magnuson ext. 233 kashton@msopr.com
Libby Henry ext. 224 lhenry@msopr.com
Shazila Mohammed (tour press) ext. 238 shazila@msopr.com
Roadrunner Records
Dan Forman (212) 274-7561 forman@roadrunnerrecords.com
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STONE SOUR: STRIKE CHORD WITH SOPHOMORE ALBUM ‘COME WHAT(EVER) MAY’ AND HIT SINGLE “THROUGH GLASS”. SONG IS TOP 10 MOST ADDED AT POP/CHR WHILE CONTINUING A FIVE-WEEK #1 RUN AT MAINSTREAM AND ACTIVE ROCK RADIO; VIDEO FOR “THROUGH GLASS” IS NOW #1 ON MTV2’s T-MINUS ROCK COUNTDOWN