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SET TO DEBUT VIDEO FOR
NEW SINGLE “THANK YOU”
AND OFFERS SPECIAL FAN PROMOTIONS
BAND TOURS U.S. ON THE SECOND LEG OF THEIR
MORE BALLS, MORE VOLUME, MORE STRENGTH TOUR
While in the midst of the second leg of their national headlining More Balls, More Volume, More Strength Tour with Machine Head, Nonpoint and Bury Your Dead supporting, the explosive and uncompromising HELLYEAH--one of rock’s most successful new acts--is set to unveil the video for their newly released third single “Thank You,” a tribute to fallen heroes that’s driven by a marching beat, delicate arpeggios and an unforgettable chorus. “Thank You” is currently #35 and growing at rock radio and the group’s first two singles--“You Wouldn’t Know” and “Alcohaulin’ Ass”-- were Top 5.
The video contains personal photos of people the band has known, loved and wish to honor with a special song and video tribute. Included are never-before-seen photos of VINNIE PAUL’s brother Darrell “Dimebag” Abbott, a special thank you to lead singer CHAD GRAY’s late grandmother Betty Rau and a tribute to soldiers the band has known who have lost their lives during the conflict in Iraq.
“It’s a very emotional track for anyone who’s been through a crazy loss,” CHAD said in a March 2007 feature in Revolver. “Dime was brutally murdered. I watched my grandmother, who was this thriving, full-of-life soul, get whittled down to nothing because of cancer. I just felt we owed a big thank you to all of them.” “It was very powerful,” says VINNIE of the first time he heard the completed song. “It made me think of how much my brother had done for me, and how much we had done together, and how much I miss him and how important it is for me and everyone to know we love him and appreciate him.”
The new “Thank You” video will be seen on Fuse TV’s “Talking Metal” on February 22 at Midnight Eastern Time. The video will also be available for viewing online via: Akoo Video, AOL, Clear Channel, GoTV, Helio, ing.com, iTunes, medianet, MobiTV, MTV, musicbox, MySpace, Neurotic Media Video, Sony Music Box, Yahoo.com, YouTube and ZVue.
HELLYEAH is also reaching out to fans and enlisting their help to become involved with the “Thank You” song and video via these online promotions.
GreenDimes.com: Say “Thank You” To The Environment: Post a GreenDimes registration widget on HELLYEAH’s web spaces in conjunction with the “Thank You” video to let friends know that GreenDimes can give them an opportunity to save the environment. For more info: www.greendimes.com.
Sodahead.com: Poll Series: Every week, a new interactive poll is posted on HELLYEAH’S web spaces asking questions about the tour and about the new “Thank You” video. For more info: www.sodahead.com.
HELLYEAH--featuring Pantera and Damageplan double-kick maestro, drummer VINNIE PAUL, singer CHAD GRAY and guitarist GREG TRIBBETT (both from Mudvayne), along with guitarist TOM MAXWELL (from Nothingface) and bassist BOB ZILLA (from Damageplan)--is a band that truly puts their fans first. In addition to involving fans in their new video, HELLYEAH allowed fans to name their tour and also called upon them to route their tour to cities throughout the U.S.
In other news, HELLYEAH recently released their BELOW THE BELT DVD (Epic Records) which offers fans an inside look at the band’s life on the road with clips dating back to the day the band was formed. BELOW THE BELT debuted at #21 and features footage from multiple live performances and music videos, as well as personal interviews with all band members.
