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Stone Sour is an American rock band formed in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1992. The band performed for five years before disbanding in 1997. They reunited in 2000 and since 2015, the group has consisted of Corey Taylor (lead vocals, guitar), Josh Rand (guitar), Christian Martucci (guitar), Johny Chow (bass) and Roy Mayorga (drums). Longtime members Joel Ekman (drums, percussion) and Shawn Economaki (bass guitar) left the band in 2006 and 2011, respectively. Former lead guitarist Jim Root left in 2014. The band has been on an indefinite hiatus since 2020. To date, Stone Sour has released six studio albums: '' Stone Sour'' (2002); ''Come What(ever) May'' (2006); ''Audio Secrecy'' (2010); '' House of Gold & Bones – Part 1'' (2012); '' House of Gold & Bones – Part 2'' (2013) and ''Hydrograd'' (2017). They also released a digital live album, '' Live in Moscow'', in 2007. Their album, ''Hydrograd'' was released in June 2017 and is their first album to feature guitarist Christian Martucci ...
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Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857. It is located on, and named after, the Des Moines River, which likely was adapted from the early French name, ''Rivière des Moines,'' meaning "River of the Monks". The city's population was 214,133 as of the 2020 census. The six-county metropolitan area is ranked 83rd in terms of population in the United States with 699,292 residents according to the 2019 estimate by the United States Census Bureau, and is the largest metropolitan area fully located within the state. Des Moines is a major center of the US insurance industry and has a sizable financial services and publishing business base. The city was credited as the "number one spot for U.S. insurance companies" in a ''Business Wire'' articl ...
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Johny Chow
John Mark Bechtel (born February 1, 1972) is an American musician and artist. He is currently the bassist for the rock band Stone Sour. He is a former bassist for the bands Cavalera Conspiracy, Souls of We, Fireball Ministry, My Ruin, Cortez, Systematic, Maximum Penalty, Echo 3, Pry, and Zero Tolerance. Chow Monstro Chow Monstro is the art done by Johny Chow. Chow Monstro art has shared walls with street artists such as Sheppard Ferry- OBEY, Space Invader, Broken Crow, Seizure, ROA, and many more. The art has been seen in cities all around the world such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Dallas, Austin, Cleveland, Columbus, Memphis, France (Paris), Germany, Poland, Brazil, Australia, and Italy. Johny Chow's art has been worn by artists such as Rob Holliday, Corey Taylor, Kevin Stabb, Max Cavalera, Rhubarb Flip, Igor Cavalera, Jacoby Shaddix, Bill Kelliher, Canaan Smith, and Compadre Clench. Chow has also had his art shown with Ron English (artist) ...
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Get Inside
"Get Inside" is a song by Stone Sour, and the first music video the band released. It came out in 2002 for the band's eponymous album, almost a decade after the band was first created. It is notable that this is one of the few occasions where guitarist Josh Rand plays lead guitar, instead of his usual position as rhythm guitarist. The song is part of the soundtrack of the video game '' True Crime: Streets of LA''. It was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 45th Grammy Awards. Music video The music video shows the band performing in front of an audience at a club. It is shown to be in black and white. It has been presumed that the white light highlights the contrast between the darker lyrics of the song. Track listing Live in Moscow # "Get Inside" (live) – 4:12 Awards and honors "Get Inside" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards The 45th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 23, 2003 at Madison ...
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Grammy Award For Best Metal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards to recording artists for works (songs or albums) containing quality performances in the heavy metal music genre. The Grammy Awards is an annual ceremony, where honors in several categories are presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position". The ceremony was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. The Recording Academy recognized heavy metal music artists for the first time at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards (1989). The category was originally presented as Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental, combining two of the most popular music genres of the 1980s. Jethro Tull won that award for the album ''Crest of a Knave'', beating Metallica, which were expected to win with the album '' ...And Justice f ...
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Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the music industry worldwide. It was originally called the Gramophone Awards, as the trophy depicts a gilded Phonograph, gramophone. The Grammys are the first of the Big Three television networks, Big Three networks' major music awards held annually, and is considered one of the EGOT, four major annual American entertainment awards, alongside the Academy Awards (for films), the Emmy Awards (for television), and the Tony Awards (for theater). The 1st Annual Grammy Awards, first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, to honor the musical accomplishments of performers for the year 1958. After the 2011 ceremony, the Recording Academy overhauled many Grammy Award categories for 2012. History The Grammys ...
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Live In Moscow (Stone Sour Album)
''Live in Moscow'' is a live album by American rock band Stone Sour. The album features a recording of the band performing in Moscow, Russia in October 2006, video footage from this performance is featured on the special edition of their album ''Come What(ever) May''. ''Live in Moscow'' was released on August 14, 2007, exclusive to the iTunes Store. Track listing Personnel ;Stone Sour * Corey Taylor − lead vocals, guitars * James Root − lead guitar * Josh Rand − rhythm guitar * Shawn Economaki − bass guitar * Roy Mayorga − drums, percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ... ;Technical personnel * Victor Logachev − concert producer * Stepan Popov − concert producer * Dave "Shirt" Nichols − concert audio mixer * Nina Bell − negotiations * Roman ...
