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Post by Francis Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:16 pm

Vince did something he doesnt like doing when he decided to pay royalties to an existing song/band for CoP...

And as a results Living Colour has gotten to around 75 in the iTunes chart! They must be well chuffed - considering for them that song is probably an after thought as it was originally released back in the early 90s & the band have subsequently (as far as I'm aware) split up!

I think its fair to say that WWE have raised the profile for a number of bands - Alterbridge being one, I know they were relatively well-known before but WWE made there song (albeit only one) universally listened to.

Any other bands you can think of that WWE have helped along the way?

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Post by Samo Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:33 pm

Saliva, they did loads of stuff for WWE, most notably Batistas music.

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Post by statiksupernova Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:38 pm

Downstait

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Post by Francis Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:39 pm

Also Mercy Drive - they sang Orton's original theme song, I hadn't heard of them before then and haven't heard of them since... By the looks of it WWE gave them their greatest success.

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Post by Samo Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:40 pm

You could argue Motorhead. Fair enough they were pretty huge already but WWE brought them to a new audience.

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Post by Kay Fabe Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:46 pm

I wonder if Vince is paying a royalty for CoP or did a deal which would see them make money anyway from downloads ect...

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Post by more_awesome_than_a_ri Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:55 pm

Rob Zombie (granted not a band) got pretty big i think off the back off doing Edge's theme (Never Gonna Stop Me) and a few PPV themes as well

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Post by Francis Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:00 pm

Samo wrote:You could argue Motorhead. Fair enough they were pretty huge already but WWE brought them to a new audience.

I remember their performance at WM for HHH's entrance - Lemmy was so bollocked he didnt know the words for his own song!

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Post by BloscarPit09-ASK_HIM Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:06 pm

Limp Bizkit- again they were pretty big anyway but WWE proclaiming them as their 'favourite band in the world' must have helped!

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Post by John Cena's Speech writer Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:13 pm

Fozzy, any one....?

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Post by Sara Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:25 pm

WWE hasn't helped Fozzy that much IMO, they just made people dislike them when they were used in a storyline. They have worked hard themselves, granted people were aware of them because of Chris Jericho but similarly a lot of people became interested in them through Stuck Mojo and Rich Ward.

I got into Motorhead due to Trips' music then I found out how amazing they are. It opened up the metal world to me so I will always be thankful to Trips being a Motorhead fan.

Btw totally love Punk's music, it always reminds me of playing GTA, I believe it was San Andreas.

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Post by John Cena's Speech writer Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:34 pm

I was thinking more about when they let Jericho take a break to tour with them! I remember the battle of the bands Raw, that was a thorough, professional burial that even the (or an) undertaker would have been proud of!

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Post by Francis Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:37 pm

Motorhead + GTA....?

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Post by JoshSansom Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:46 pm

Alter Bridge and Metalingus as well was Edge's entrance for a long time too

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Post by Sara Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:51 pm

Francis wrote:Motorhead + GTA....?

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Well, they are both excellent!

RE: Fozzy - Yeah, it was nice of them to let CJ have time off. I wasn't thinking that way Smile

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