But a lot of the main influences don’t necessarily change. Your influences naturally change over time, even every day. Do you feel your influences have changed, both musically and otherwise things you noticed revisiting the older songs?Ĭraig: Yeah I definitely think so. The Comeback (feat.Vocalist Craig Mabbitt and drummer Robert Ortiz of Escape The Fate took some time before their Manchester show to talk with us about the ten year anniversary tour they’re currently on for their album This War Is Ours, and how far they’ve come as individuals and as a band since it’s release…īM: Its been ten years between This War Is Ours and I Am Human. Johnny 3 Tears and Charlie Scene of Hollywood Undead)ġ0.

BS.įind All Good Things on Facebook | InstagramĪll Good Things – A Hope In Hell tracklisting :ģ. Can’t believe this song didn’t win a Grammy. Apparently the word “Stan” is now in the Oxford Dictionary, referring to someone who is obsessed. The juxtaposition of a cool, quiet, moody English female vocal singing about gratitude, with the increasing intensity and desperation of Stans story is just chilling. I think every music lover and musician can relate to the story of “Stan” and how often we worship and adore artists because we feel their lyrics speak directly and personally to us. LOVE this record.Įminem still stands out as one of the most groundbreaking rappers of our time. Those strings chugging along with the guitars are immense. But mixing an orchestra with their sound was genius. We already loved Architects, and tend to gravitate to English Metal bands like them, BMTH, Asking Alexandria etc. Ok so technically it’s not an artist collab, but it is definitely two completely different styles coming together, and we think it’s one of the most amazing releases of recent times. #2 – ‘Animals’ (orchestral version) – Architects and Orchestra So Michael had to call him back and say “no it really is Michael Jackson, and I really do want you to play on my record”. Heard Eddie VH say in an interview that Michael Jackson called him to ask him to be on the track, and at first Eddie hung up on him, thinking it was someone pranking him. That’s why when you sing along to Beat it, you sing the whole guitar solo as well. Quincy Jones, who always had a crazy talent for pulling together unexpected but awesome collaborations, really reached outside the comfort zone into the hard rock world, and the result was magical.Įddie is one of those rare guitarists whose solos are super melodic, have flow and development, and are catchy and memorable AF. #3 – ‘Beat It’ – Michael Jackson and Eddie Van Halen Meatloaf kinda started that theatrical rock style, and nothing is more dramatic than Holy Diver, so if you’re “hungry for the rock” and you want to “learn the ancient methods”, Jack, Kyle, Ronnie and Marvin hold all the keys. So it was no surprise that this song written for “the pick of destiny” bangs with Meatloaf and Ronnie James Dio. #4 – ‘Kickapoo’ – Tenacious D, Ronnie James Dio and MeatloafĪnything Tenacious D do is always a theatrical masterpiece with stops, changes and dramatic “tongue in cheek” lyrics. Love how the song is all about making music for the love of it, and not worrying about whether it’s going to make money or be super successful.Ĭhris Cornell and Eddie Vedder’s voices go so well together. Okay so it’s a “super group” rather than a “collaboration”, but two of the cornerstones of 90’s grunge getting together was obviously going to be awesome. The song is crossing time all over the place, just following the flow of the melody, which is really effective. The melodies are super theatrical and reminiscent of My Chemical Romance, and the harmonies are on point. #6 – ‘The Lottery’ – The Used and Caleb ShomoĮveryone in the band loves Beartooth and The Used, so when these two acts collaborated it was destined to be great. Don’t trust anyone who doesn’t like this song. Perfect because they broke down the wall between styles and stereotypes too with this song.

Who knew that this iconic rock riff would bang so hard with a hip hop sample? I love how they are LITERALLY breaking down a wall between them in a video too. It’s been a month since the release of All Good Things’ single ‘ The Comeback‘ (featuring Craig Mabbit of Escape The Fate) put the band on the map and they released their new album A Hope In Hell (our review here) and so we tracked them down for a comeback of their own to put the spotlight back on the band and their favourite seven collaborations… #7 – ‘Walk This Way’ – Run DMC & Aerosmithĭan is a big Aerosmith fan, but we all agree that this was one of if not THE groundbreaker song that mixed rap and hip hop with rock and created a whole new genre.

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