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| Title: Blow Up the Outside World Artist: Soundgarden | Fact: Sadly, this was the last single Soundgarden released. The band announced their break-up shortly after in April 1997. When asked "If you could blow something up on the outside world, what would it be?" frontman Chris Cornell replied, "stupid people, mini malls, racists, and hardcore religious rights people. | |
| Title: Holy Diver Artist: Dio | Fact: This song is about Satan, and his "dive" to Hell. The lyrics deal specifically with Revelations 12:9 where Satan was cast to the earth. The tiger is symbolic of the wild beast that comes out of the sea, as mentioned in Revelations 13:1. | |
| Title: Funny story from Blaze Listener Tank Artist: Metallica | Fact: Metallica was in concert here a few years back @ Weber State. I dont remember what song it was... but anyways...... I decided to follow suit like everyone else and take off my shirt and throw it on stage. So I did... I took off my Metallica shirt (that I had bought at a previous Metallica concert) and threw it on stage. Mission complete, except I had accidentally hit Jason Newstead (metallica's then bassist) right in the bass! He kinda messed up the song. (though no one noticed) and looked around for the asshole (me) Everyone in the nearby crowd kinda turned and looked at me. They saw me jumping and screaming. Jason Newstead knew it was me, and gave me a big middle finger, mid-song, in front of everyone!! People the next day at school were kinda asking about why Jason Newstead was giving the bird to someone... Needless to say that the reason was me! Its a funny story I tell people about my most favorist band of all time. I dont know if that is a particular fact about a song, but still a funny story non the less. | |
| Title: Ana's Song Artist: Silverchair | Fact: From Blaze listener Weston The "Ana" in Ana's Song stands for Ana-rexia. Daniel Johns was diagnosed with anorexia after Silverchair released their "Freak Show" album. The song is about Johns' fight with the disease. "Ana wrecks your life, like an anorexia life." | |
| Title: Lucretia Artist: Megadeth | Fact: Apparantly a ghost lives in Dave Mustaine's attic. Every now and then, Mustaine sneaks up there at night when everyone else is sleeping so no one will think he's crazy. | |
| Title: AEnema Artist: Tool | Fact: This is based on a comedy routine by Bill Hicks, who hated the city of Los Angeles. He thought the people were very superficial and represented America at its worst. In his routine, which is sampled in the song, Hicks talks about California falling into the ocean and creating Arizona Bay. Hicks died of cancer in 1994 | |
| Title: Gone Away Artist: The Offspring | Fact: This song is about lead singer Dexter Holland's girlfriend dying in a car accident and his emotional response to it. | |
| Title: No Excuses Artist: Alice In Chains | Fact: It gives you an eerie feeling to know this is about lead singer Layne Staley's battle to overcome his heroin addiction. Sadly, Staley died of a drug overdose in 2002. | |
| Title: Hotel California Artist: Eagles | Fact: Don Henley: "We were all middle-class kids from the Midwest. Hotel California was our interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles." | |
| Title: Fully Alive Artist: Flyleaf | Fact: In an interview with Radiou.com, lead singer Lacey Mosley said this is about Layla Palmer, the wife of Kevin Palmer (lead vocalist of Amity Lane, formerly of Trust Company). Said Mosley: "She's an awesome person, and you would never guess in a million years that she has the struggle that she has. Kinda changed my perspective about the way that I complain about things, the way that I wake up sad for no reason, and then she wakes up just glad to wake up." | |
| Title: I Love Rock and Roll Artist: Joan Jett | Fact: This was originally recorded by British group The Arrows in 1975. Jett was touring with her all girl group called The Runaways when she discovered this song. When she asked permission to record it, The Arrows gladly let her, since it was just a B-side for them. She wanted to record it with The Runaways, but the other members didn't like the song and made the mistake of passing it up. | |
| Title: Haushinka Artist: Green Day | Fact: Lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong wrote this for a girl he met when the band was on tour in Japan. | |
| Title: This is the Place Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers | Fact: In this song frontman Anthony Keidis talks of his durg addiction and the street he used to buy them. The line, "The day when my best friend died" is a reference to former band member Hillel Slovak's death due to drug overdose. | |
| Title: STP Artist: Sublime | Fact: Stp is said to stand for "Secret Tweaker Pad". | |
| Title: In My Darkest Hour Artist: Megadeth | Fact: This song was written in just one sitting after the death of bass player Cliff Burton, who played in Metallica with Megadeth guitarist Dave Mustaine. The lyrics, however, talk about remaining true to your friends no matter who they hang out with (there was a lot of tension between Mustaine and the members of Metallica). | |
| Title: Crazy Bitch Artist: Buckcherry | Fact: "One Night in Paris"! Need I say more? This song is about hotel heiress/dumbass extrodinaire Paris Hilton and her sex tape with ex-boyfriend Rick Salamon. | |
| Title: Wherever I May Roam Artist: Metallica | Fact: Metallica is well known for their gruelling tour schedules. At times they were on the road for 200 shows or more! It's no wonder James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich wrote a song about it. The song talks about the weary travels during and at the end of the tour. | |
| Title: Smashing Young Man Artist: Collective Soul | Fact: This song is about Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins. Billy tried to sue the band for the song "Shine" because he claimed they copied his song "Rhinosauris." However, "Shine" was featured on a demo back in 1987 long before Billy wrote his song. The case was thrown out. | |
| Title: Black Hole Sun Artist: Soundgarden | Fact: What the hell are we saying when we sing along with this song? Actually, "Black Hole Sun" is the name of a sculpture found in Seattle. It resembles a huge, black doughnut and it's aimed so you can see the Space Needle through the middle of it. | |
| Title: Kill Me Artist: Korn | Fact: Korn frontman Jonathon Davis is not a big fan of his step-mom as we learn in this song. In the song, he says he wants to beat, stab, and rape her, and mumbles a passage about her and how she treated him growing up. | |
| Title: Highway to Hell Artist: AC/DC | Fact: Lead singer Bon Scott lived just off the Canning Highway in Australia. As Canning Highway gets close to the end, it dips down into a steep decline: "No stop signs.... speed limits... nobody gonna slow me down." The intersection was dangerous and killed many drivers on their way to The Raffles, a popular Rock Pub in the 70's, at the end of highway. When Bon sings, "I'm on the highway to hell" it meant that he was doing the nightly or weekly pilgrimage down Canning Highway to The Raffles bar to rock and drink with his mates: "Ain't nothing I would rather do. Going down, party time, my friends are gonna be there too" | |
