Rev Theory
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Rev Theory is an American hard rock
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 formed in 2002 in North Andover, Massachusetts
North Andover, Massachusetts
North Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. North Andover is the home of Merrimack College, a private, Catholic four-year institution ....

. The band has released three studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

s: Truth Is Currency
Truth Is Currency
Truth Is Currency is the debut studio album by Rev Theory, who were at the time known as Revelation Theory, released in 2005. It was their first major label album.-Track listing:...

(2005), Light It Up
Light It Up (Rev Theory album)
Light It Up is a 2008 album by Rev Theory . It is their sophomore major label album and first under the Interscope Records label, and was released on June 10, 2008 to sales of 10,200 copies. It reached #74 on the Billboard 200 on June 28, 2008...

(2008), and Justice
Justice (Rev Theory album)
Justice is the third studio album by the rock band Rev Theory, released on February 15, 2011 by Interscope Records. The first single, also titled "Justice," was released to iTunes and radio on October 25, 2010. Justice peaked at #5 in Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart and #75 in the Billboard 200...

(2011). The song "Voices" is currently being used for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) star Randy Orton
Randy Orton
Randal Keith "Randy" Orton is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to WWE wrestling on its SmackDown brand...

. The song "Hell Yeah" is currently the opening song for the popular Spike show Blue Mountain State
Blue Mountain State
Blue Mountain State is an American comedy series that premiered on Spike on January 11, 2010. The series producers include Chris Romano and Eric Falconer and is produced by Lionsgate Television...

.

Early years and Truth Is Currency (2002–2006)

Revelation Theory's members Rich, Dave, and Julien first met in 1997 at Merrimack College
Merrimack College
Merrimack College is an independent college in the Roman Catholic, Augustinian tradition located in North Andover, Massachusetts, north of Boston, Massachusetts. It offers undergraduate degrees in business, education, science, engineering, and the liberal arts...

 in North Andover, MA, and all moved to Long Island, NY in 2002 hoping for a career in music. A year later, bassist Matty, who was a student at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...

 joined the band, completing the quartet. They recorded a demo EP and began touring; in 2005 they were tapped for the Girls Gone Wild
Girls Gone Wild
The Girls Gone Wild franchise, created by Joe Francis, is a video series by the production company Mantra Films, Inc., which is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.-Content:...

 Rocks America tour. The group then signed with EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

 subsidiary Element Records, and released the album Truth Is Currency
Truth Is Currency
Truth Is Currency is the debut studio album by Rev Theory, who were at the time known as Revelation Theory, released in 2005. It was their first major label album.-Track listing:...

in 2005.

Since 2005, the band has constantly been on tour with various other bands. In 2005, they were on tour with Sevendust
Sevendust
Sevendust is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and guitarist Clint Lowery joined the group...

 and Hinder
Hinder
Hinder is an American rock band from Oklahoma that was formed in 2001 by drummer Cody Hanson, guitarist Joe Garvey, and singer Austin Winkler. The band was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2007.-Formation and early history:...

. A single from Truth Is Currency, "Slowburn", hit #27 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks
Mainstream Rock Tracks
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music. Modern rock tracks are counted in the Alternative Songs chart.This chart began with the March 21, 1981, issue...

 chart in 2005. In 2006
2006 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006.-January:*January 10 – Eric Burdon releases his album Soul of a Man and begins touring with a new band....

, they toured extensively with Hinder, Buckcherry, and Evanescence
Evanescence
Evanescence is an American rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1995 by singer/pianist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody. After recording private albums, the band released their first full-length album, Fallen, on Wind-up Records in 2003. Fallen sold more than 17 million copies worldwide...

, also touring with the latter band in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 during the same year.

Light It Up and breakthrough (2007–2009)

In 2007
2007 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.-January:*January 1 - George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame...

, the band toured with Hinder
Hinder
Hinder is an American rock band from Oklahoma that was formed in 2001 by drummer Cody Hanson, guitarist Joe Garvey, and singer Austin Winkler. The band was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2007.-Formation and early history:...

 once again, as well as with Papa Roach
Papa Roach
Papa Roach is an American rock band from Vacaville, California. Their first major-label release was the triple-platinum album Infest . The group's success continued with their gold album Lovehatetragedy , their platinum album Getting Away with Murder , The Paramour Sessions , and Metamorphosis...

