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Saliva is an Alternative metal/Hard Rock band that was originally founded in September 1996 in Memphis, Tennessee.
Biography
While Memphis was an unlikely place for a alternative metal/post-grunge band, Saliva was able to follow in the tradition of crafting hard rock songs in a radio-friendly format popularized by the likes of Creed, Nickelback and Deftones. After competing in the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences Grammy Showcase competition, where they advanced to the final round in New York City, the group self-released their self-titled debut album which sold over 10,000 copies in their region, prompting Island Records to take notice. Their Island debut Every Six Seconds was released in 2001, followed by Back Into Your System in 2002.
On May 29, 2005, guitarist Chris D'abaldo announced he had left the band "for obvious reasons, as the band is not a unit anymore." He then shortly retracted his statement and apologized, declaring on the band's website that "there was a bit of an issue we're working through and we're looking forward to recording a new album later this year". However, band's website currently apologizes yet again for the confusion and confirms that due to "creative differences", D'abaldo is in fact leaving the band, but that Saliva "is completely moving forward as planned and [has our best music ahead of us".
Discography
- Saliva (1997)
- Every Six Seconds (March, 2001)
- Back Into Your System (November 12, 2002)
- Survival of the Sickest (August 17, 2004)
- They will be releasing their fifth album "The Rise and Fall of a Glorified Kingdom" in the fall of 2006. More information on Saliva's myspace profile or blog [http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=3223266&blogID=54824267&MyToken=fcffaddd-9441-4ef8-8888-ee86d621fcd4.
Trivia
- Saliva performs the theme music for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) superstar Batista, titled "I Walk Alone". Saliva also performed the theme music for the Dudley Boyz ("Get the Tables") and Chris Jericho ("King Of My World"). However, Jericho has only used that theme a few times. Former WWE Smackdown! tag team MNM used their song "SuperStar" as their entrance theme during their time with Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). 'Click Click Boom' was also the main theme song for WWF/E No Mercy 2001.
- Their song "Superstar" served as a theme for the movie The Fast And The Furious and WWF WrestleMania X8. It was also featured on Legnds of Wrestling II, the video game. Their song "Always" also served as the main theme song for WWE Survivor Series 2002.
- Their song "Your Disease" was featured in the 2002 video game Aggressive Inline, this song was also used by OVW tag team The Blonde Bombers a.k.a. WWE SmackDown!'s tag team, The Dicks.
- Their song "Survival of the Sickest" served as the main theme song for WWE Unforgiven 2004. It was also used as the theme for the Triple H Vs Randy Orton main event match of Unforgiven 2004.
- Saliva has appeared as a special guest for WWF/WWE events twice (WrestleMania X8 and Survivor Series 2002). They performed live at both events.
- They performed the theme music for the video game Spyhunter.
- They also had their song "After Me" featured on the XBOX, PC and PS2 thriller "The Thing".
- Their song "Click Click Boom" is one of the in-game tracks of BMX XXX.
- The band featured heavily in EA Sports' Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003; their songs "Superstar", "Superstar II" and "Raise Up" were in-game tracks, and lead singer Josey Scott was available as a playable character that could be unlocked with a special cheat code.
- Their song "Click Click Boom" also appeared in the movie The New Guy in 2002.
- Their song "Click Click Boom" was also one of the songs in Test Drive Overdrive.
- Josey Scott and Chad Kroeger (lead singer of Nickleback), performed the song 'Hero', theme tune to the Spider-Man movie.
- Their song "Your Disease" was featured in the PS2 video game Downhill Domination.
External links
"Saliva (band)"