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Theory of a Deadman

A Canadian heavy rock crew with a versatile modern rock audio that incorporates elements of land, acoustic, pop, and post-grunge.
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Scars & Souvenirs A Canadian heavy rock crew with a versatile modernistic stone sound that incorporates elements of country, audio-visual, pop, and post-grunge, Theory of a Deadman emerged in 2001 equally the first human activity to sign with Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger's 604 Records banner. Since issuing their platinum-selling eponymous debut in 2002, the band has found both regional and international success via releases similar Scars & Souvenirs (2008), Savages (2014), and Say Cypher (2020).

Gasoline Tyler Connolly (vocals/guitar) reportedly slipped a copy of the band's demo to Kroeger at a post-concert party and the ii were soon collaborating on songs together. One of these, "Invisible Man," was used as the B-side for 2002'due south wildly successful Spider-Man theme "Hero" (a Kroeger collaboration with Saliva vocalizer Josey Scott), and predictable Theory of a Deadman'south self-titled debut the aforementioned year. Also featuring Dave Brenner (guitar), Dean Back (bass), and Tim Hart (drums), the anthology'south hook-laden, emotional hard rock sounded very like to their celebrity distributor's band. But a healthy touring work load and elementary maturation ultimately helped Theory of a Deadman break out of that confining stylistic box for their more varied and distinctive sophomore effort Gasoline, which was recorded with session drummer Robin Diaz. The trio after tapped veteran journeyman Brent Fitz (formerly of Union and Vince Neil's solo band) as their new permanent touring drummer. Theory of a Deadman returned to the studio in 2007 to record their third album, Scars and Souvenirs, which was produced by Howard Benson. The album was released in Apr 2008, and was certified gold in less than a twelvemonth. The difficult-striking Canadian rockers' quaternary studio anthology, The Truth Is... arrived on July 12, 2011, and was followed past a co-headlining bout with Change Bridge nether the banner the Carnival of Madness, which likewise included Adelitas Manner, Black Stone Cerise, and Emphatic. In 2014, the bandmembers announced they were working on an anthology, and a new single, "Drown," arrived in April of that year. Their 5th album, Savages, followed in July of 2014. In October 2017 the band released a music video for the song "Rx (Medicate)" in apprehension of the inflow of the full-length Wake Upward Call, which dropped later on that month. At present going but by Theory, the pop-leaning set entered the U.S. charts at 24 and peaked just outside the Tiptop 10 in Canada. Continuing their new direction -- sounding shut to Imagine Dragons, OneRepublic, and Shinedown -- Theory farther embraced soaring pop/rock on the serious single "History of Violence" from their seventh set, 2020'due south Say Nothing.