, and Buckcherry
Buckcherry
Buckcherry is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1995. The band released two albums, Buckcherry and Time Bomb , before partially dissolving in the summer of 2002. In 2005, lead vocalist Josh Todd and lead guitarist Keith Nelson reformed Buckcherry and released a new album...

. Later in 2007, the band signed a major label deal with Interscope Records
Interscope Records
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...

, and began writing their second album Light It Up
Light It Up (Rev Theory album)
Light It Up is a 2008 album by Rev Theory . It is their sophomore major label album and first under the Interscope Records label, and was released on June 10, 2008 to sales of 10,200 copies. It reached #74 on the Billboard 200 on June 28, 2008...

as well as simplifying the band name to Rev Theory. They began to reach a wider fan base when World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...

 started using their music for pay-per-view
Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...

 events- first with "Light It Up
Light It Up (Rev Theory song)
"Light It Up" is a 2008 promotional single and the second commercial single by the Hard rock band Rev Theory, from their second album of the same name. It was officially released for digital download on March 25 via the U.S. iTunes Music Store and for radio airplay in the fall of 2008...

," which was the official theme music for WrestleMania XXIV
WrestleMania XXIV
WrestleMania XXIV was the twenty-fourth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . The event took place on March 30, 2008, at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida and was the first WrestleMania to be held in the state of Florida...

 and secondly with "Hell Yeah
Hell Yeah (Rev Theory song)
"Hell Yeah" is the title of a song recorded by American hard rock band Rev Theory. It was released in March 2008 as the second sinlge from their 2008 album, Light It Up...

" as the official theme for One Night Stand (2008)
One Night Stand (2008)
One Night Stand was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment that took place on June 1, 2008 at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California. It was the fourth and final event promoted under the One Night Stand name...

, which took place in June. Former WWE Diva Ashley Massaro
Ashley Massaro
Ashley Marie Massaro is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to World Independent Ladies Division Wrestling. She is best known for her work with World Wrestling Entertainment and her appearance on Survivor: China....

 appeared in the official "Hell Yeah" music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

. Also in 2008, Rich Luzzi provided vocals for the song "Voices," the entrance theme
Music in professional wrestling
Music in professional wrestling serves a variety of purposes. The most common uses of music in professional wrestling is that of the entrance theme, a song or piece of instrumental music which plays as a performer approaches the ring...

 of WWE Superstar Randy Orton
Randy Orton
Randal Keith "Randy" Orton is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to WWE wrestling on its SmackDown brand...

. It is also the title track on Voices: WWE The Music, Vol. 9 album.
Rev Theory's Hell Yeah was also featured in the video game Madden NFL 2009.

Interscope, Geffen, A&M Records and Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

, have joined together to premiere the band's new music video exclusively on the Xbox LIVE
Xbox Live
Xbox Live is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service created and operated by Microsoft Corporation. It is currently the only online gaming service on consoles that charges users a fee to play multiplayer gaming. It was first made available to the Xbox system in 2002...

 Video Store. This made Rev Theory’s single "Hell Yeah" the first ever video premiere on Xbox LIVE.

Rev Theory spent the end of 2008 opening for Hinder
Hinder
Hinder is an American rock band from Oklahoma that was formed in 2001 by drummer Cody Hanson, guitarist Joe Garvey, and singer Austin Winkler. The band was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2007.-Formation and early history:...

 and Trapt
Trapt
Trapt is an American rock band that formed in Los Gatos, California in August 1997. The group is composed of lead singer Chris Taylor Brown, lead guitarist Robb Torres, bass guitarist Peter Charell, and drummer Aaron "Monty" Montgomery...

 on the Jägermeister Music Tour
Jägermeister Music Tour
The Jägermeister Music Tour is a hard rock, hardcore punk, and heavy metal music tour that has been held twice a year in the United States since 2002. It is owned by the American importer of Jägermeister, Sidney Frank Importing.-History:...

. The single "Light It Up" was included as part of the "hard rock package" as downloadable content in Guitar Hero: World Tour for the Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...

, PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...

 and Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...

 versions of the game.