The in-progress HELLYEAH tour dates are as follows:
Date City Venue
w/ Machine Head, Nonpoint, Bury Your Dead
Fri 2/8 Mokena, IL The Pearl Room
*Sat 2/9 Traverse City, MI Streeters
*Sun 2/10 Flint, MI The Machine Shop
Tue 2/12 Green Bay, WI Riverside Ballroom
Wed 2/13 LaCrosse, WI LaCrosse Center- South Hall
Fri 2/15 Davenport, IA Sports Dome
Sat 2/16 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Club
Sun 2/17 Urbana, IL Canopy Club (18+)
Tue 2/19 Des Moines, IA Val Air Ballroom
Wed 2/20 Sioux Falls, ID Ramkota Exhibit Hall
Fri 2/22 Spokane, WA The Big Easy
Sat 2/23 Seattle, WA El Corazon
Sun 2/24 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
Tue 2/26 Anaheim, CA The Grove
*Wed 2/27 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
*Fri 2/29 Lubbock, TX Pavilion
*Sat 3/1 Victoria, TX Riverside Convention Center
*Sun 3/2 Ft. Worth, TX Ridglea Theatre
*denotes dates without Machine Head
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HELLYEAH. Four musicians, three bands = creative collision of sonic proportions.
Pantera and Damageplan double-kick maestro, drummer Vinnie Paul, singer and lyricist Chad Gray and guitarist Greg Tribbett (both from Mudvayne) along with guitarist Tom Maxwell (Nothingface) have combined forces to stop you in your tracks …and listen to theirs. HELLYEAH’s self-titled debut features the best elements of these bands – vocals that veer maniacally between singer and song, surging, southern metal guitar groove, throbbing bass lines and hammering, ground-shaking beats, all with a feel and flavor that’s both contemporary and timeless.
While HELLYEAH didn’t officially become a band until 2006, Gray and Maxwell actually started working together four years ago, after their two bands went on tour together. When they got back from the road, Gray flew from Illinois to Nothingface’s practice space in Baltimore, Maryland, to spend a couple days hanging out and writing songs. The jam produced the volcanic “Waging War,” which appears on HELLYEAH. Before the musicians could reconvene to work on more material, Gray got consumed with working on Mudvayne’s Lost and Found. When Mudvayne finished touring for the album, he contacted Montano again and said he was ready to roll, and so was Tribbett, who was brought in as the second guitarist.
“When Greg said he wanted to do it, Chad got really excited and we all started taking it more seriously,” Maxwell says. “We had another drummer in mind at first, but that didn’t work out, so we said, ‘Fuck it, let’s call Vinnie,’ who was an old friend.”
HELLYEAH was the first project exciting enough to have Vinnie pick up a set of sticks after a two-year hiatus from music. “Everybody had a killer attitude and any of the hardships and usual rock n’ roll bullshit I’d been through with Pantera and Damageplan didn’t exist with these guys,” Paul says. “Everybody was in the right frame of mind and we all wanted to go out and kick some ass.”
The band's self-titled CD, HELLYEAH, hit the streets Tuesday, April 10 and had the highest debut chart position for a new hard rock artist. HELLYEAH entered Billboard’s Top 200 charts at #9 and Billboard’s Rock Chart at #3, tying Korn for the highest chart position for a hard rock artist in 2007. The CD has shattered sales expectations at retailers and have been complemented by covers, lead features and reviews in magazines such as Revolver, DRUM, Crave, Guitar World, Ruin and Billboard who claimed, " ....(HELLYEAH) rocks with—...fierce headbanging fury. But it does much more than just turn the amps up to 11 to unleash the beast. Tight, sinewy grooves and gear-shifting dynamics fill most of these 12 tracks. ...."
Pantera and Damageplan double-kick maestro, drummer Vinnie Paul, singer and lyricist Chad Gray and guitarist Greg Tribbett (both from Mudvayne) along with guitarist Tom Maxwell (Nothingface) have combined forces to stop you in your tracks …and listen to theirs. HELLYEAH’s self-titled debut features the best elements of these bands – vocals that veer maniacally between singer and song, surging, southern metal guitar groove, throbbing bass lines and hammering, ground-shaking beats, all with a feel and flavor that’s both contemporary and timeless.
While HELLYEAH didn’t officially become a band until 2006, Gray and Maxwell actually started working together four years ago, after their two bands went on tour together. When they got back from the road, Gray flew from Illinois to Nothingface’s practice space in Baltimore, Maryland, to spend a couple days hanging out and writing songs. The jam produced the volcanic “Waging War,” which appears on HELLYEAH. Before the musicians could reconvene to work on more material, Gray got consumed with working on Mudvayne’s Lost and Found. When Mudvayne finished touring for the album, he contacted Montano again and said he was ready to roll, and so was Tribbett, who was brought in as the second guitarist.
