STONE SOUR To Release 'Meanwhile In Burbank…' EP Of Covers In April

Acclaimed rockers STONE SOUR have announced details of “Meanwhile In Burbank…” a five-song “Record Store Day” exclusive EP featuring covers of legendary artists BLACK SABBATH, METALLICA, KISS, JUDAS PRIEST and ALICE IN CHAINS. Recorded live at Room 237 in Burbank, California, “Meanwhile In Burbank…” will be available on vinyl exclusively at select record stores on April 18.

STONE SOUR guitarist Josh Rand commented on the EP: “Back in February of 2014 while STONE SOUR was touring, Corey [Taylor, vocals] approached me about STONE SOUR doing a cover of the METAL CHURCH song ‘The Dark’ for the movie ‘Fear Clinic’. I thought it would be cool not only to record ‘The Dark’, but the five cover songs that we had played on that tour.” Rand added: “The idea was not to shy away from a song because it was popular or pick a band that most people might not have heard, but to pick ones that truly meant something to one of us at some point in our life.”

Earlier this month, STONE SOUR released their new digital single “The Dark”, which was recorded for the film “Fear Clinic”, the latest excursion into unrelenting terror by Anchor Bay Entertainment starring horror icon Robert “Freddy Krueger” Englund alongside STONE SOUR and SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor in his acting debut. Originally performed by METAL CHURCH, “The Dark” is currently available via iTunes with a companion video piece streaming on “Fear Clinic”‘s official YouTube channel. “Fear Clinic” is available now on Blu-ray and DVD.

“Meanwhile In Burbank…” track listing:

01. We Die Young (ALICE IN CHAINS cover)
02. Heading Out To The Highway (JUDAS PRIEST cover)
03. Love Gun (KISS cover)
04. Creeping Death (METALLICA cover)
05. Children Of The Grave (BLACK SABBATH cover)

Corey Taylor said on “The Jasta Show” podcast about the record, “This is something that we’ve been talking about since the first album came out, with STONE SOUR. We’ve always wanted to do this. Even as people have come, people have gone, this is still something we’ve always come back to, and we just never had the opportunity to do it. And we just kind of said, ‘Well, screw it.'”

Taylor added, “You’re going back to these songs that you just love to listen to, not only just sing. And that’s why it’s called ‘Meanwhile In Burbank’, because, without giving too much away, that’s where Roy lives — he lives in the Valley — so that’s why we call it that. Because it’s, like, that’s what we’re doing right now.”

On its last North American tour, STONE SOUR played a different cover every night, including METALLICA‘s “Creeping Death”, KISS‘ “Love Gun”, JUDAS PRIEST‘s “Heading Out To The Highway” and PETER GABRIEL‘s “In Your Eyes”.

Guitarist Christian Martucci joined STONE SOUR in late 2013 as the replacement for Jim Root, who was fired from the group after deciding he wanted to sit out the band’s last tour in order to start work on the next album from SLIPKNOT, of which he is also a member.