Hellyeah

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Hellyeah

Hellyeah is a heavy metal supergroup featuring members of Pantera, Damageplan, Mudvayne and Nothingface. Drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott and current bassist Bob Zilla formerly of Damageplan, vocalist Chad Gray and guitarist Greg Tribbett from Mudvayne, guitarist Tom Maxwell and ex-bassist Jerry Montano from Nothingface.

History

Hellyeah's beginnings can be traced back to 2003, when Chad Grey and Tom Maxwell began discussing the possibility of a supergroup with Greg Tribbett and Jerry Montano. They couldn't decide on who to bring in on drums, but kept Vinnie Paul Abbott in mind (not only was he a friend of the members, Pantera had broken up in 2003, leaving Abbott without a band). The idea of Hellyeah brewed, even when Abbott joined Damageplan.

After the 2004 onstage murder of Vinnie's brother Dimebag Darrell, it became unlikely that Vinnie would ever want to play live again. After some much-needed time to recuperate, Vinnie decided in 2006 that it was time to pick up the drumsticks again. He got back in touch with Gray, Maxwell, Tribbett and Montano, and Hellyeah officially formed in 2006, and spent that summer writing and recording material.

Revolver Magazine was one of the first print publications to feature the band.[1] The self-titled track, "Hellyeah", started gaining satellite radio airplay in February 2007.

According to Rockdetector,[2] the band finished recording their debut album in January 2007, and the lead single "You Wouldn't Know" hit American radio airwaves by late February. Their self-titled effort Hellyeah was released on April 10, 2007 via Epic Records. The album debuted at #9 on the Billboard 200 album charts, with sales of just under 45,000.[3]

On the evening of April 10th, 2007, the band was throwing a release party for their debut album when Montano became drunk. He became violent and punched Maxwell in the face, and was escorted out of the club by security, and outside threatened to come back with a gun and shoot everybody. He was later dismissed from the band.1.

For a new bassist, Hellyeah brought in Vinnie Paul's former bandmate in Damageplan, Bob Zilla. He will be on tour with them all year in 2007.

The first major tour announced for Hellyeah was the "Fire It Up" tour, followed by the Family Values Tour, which begins on July 20 and is to be headlined by Korn and Evanescence. Hellyeah have also played on the main stage at Download Festival on Saturday June 9.

In 2008, when Grey and Tribbet return to work with Mudvayne, Vinnie Paul will join NOLA groove metal veterans Exhorder on an east coast reunion tour, replacing drummer Chris Nail behind the kit.

Members

Former

Discography

Albums

Album cover Album information
File:HELLYEAH ST.jpg Hellyeah

Singles

Year Song US Hot 100 U.S. Modern Rock U.S. Mainstream Rock Album
2007 "You Wouldn't Know" - #36 #5 Hellyeah

Miscellanea

  • The song "You Wouldn't Know" is about the difficulty of maintaining one's integrity in the profit-obsessed music industry and "Thank You" is a shout-out to all of the band's recently departed family members: Dimebag Darrell, Maxwell's mother and Gray's grandmother.[citation needed]
  • Many magazines, including Revolver, have stated that Hellyeah is one of the best metal albums of 2007 that have yet been released.[4]
  • Vinnie Paul has stated that Hellyeah is a side-project band. He said that they'll tour for most of 2007, before the members of Mudvayne and Nothingface return to their bands. They'll tour and record with those bands for a while, then team up with Vinnie Paul and Bob Zilla for another Hellyeah album. Since the 2 former Damageplan members have no other band right now, it's unknown what they'll do during breaks between Hellyeah.[5]
  • However, it has recently been announced that Vinnie Paul will join post-thrash-metal band Exhorder for a 2008 reunion tour. Wether or not a new album will emerge is still unknown.
  • On May 29th, for KBPI Birthday Bash in Denver, Colorado, Uncle Nasty's band Horse performed. On their last song Vinnie Paul took over on drums and a cover of Pantera's hit Walk was played. Link to video
  • The track "You Wouldn't Know" will be featured on Madden 2008.

External links

Notes and sources

  1. ^ Jon Wiederhorn, "HELLYEAH: Night Riders", Revolver, March 2007, p. 60-64 (link to Revolver back issues)
  2. ^ Gary Sharpe-Young, "HELLYEAH (USA)", Rockdetector, February 15, 2007 (link to article)
  3. ^ HELLYEAH Lands At No. 9 On BILLBOARD Chart, April 18, 2007 (link to article)
  4. ^ Revolver Magazine
  5. ^ Revolver Magazine interview, Febrary 2007
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