Muertos Vivos
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Muertos Vivos is Gob's
fifth studio album. It was released October 23, 2007 in Canada, November 27, 2007 in the United States and December 5, 2007 in Japan. It is the only album featuring bassist Tyson Maiko, who left the band in 2008.
The album's title is Spanish for "living dead". The first single from the album was "We're All Dying", which got its first radio play on June 18, 2007. The second single, "Underground", was first played on The Fox Vancouver, 99.3
. The third single was "Banshee Song", released in 2009.
In its sound, the album is more experimental as it is more mature and heavier than other albums by the band. It sound is a combination of punk rock
, alternative metal
and hard rock
compared to their traditional pop punk
sound.
A song frontman Tom Thacker has originally wrote for this album, entitled "Panic Attack", has become the title track
from Sum 41
's fifth studio album Screaming Bloody Murder
, which was the band's first album to be recorded with Thacker as lead guitarist.
Gob (band)
Gob is a Canadian punk band from Langley, British Columbia formed in 1993, The Band consists of Tom Thacker, Theo Goutzinakis, Gabe Mantle and Steven Fairweather. Gob's most successful album is World According to Gob and their most successful song to date is I Hear You Calling...
fifth studio album. It was released October 23, 2007 in Canada, November 27, 2007 in the United States and December 5, 2007 in Japan. It is the only album featuring bassist Tyson Maiko, who left the band in 2008.
The album's title is Spanish for "living dead". The first single from the album was "We're All Dying", which got its first radio play on June 18, 2007. The second single, "Underground", was first played on The Fox Vancouver, 99.3
CFOX-FM
CFOX-FM is a Canadian radio station in the Greater Vancouver region of British Columbia. It broadcasts at 99.3 MHz on the FM band with an effective radiated power of 75,000 watts from a transmitter on Mount Seymour in the District of North Vancouver. Studios are located in Downtown Vancouver,...
. The third single was "Banshee Song", released in 2009.
In its sound, the album is more experimental as it is more mature and heavier than other albums by the band. It sound is a combination of punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
, alternative metal
Alternative metal
Alternative metal is a genre of alternative rock and heavy metal that gained popularity in the early 1990s. Most notably, alternative metal bands are characterized by heavy guitar riffs and experimental approaches to heavy music.-Origins:...
and hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
compared to their traditional pop punk
Pop punk
Pop punk is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. Allmusic describes the genre as a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars...
sound.
A song frontman Tom Thacker has originally wrote for this album, entitled "Panic Attack", has become the title track
Screaming Bloody Murder (song)
-Charts:-Release history:...
from Sum 41
Sum 41
Sum 41 is a Canadian rock band from Ajax, Ontario. The band was formed in 1996 and currently consists of members Deryck Whibley , Tom Thacker , Jason McCaslin and Steve Jocz .In 1999, the band signed an international record deal with Island Records...
's fifth studio album Screaming Bloody Murder
Screaming Bloody Murder
Screaming Bloody Murder is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band Sum 41, released on March 29, 2011, after many delays. It was the band's second album produced by the band's frontman Deryck Whibley and recorded as a three piece, and is the first album by the band since 2007's Underclass...
, which was the band's first album to be recorded with Thacker as lead guitarist.
Track listing
- All songs written by Thomas Thacker, except where noted otherwise.
Credits
- GobGob (band)Gob is a Canadian punk band from Langley, British Columbia formed in 1993, The Band consists of Tom Thacker, Theo Goutzinakis, Gabe Mantle and Steven Fairweather. Gob's most successful album is World According to Gob and their most successful song to date is I Hear You Calling...
- Tom Thacker - lead vocals, lead & rhythm guitars, production, sound engineering, mixing
- Theo GoutzinakisTheo GoutzinakisTheo Goutzinakis is a founding member of punk band Gob. He is the guitarist and vocalist. He is of Greek descent. He has also appeared in the movies "Going the Distance" and "Sharp as Marbles". He mainly plays Gibson Les Paul and Gibson ES models...
- lead & rhythm guitars, lead vocals on "Face the Ashes", backing vocals, production, sound engineering, mixing - Gabe MantleGabe MantleGabriel "Gabe" Mantle is a Canadian drummer, mostly known as the drummer of the pop punk group Gob. He has also been a part of a Vancouver hardcore band Brand New Unit's assembly as well as the pop band bloody chickletts and old school punk band death sentence.He also played drums on the .married...
- drums, percussion - Tyson Maiko - bass
- Ted JensenTed JensenTed Jensen is an American recording engineer. Jensen is the chief mastering engineer at Sterling Sound. He started his career as a mastering engineer in 1976 and is currently the most active Mastering Engineer in the industry...
- mastering - Dave OgilvieDave OgilvieDave "Rave" Ogilvie is a Canadian record producer and musician. He is a producer of industrial music and has been associated with bands such as Skinny Puppy , Doughboys, The Birthday Massacre , Marilyn Manson, Jakalope , Killing Joke, Queensrÿche, Alexz Johnson, Fake Shark...
- mixing - Misha Rajaratnam - editing
- Paul Silveira - vocals, sound engineering, mixing
- Rob Stefanson - vocals, sound engineering