In January 2009, Rev Theory began touring with Theory of a Deadman
Theory of a Deadman
Theory of a Deadman is a Canadian rock band from Delta, British Columbia, formed in 2001. The band is currently signed to Roadrunner Records as well as Island Records. The band also includes traits of other music styles, such as country and acoustic, as well as their post-grunge and alternative...

 and Ten Second Epic
Ten Second Epic
Ten Second Epic is a five-piece rock band from Edmonton, Alberta. The band formed in 2002 and still consists of original lineup Andrew Usenik , Daniel Carriere , Craig Spelliscy , Sandy MacKinnon and Patrick Birtles . The band has released two full-length albums, Count Yourself In and Hometown...

, and in May toured with Buckcherry
Buckcherry
Buckcherry is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1995. The band released two albums, Buckcherry and Time Bomb , before partially dissolving in the summer of 2002. In 2005, lead vocalist Josh Todd and lead guitarist Keith Nelson reformed Buckcherry and released a new album...

, Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California. Formed in 1999, the group consists of vocalist M. Shadows, lead guitarist Synyster Gates, rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance, bassist Johnny Christ....

, and Papa Roach
Papa Roach
Papa Roach is an American rock band from Vacaville, California. Their first major-label release was the triple-platinum album Infest . The group's success continued with their gold album Lovehatetragedy , their platinum album Getting Away with Murder , The Paramour Sessions , and Metamorphosis...

. Here is a recent interview with the band from 2009's "Rock on the Range" at http://app.synclive.com?show/29548. Rev Theory then toured as part of Crue Fest 2. Rev Theory toured throughout the fall of 2009 as the opening act for Seether
Seether
Seether is a post-grunge/alternative metal band from Pretoria, South Africa, formed in 1999. The band is currently signed to Wind-up Records...

. They are also touring with Breaking Benjamin
Breaking Benjamin
Breaking Benjamin is an American rock band from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, currently consisting of Benjamin Burnley and Chad Szeliga. The band has released four studio albums to date and a greatest hits album that was released on August 16, 2011. The group initially went on indefinite hiatus due...

.
In October 2009, Rev Theory began touring with Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American rock band prominent in spreading Southern Rock during the 1970s.Originally formed as the "Noble Five" in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1964, the band rose to worldwide recognition on the basis of its driving live performances and signature tune, Freebird...

. Rev Theory's song "Hell Yeah
Hell Yeah (Rev Theory song)
"Hell Yeah" is the title of a song recorded by American hard rock band Rev Theory. It was released in March 2008 as the second sinlge from their 2008 album, Light It Up...

" is played during the opening and closing credits of the Spike TV college show Blue Mountain State
Blue Mountain State
Blue Mountain State is an American comedy series that premiered on Spike on January 11, 2010. The series producers include Chris Romano and Eric Falconer and is produced by Lionsgate Television...

.

Justice (2010–present)

In February 2010, the band started writing new material, presumably for their third studio album. Recent updates on the band's official Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...

 page have indicated that they have entered the studio to begin recording with producer Terry Date
Terry Date
Terry Date is an American record producer and engineer, specializing in the rock and metal genres...

. It was announced that the new album will be released February 15, 2011. The title track and first single off of the album, "Justice," was released 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....

 on October 25, 2010, and was released to radio stations on November 2, 2010. Recently, the band's song "Hangman" from their new album Justice
Justice (Rev Theory album)
Justice is the third studio album by the rock band Rev Theory, released on February 15, 2011 by Interscope Records. The first single, also titled "Justice," was released to iTunes and radio on October 25, 2010. Justice peaked at #5 in Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart and #75 in the Billboard 200...

has been used occasionally in bumpers and as an alternate theme song for WWE SmackDown when the show made its debut on their new network home Syfy
Syfy
Syfy , formerly known as the Sci-Fi Channel and SCI FI, is an American cable television channel featuring science fiction, supernatural, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, and horror programming. Launched on September 24, 1992, it is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a...

. It was also recently confirmed that "Justice" was named the official theme song to the WWE PPV event, WWE Extreme Rules
Extreme Rules (2011)
Extreme Rules was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE, which took place on May 1, 2011 at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida...

. Justice was released on February 15, 2011 and debuted on the Billboard top 200 charts at #75.

Rev Theory would then go on tour from April 13, 2011 to May 13, 2011 opening for Saliva
Saliva (band)
Saliva is an American rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in September 1996 and currently under Island Records. Saliva released their self-titled debut album on August 26, 1997, under Rocking Chair Records....

