''Hellyeah'' is the debut album by American heavy metal band

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, featuring various members of

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, and Nothingface. According to

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, the band finished album recordings in January 2007, and the single " You Wouldn't Know" went to U.S. radio in late February. This is the only album to feature original bassist

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. " You Wouldn't Know" is about the difficulty of maintaining one's integrity in the profit-obsessed music industry. " Thank You" is a tribute to all of the band's recently departed family members:

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's brother

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, Tom Maxwell's mother, and

Chad Gray Chad Gray (born October 16, 1971) is an American singer, best known as the lead vocalist of heavy metal bands Mudvayne and Hellyeah. Career Mudvayne Gray quit his factory job that paid $40,000 a year to move to Peoria, Illinois and formed Mud ...

's grandmother. The album debuted at number 9 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 45,000 copies in its first week. As of September 26, 2007, it has sold 188,670 copies in the U.S. The album has been certified gold in the United States.

Track listing

Personnel

;Hellyeah *

– vocals * Greg Tribbett – lead guitar * Tom Maxwell – rhythm guitar *

– bass *

– drums ;Production *

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, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Vinnie Paul and Sterling Winfield *Co-produced by Hellyeah *Additional guitar tracks recorded by Drew Mazurek

References

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