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Stone Sour Debuts At #4 On The Billboard Charts On The Road On The Family Values Tour Now!
New York, NY - Stone Sour rocked the Top 200 Albums Chart
this week,
debuting at at the lofty position of #4 with their first studio album in
over four years, Come What(ever) May. Proclaimed by Blender Magazine as
an album that "makes
anger and angst seem almost fun," Come What(ever)
May moved 80,786 units its first week out, triple what their
Gold-selling debut album scanned its first week. Come
W
hat(ever) May
also out-scanned the first week numbers of current major acts such as
Gnarls Barkley, Fall Out Boy,
Avenged Sevenfold and others.
Additionally, this week, the video for the first single, "Through
Glass," was added into rotation at VH1. On the radio front, the single
has been surging to the top of the charts, currently #2
on the Mainstream Rock chart, top 3 on the Rock and Active
Rock charts and in
the top ten on the Modern Rock chart. The band kicked off its stint on
The Family Values tour last week, performing alongside rock veterans
Korn, The Deftones,
Flyleaf and Dir En Grey. The tour will crisscross
the nation through late September.
Stone Sour is well on its way to the forefront of rock music. "In
a
better America, Stone Sour would be the face of American Rock," says
Alternative Press Magazine. Thanks to this flurry of activity - radio,
video, press and touring - Stone Sour is several steps closer to
fulfilling such a prophecy. Lead vocalist, Corey Taylor is one of the
most recognized figures in rock, thanks to
his dual role as the frontman
for Stone Sour and the Grammy-Winning Slipknot, a multi-platinum act in
its own right. Also comprised of guitarist James Root, who does double
duty in Slipknot, bassist Shawn Economaki, guitarist Josh Rand and new
drummer Roy Mayorga, Stone Sour is armed with an album that expands
beyond the palette of its predecessor, the band's Gold-Certified
self-titled debut. "Either way you slice it, [Come What(ever) May] is an
intense, taut piece of work where every song could be a single," says
Billboard. The album, produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters,
Velvet Revolver), is an exercise in dynamics. It's tight, crisp, and
full of rowdy rockers and melodic numbers.
"This second time around, the quintet has even more to offer, delivering
a broader-reaching and better-crafted set of mainstream-friendly,
melodic hard rock," proclaimed Revolver. Come What(ever) May features
songs such as the moving ballad "Zzyzx Rd.", the fierce "30/30-150" and
the first single, "Through Glass" which showcases Stone Sour's diverse
range of emotions with its powerful lyrics and forceful delivery.
For more band information visit the official Stone Sour Website.
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