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Hydrograd
''Hydrograd'' is the sixth and most recent studio album by American rock band Stone Sour. Recorded at Sphere Studios in Los Angeles, it is the follow-up to the band's 2012–2013 double concept album, ''House of Gold & Bones'' Part 1 and 2. It was released worldwide on June 30, 2017 via Roadrunner Records. ''Hydrograd'' also had a special album premiere with commentary on each song from frontman Corey Taylor on June 29, 2017 on Octane (Sirius XM). Two singles were released in promotion of the album ahead of its release: "Fabuless" and " Song #3". A third single, "Rose Red Violent Blue (This Song Is Dumb & So Am I)", was released on September 13, 2017. On October 24, 2017, ''Hydrograd'' won the award for Hard Rock Album of the Year at the Loudwire Music Awards. On April 4, 2018, the album's fourth single, “St. Marie” was released. ''Hydrograd'' is the first album to be produced without founding guitarist Jim Root, as he departed Stone Sour in 2014 to focus more on his and C ...
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House Of Gold & Bones – Part 2
''House of Gold & Bones – Part 2'' is the fifth studio album by American rock band Stone Sour, and is the second and final album of the House of Gold & Bones concept. The album was released on April 3, 2013, in Japan, April 8 in the UK, and April 9 in the United States, via Roadrunner Records.http://www.roadrunnerrecords.ry It was recorded at Soundfarm Studios simultaneously with '' House of Gold & Bones – Part 1'', which was released in October 2012. The first issue of the '' House of Gold and Bones'', a four-part comic book mini series, published by Dark Horse Comics, was released on April 17, 2013. ''House of Gold & Bones – Part 2'' is their second album to feature the same members from the previous album, and the final album to feature guitarist Jim Root before his departure from the band in 2014. Development Stone Sour started working on the album on March 19, 2012. Guitarist Josh Rand confirmed that the album would contain reprises of Part 1. Examples are "The Con ...
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House Of Gold & Bones – Part 1
''House of Gold & Bones – Part 1'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Stone Sour, and is the first of two consecutive albums to feature the ''House of Gold & Bones'' concept. Its reprises are featured on the second ''House of Gold & Bones'' album, which was released in 2013. It is the first Stone Sour album without bass player Shawn Economaki, who left the band in 2012. Development Stone Sour started working on the album on March 19, 2012 and Corey Taylor stated that the album would likely end up being a double album or concept album. It was later confirmed by the band that the songs would form a concept and would be released as two separate albums. Musically, Taylor also described the album's sound as "Pink Floyd's ''The Wall'' meets Alice in Chains' ''Dirt''". It was also revealed that bassist Shawn Economaki was no longer in the band and that his studio replacement was Rachel Bolan from Skid Row. Marketing On August 24, 2012, Stone Sour released both "Gone So ...
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Audio Secrecy
Audio most commonly refers to sound, as it is transmitted in signal form. It may also refer to: Sound *Audio signal, an electrical representation of sound *Audio frequency, a frequency in the audio spectrum *Digital audio, representation of sound in a form processed and/or stored by computers or digital electronics *Audio, audible content (media) in audio production and publishing *Semantic audio, extraction of symbols or meaning from audio * Stereophonic audio, method of sound reproduction that creates an illusion of multi-directional audible perspective *Audio equipment Entertainment *AUDIO (group), an American R&B band of 5 brothers formerly known as TNT Boyz and as B5 * ''Audio'' (album), an album by the Blue Man Group * ''Audio'' (magazine), a magazine published from 1947 to 2000 *Audio (musician), British drum and bass artist * "Audio" (song), a song by LSD Computing *, an HTML element, see HTML5 audio See also *Acoustic (other) *Audible (other) *Audi ...
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Come What(ever) May
''Come What(ever) May'' is the second studio album by American rock band Stone Sour, released on August 1, 2006, by Roadrunner Records. It was recorded and produced by Nick Raskulinecz and the band at Studio 606 in Los Angeles, California. Writing for the album began as early as 2003 when vocalist Corey Taylor and guitarist James Root were writing material for their other band, Slipknot. In January 2006, Stone Sour began recording their second album, during which time drummer Joel Ekman left the band because of family constraints. He was eventually replaced by ex-Soulfly drummer Roy Mayorga who played on all but two tracks on the album. Following the release of the album, Stone Sour promoted it for over a year, releasing five singles and touring in the United States, Canada, Japan and several countries in Europe. The album received generally positive reviews. It was praised for showing a progression in the band's song writing ability and musical style. It was also certified Platinu ...
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Stone Sour (album)
''Stone Sour'' is the debut studio album by American rock band Stone Sour. It was recorded and produced by the band and Tom Tatman at Catamount Studios in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and was released on August 27, 2002, through Roadrunner Records. Writing for the album began in 2000 while vocalist Corey Taylor and guitarist Jim Root were still actively involved in their other band, Slipknot. Work began on the album after Slipknot had gone on hiatus following touring in support of their second album ''Iowa''. Following the release of the album, Stone Sour went on to promote it for almost a year; releasing three singles and touring in several regions, including the United States and several countries in Europe. The album received generally positive reviews. It was praised for showing a diversity in Taylor's vocals, which was not presented in Slipknot's early albums. It was also certified Gold in the United States and two singles from the album received Grammy Award nominations for Best Meta ...
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