Lonely Train
Encyclopedia
"Lonely Train" is the debut single of the hard rock
band Black Stone Cherry
from their self-titled album
which was released on July 18, 2006. It peaked at #14 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks Billboard chart, and was also selected as a free single on iTunes
in July 2006.
New Orleans, which the band thought was an appropriate setting to reflect the song's anti-war statement.
The song is well known for its main heavy chugging riff and the deep growly vocals. With its distorted, aggressive heavy metal sound it differs slightly from Black Stone Cherry's more Southern Rock, Hard Rock sound.
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It was used as the theme song for the 2006 WWE The Great American Bash
PPV.
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
band Black Stone Cherry
Black Stone Cherry
Black Stone Cherry is an American rock band formed in 2001 in Edmonton, Kentucky. They are signed to Roadrunner Records. The band consists of Chris Robertson , Ben Wells , Jon Lawhon , and John Fred Young...
from their self-titled album
Black Stone Cherry (album)
Black Stone Cherry is the debut album from southern rockers Black Stone Cherry. The album was released on July 18, 2006 through Roadrunner Records...
which was released on July 18, 2006. It peaked at #14 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks Billboard chart, and was also selected as a free single on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
in July 2006.
Music video
Additionally, a music video in black and white, giving the video a dark and gloomy feeling in combination with the aggressive manner of the song, was directed for "Lonely Train", which features the band members playing in a warehouse in post-Hurricane KatrinaHurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
New Orleans, which the band thought was an appropriate setting to reflect the song's anti-war statement.
The song is well known for its main heavy chugging riff and the deep growly vocals. With its distorted, aggressive heavy metal sound it differs slightly from Black Stone Cherry's more Southern Rock, Hard Rock sound.
In pop culture
The song was featured in the wrestling game WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 is a professional wrestling video game released by THQ and developed by YUKE's Future Media Creators. The game is based on the professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment . It is the eighth installment in the WWE SmackDown vs. Raw series and is the...
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It was used as the theme song for the 2006 WWE The Great American Bash
WWE The Great American Bash
The Great American Bash was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced in the summer in either the month of June or July by professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment . The 2009 edition was known as The Bash...
PPV.