''Meanwhile in Burbank...'' is an EP by American

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band

Stone Sour 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 ...

, released on 18 April 2015. It consists of five

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from bands that influenced the members. It is the first Stone Sour recording to feature guitarist

Christian Martucci Christian Martucci (born June 5, 1977) is an Italian American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He is a dual citizen of Italy and the United States. As of 2013, he is the lead guitar player for the American hard rock band Stone Sour and from J ...

and bassist

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, Sy ...

Development

Stone Sour started working on the album February 2014. Guitarist

Josh Rand Josh Rand (born August 19, 1974) is an American musician best known as the rhythm guitarist of the band Stone Sour. Josh Rand started playing bass guitar when he was 9, inspired by Billy Sheehan, Cliff Burton, Frankie Bello and Jason Newsted. ...

stated, "Back in February of 2014 while Stone Sour was touring, Corey approached me about Stone Sour doing a cover of the Metal Church song "The Dark" for the movie ''

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''. I thought it would be cool not only to record "The Dark", but the five cover songs that we had played on that tour. The idea was not to shy away from a song because it was popular or pick a band that most people might not have heard, but to pick ones that truly meant something to one of us at some point in our life."

Marketing

The album's cover artwork was revealed on March 2, 2015, while the track list was revealed the following day.

Track listing

Personnel

Stone Sour *

Corey Taylor Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter and actor. He is the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Slipknot (band), Slipknot, in which he is designated #8, as well as the lead vocalist and guitarist for the ...

– lead vocals *

– guitar, backing vocals on "Creeping Death" *

– guitar, backing vocals on "Love Gun" and "Creeping Death" * Johny Chow – bass guitar, backing vocals on "Creeping Death" *

Roy Mayorga Roy Mayorga (born April 6, 1970) is an American musician, best known as the drummer of heavy metal bands Hellyeah and Stone Sour and is currently the drummer for the industrial metal band Ministry. Early life Mayorga was born in Forest Hill ...

– drums,

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Additional musicians *

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– backing vocals on "Creeping Death" * Andrew Kline – backing vocals on "Creeping Death" * Carl Reather – backing vocals on "Creeping Death" * Melissa St. John – backing vocals on "Creeping Death" * Mike Taft – backing vocals on "Creeping Death" * T.J. Frost – backing vocals on "Creeping Death" * Zak St. John – backing vocals on "Creeping Death"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Meanwhile in Burbank Stone Sour albums Roadrunner Records albums 2015 EPs