, on Saliva's Hard Drive Spring Tour.

From June 1st to June 5th Rev Theory went on a 4 date tour with Black Label Society
Black Label Society
Black Label Society is a heavy metal band formed by Zakk Wylde, with nine studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, one EP, and three video albums released since formation of the band.-Formation and Sonic Brew :...

 on their Uranium Tour. From July 23 to July 30 Rev Theory went on tour with Puddle Of Mudd
Puddle of Mudd
Puddle Of Mudd is an American rock band from Kansas City, Missouri, USA. To date the band has sold over 7 million albums, and have had a string of #1 mainstream rock singles in the United States. Their major-label debut Come Clean has sold over 5 million copies...

. And from October 13th to December 14th, Rev Theory was supposed to go on tour with Hatebreed
Hatebreed
- History :Hatebreed was formed in 1994 in Bridgeport, Waterbury and New Haven. They began by recording a three song demo and selling it to locals. Those three songs would eventually be released on a split seven inch with New York's Neglect in 1995...

, All That Remains
All That Remains
All That Remains may refer to:* All That Remains , a novel by Patricia Cornwell* All That Remains an American metalcore band* All That Remains , an album by Fozzy, or the title song...

, and Five Finger Death Punch
Five Finger Death Punch
Five Finger Death Punch is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2005, the group's name is derived from classic oriental martial arts cinema. The band originally consisted of vocalist Ivan Moody, guitarist Zoltan Bathory, guitarist Caleb Bingham, bassist Matt Snell,...

 but had to cancel due to a band member's injury.

The song "Hell Yeah" is now the song used by the NHL's Winnipeg Jets when ever the home team scores a goal.

Members

  • Rich Luzzi – lead vocals
    Lead vocalist
    The lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the...

  • Rikki Lixx – lead guitar
    Lead guitar
    Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...

  • Julien Jorgensen – rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...

  • Matty McCloskey – bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , backing vocals
    Backing vocalist
    A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...

  • Dave Agoglia – drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....


Studio albums

as Revelation Theory
  • Truth Is Currency
    Truth Is Currency
    Truth Is Currency is the debut studio album by Rev Theory, who were at the time known as Revelation Theory, released in 2005. It was their first major label album.-Track listing:...

    (2005)

as Rev Theory
  • Light It Up
    Light It Up (Rev Theory album)
    Light It Up is a 2008 album by Rev Theory . It is their sophomore major label album and first under the Interscope Records label, and was released on June 10, 2008 to sales of 10,200 copies. It reached #74 on the Billboard 200 on June 28, 2008...

    (2008)
  • Justice
    Justice (Rev Theory album)
    Justice is the third studio album by the rock band Rev Theory, released on February 15, 2011 by Interscope Records. The first single, also titled "Justice," was released to iTunes and radio on October 25, 2010. Justice peaked at #5 in Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart and #75 in the Billboard 200...

    (2011)

Singles

Year Title US
Main
US
Rock
Rock Songs
Rock Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the airplay of songs on alternative, mainstream rock and triple A radio stations. The first chart was published in the issue dated June 20, 2009. "Know Your Enemy" by Green Day was the first number-one song. The Rock Songs...

Album
2005 "Slowburn" 27 Truth Is Currency
2006 "Selfish and Cold"
2008 "Hell Yeah
Hell Yeah (Rev Theory song)
"Hell Yeah" is the title of a song recorded by American hard rock band Rev Theory. It was released in March 2008 as the second sinlge from their 2008 album, Light It Up...

"
18 Light It Up
"Light It Up
Light It Up (Rev Theory song)
"Light It Up" is a 2008 promotional single and the second commercial single by the Hard rock band Rev Theory, from their second album of the same name. It was officially released for digital download on March 25 via the U.S. iTunes Music Store and for radio airplay in the fall of 2008...

"
25
2009 "Far from Over
Far From Over (Rev Theory song)
Far From Over is the third single off Rev Theory's second album, Light It Up. It is their highest-charted single to date, peaking at #15 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It's also their first song to reach the Rock Songs chart peaking at #36.A music video featuring the band in...

"
15 36
2010 "Broken Bones" 34
"Justice" 17 38 Justice
2011 "The Fire" 27
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.
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