“When Greg said he wanted to do it, Chad got really excited and we all started taking it more seriously,” Maxwell says. “We had another drummer in mind at first, but that didn’t work out, so we said, ‘Fuck it, let’s call Vinnie,’ who was an old friend.”
HELLYEAH was the first project exciting enough to have Vinnie pick up a set of sticks after a two-year hiatus from music. “Everybody had a killer attitude and any of the hardships and usual rock n’ roll bullshit I’d been through with Pantera and Damageplan didn’t exist with these guys,” Paul says. “Everybody was in the right frame of mind and we all wanted to go out and kick some ass.”
The band's self-titled CD, HELLYEAH, hit the streets Tuesday, April 10 and had the highest debut chart position for a new hard rock artist. HELLYEAH entered Billboard’s Top 200 charts at #9 and Billboard’s Rock Chart at #3, tying Korn for the highest chart position for a hard rock artist in 2007. The CD has shattered sales expectations at retailers and have been complemented by covers, lead features and reviews in magazines such as Revolver, DRUM, Crave, Guitar World, Ruin and Billboard who claimed, " ....(HELLYEAH) rocks with—...fierce headbanging fury. But it does much more than just turn the amps up to 11 to unleash the beast. Tight, sinewy grooves and gear-shifting dynamics fill most of these 12 tracks. ...."
MORE BALLS VOLUME AND STRENGTH TOUR
w/ Machine Head, Nonpoint and Bury Your Dead
02.01.08 Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock
02.02.08 Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
02.05.08 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
02.06.08 Providence, RI - Lupo's
02.08.08 Mokena, IL - The Pearl Room
02.09.08 Traverse City, MI - Streeters (no Machine Head)
02.10.08 Flint, MI - The Machine Shop (no Machine Head)
02.12.08 Green Bay, WI - Riverside Ballroom
02.13.08 Lacrosse, WI - Lacrosse Center
02.15.08 Davenport, IA - Sports Dome
02.16.08 Milwaukee, WI - The Eagles Club
02.17.08 Urbana, IL - Canopy Club (18+)
02.19.08 Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom
02.20.08 Sioux Falls, SD - Ramkota Exhibit Hall
02.22.08 Spokane, WA - The Big Easy
02.23.08 Seattle, WA - El Corazon
02.24.08 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
02.26.08 Anaheim, CA - The Grove
02.27.08 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre (no Machine Head)
02.29.08 Lubbock, TX - Pavilion (no Machine Head)
03.01.08 Victoria, TX - Riverside Convention Center (no Machine Head)
03.02.08 Ft Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater (no Machine Head)
w/ Machine Head, Nonpoint and Bury Your Dead
02.01.08 Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock
02.02.08 Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
02.05.08 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
02.06.08 Providence, RI - Lupo's
02.08.08 Mokena, IL - The Pearl Room
02.09.08 Traverse City, MI - Streeters (no Machine Head)
02.10.08 Flint, MI - The Machine Shop (no Machine Head)
02.12.08 Green Bay, WI - Riverside Ballroom
02.13.08 Lacrosse, WI - Lacrosse Center
02.15.08 Davenport, IA - Sports Dome
02.16.08 Milwaukee, WI - The Eagles Club
02.17.08 Urbana, IL - Canopy Club (18+)
02.19.08 Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom
02.20.08 Sioux Falls, SD - Ramkota Exhibit Hall
02.22.08 Spokane, WA - The Big Easy
02.23.08 Seattle, WA - El Corazon
02.24.08 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
02.26.08 Anaheim, CA - The Grove
02.27.08 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre (no Machine Head)
02.29.08 Lubbock, TX - Pavilion (no Machine Head)
03.01.08 Victoria, TX - Riverside Convention Center (no Machine Head)
03.02.08 Ft Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater (no Machine Head)
