Fozzy (album)

Fozzy

Studio album by Fozzy

Released

October 24, 2000

Recorded

AudioArt Studios
Smyrna, Georgia

Genre

Heavy metal

Length

39:58

Label

Palm Pictures / Megaforce Records

Producer

John Briglevich
Fozzy

Fozzy chronology

Fozzy
(2000)

Happenstance
(2002)

Fozzy is the self-titled debut album of heavy metal band, Fozzy. The album was released on October 24, 2000. The album was released by Palm Pictures and Megaforce Records.

Album concept

The album featured mostly cover songs by bands such as Dio, Twisted Sister, Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne and Mötley Crüe, as Fozzy had a satirical back-story that they had spent the last 20 years in Japan being megastars and once they returned to America, they realized that many famous artists had ripped off their songs.

However, the album featured two original songs by Fozzy, "End of Days" and "Feel the Burn", in which it was implied that the band had just recently written these songs and other bands hadn't had the chance to "rip" these songs off them.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Prior to the album's release, Megaforce had high hopes for the record, as they expected wrestling fans to flock to Fozzy and buy the record. However, the album failed commercially and only managed to sell 4,225 copies. The album also failed to chart on the Billboard 200. Due to the poor commercial reception of the album, Megaforce cancelled plans for the release of the album in Europe and a Fozzy documentary DVD as well as several other endorsements and appearances.

Singles

"Feel the Burn"
"End of Days"
"Eat The Rich"

Track listing

All tracks written by Rich Ward and Chris Jericho, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Stand Up and Shout" (Dio cover)	Ronnie James Dio, Jimmy Bain	3:39
2.	"Eat the Rich" (Krokus cover)	Butch Stone, Marc Storace, Fernando von Arb, Chris von Rohr	4:05
3.	"Stay Hungry" (Twisted Sister cover)	Dee Snider	2:57
4.	"The Prisoner" (Iron Maiden cover)	Adrian Smith, Steve Harris	6:19
5.	"Live Wire" (Mötley Crüe cover)	Nikki Sixx	3:15
6.	"End of Days"		3:55
7.	"Over the Mountain" (Ozzy Osbourne cover)	Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Bob Daisley, Lee Kerslake	4:32
8.	"Blackout" (Scorpions cover)	Sonja Kittelsen, Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell, Rudolf Schenker	3:39
9.	"Feel the Burn"		4:24
10.	"Riding on the Wind" (Judas Priest cover)	Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford, K. K. Downing	3:09
Total length:			39:58

Personnel

Musicians

Chris Jericho (credited as Moongoose McQueen) – lead vocals
Rich Ward (credited as Duke LaRüe) – guitar, backing vocals
Dan Dryden (credited as Shawn "Sports" Pop) – bass, backing vocals
Frank Fontsere (credited as KK LaFlame) – drums
Ryan Mallam (credited as The Kidd) – guitar

Additional Musicians

Butch Walker (Marvelous 3) - guitar solo and additional vocals on "Over the Mountain".
Andy Sneap - Extra lead vocals on "Blackout".

Production

Michael Alago - Executive Producer
John Briglevich - Producer, Engineer
Fozzy - Producers
Andy Sneap - Mixer

References

↑ Fozzy at AllMusic

External links

Fozzy
Chris Jericho Rich Ward Frank Fontsere Paul Di Leo Mike Martin Jeff Rouse
Studio albums	Fozzy Happenstance All That Remains Chasing the Grail Sin and Bones Do You Wanna Start a War Judas
Live albums	Remains Alive
Compilations	Unreleased Rarities and Demos
Singles	"Enemy"
Videos	Unleashed, Uncensored, Unknown
Related	Discography Stuck Mojo Adrenaline Mob
Category

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