Released Jul 22 2008 Release date 22 July 2008 Movie The Rocker Genre Heavy metal | Length 38:41 Producer Chad Fischer Label COLUMBIA | |
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The Rocker: Music from the Motion Picture is a soundtrack album from the 2008 film The Rocker starring Rainn Wilson, Christina Applegate, Teddy Geiger, Josh Gad, Emma Stone, and Jane Lynch. The music was mainly composed and performed by musician and producer Chad Fischer, also known as frontman of the band Lazlo Bane.
Contents
Overview
The official soundtrack for the film features all original songs performed by the fictional bands A.D.D. and Vesuvius. While A.D.D. also performed two covers in the film: "Nothin' But a Good Time", originally by Americаn glam metal band Poison, and "In Your Eyes", originally by British musician Peter Gabriel, only the first was included in the soundtrack.
Tracks credited to Teddy Geiger were recorded mostly by Chad Fischer with Geiger providing only lead vocals. The exception is a cover of "Nothin' But a Good Time", on which Teddy Geiger plays additional guitar. Track two "Bitter" and track nine "I'm So Bitter" are two versions of the same song with different arrangement and slightly different lyrics.
The actual vocals on Vesuvius songs are provided by Keith England. The song "Pompeii Nights" is a rerecording of The Rage song "Dirty Old Man" with different lyrics. The original was released on the album Big Spill. "Promised Land" is a new song recorded for the film by Chad Fischer and fellow Lazlo Bane member Tim Bright.
"The Rocker Score Suite" performed by Chad Fischer contains an excerpt of "Take No Prisoners" originally by The Rage from the album Big Spill.
Promotion
"Promised Land" was released as free downloadable content for the video game Rock Band, which is shown being played in the movie.
Chad Fischer also released a music video for the song "Tomorrow Never Comes" with his own lead vocals on YouTube.
Personnel
Songs
1Tomorrow Never ComesTeddy Geiger4:04
2BitterTeddy Geiger2:38
3Living for the First TimeTeddy Geiger3:27