Description
Since the beginning, Fozzy has been about hard work,
dedication, and delivering great rock ‘n’
roll to their devoted fans worldwide; reminding them
that music is all about invoking dirty, sweaty jubilation
and doing it loudly! The band formed in 2000 to release
their self-titled debut album.
Throughout
the years, Fozzy released six progressively popular
records, including 2012’s Sin & Bones, featuring
the hit single “Sandpaper”, which found
the band reaching a level of legitimacy that drew
a mass audience to drink in their trademark heavy
melodic groove. More recently, the hard rockers released
their seventh studio album, Judas, which includes
their explosive title track. “Judas” catapulted
up the Active Rock Radio Chart. Fozzy’s follow-up
singles “Painless”, which peaked at #7 on
the Active Rock Mediabase Chart, and “Burn Me
Out”, which peaked at #17 on the Active Rock
Mediabase Chart, solidified the band as Rock superstars.
Biography
The band Fozzy has really always been about one thing:
having fun. What started out for guitarist Rich Ward
as a weekend cover band soon became an internationally
signed act with the biggest star in professional wrestling,
Chris Jericho, as its lead singer. Their first few
releases still had Fozzy playing covers but with adopted
stage names and a backstory written for the movies.
When you have such high-energy performers like Ward
and Jericho – it still is debatably on who jumps
higher, Ward on stage with his guitar or Jericho in
the ring – creating a ‘for fun’ band
was easy, however Ward and Jericho aren’t just
entertainers. Ward is probably one of the greatest
and unjustly so, underrated riffers in rock and metal
today. Jericho singing ability and overall passion
for music makes one wonder just how he is able to
find the time to excel in pretty much everything he
does. It was these qualities that pushed the band
to drop alter egos, get rid of the backstory and write
original music.
Over
the course of the next 7 years, the band did just
that; three albums worth to be exact. The records
were fit in between Jericho’s wrestling, TV and
writing career. It wasn’t until 2012’s Sin
& Bones though that the band really started to
hit their stride. Jericho was winding down his involvement
with sports, the band was touring more than ever before
and their live show was as strong as ever. The entertainment,
the fun factor, the showmanship were all there and
in full force. More so than any point in their band’s
career.
I’d
be on stage looking out in the crowd and see such
an interesting mix of people out there, comments Jericho,
young kids, older long haired guys with ponytails,
the denim and leather wearing dudes, Stuck Mojo fans,
people that just knew me from my wrestling career,
but the thing is they all had one thing in common;
they were having fun. They were dancing, grooving,
whether they wanted to or not. To me, that’s
what Fozzy has always been about and I think with
this new record, we really captured that vibe.
Do
You Wanna Start A War, out June 24th in North America,
was once again produced by Ward. It features 12 tracks,
including the singles, Lights Go Out, the title track
and the ABBA (yes ABBA) cover, SOS. The band will
kick off the album promotion playing at this year’s
Rock on the Range, Carolina Rebellion, Rockfest and
many other shows throughout the US. By the time the
album is released, a horde of fans will have seen
Fozzy live and heard new tracks off the album. They
will have witnessed one of the greatest performances
they’ve ever seen, they will have witnessed one
of the best frontman in any genre of music sing some
of the catchiest songs they’ve heard in ages
and most importantly, they will have had the best
time in their lives doing it.
FOZZY
DISCOGRAPHY
*
Fozzy (2000)
* Happenstance (2002)
* All That Remains (2005)
* All That Remains Reloaded (2008)
* Chasing The Grail (2010)
* Remains Alive/Chasing The Grail (2011)
* Sin & Bones (2012)
- Do You Wanna Start A War (2014)
- Judas (2017)
