Recorded December 2008 – 2009 Artist Sick Puppies Label Virgin Records | Length 46:06 Release date 14 July 2009 | |
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Released 14 July 2009; 17 May 2011 (Deluxe) Tri-Polar
(2009) Live & Unplugged
(2010) Producer Rock Mafia (Tim James, Antonina Armato) Genres Alternative rock, Hard rock, Alternative metal, Post-grunge, Nu metal Similar Dressed Up as Life, Connect, Fury, Bright Nights Dark Days, One‑X | ||
Sick puppies war tri polar 2009
Tri-Polar is the third full-length studio album by Australian rock band Sick Puppies, released on 14 July 2009.
Contents
The album debuted in #31 on the Billboard 200 albums chart selling around 16,500 copies. Tri-Polar has sold over 379,000 copies as of 2013.
The band's first single titled "You're Going Down", was used by the WWE as the official theme song for their PPV event WWE Extreme Rules 2009, and the video game WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010. The song was also used in the 2010 live-action film adaptation of Tekken and the trailer for My Soul to Take.
The song "War" was written for Capcom's video game Street Fighter IV and has been used in their respective advertisements for the game.
The band's second single from the album, titled "Odd One", was released to rock radio on 10 November 2009.
The band's third single from the album, titled "Maybe", was released to rock radio on 22 June 2010. This is the band's most successful single to date.
The band's fourth single from the album, titled "Riptide", was released to rock radio on 8 February 2011.
Tour
Sick Puppies supported Rev Theory and Breaking Benjamin during the end of 2009, and also co-headlined a tour with Hurt, The Veer Union, Adelitas Way and Tunnels to Holland as support acts. They also supported Nickelback on their Dark Horse World tour.
Sick Puppies headlined a 2010 summer tour with Janus, My Darkest Days and It's Alive as support.
On 14 December 2010, Shimon Moore announced during a show in Council Bluffs, IA that that show was the largest show ever to date. Also at that show was Shaman's Harvest and Emphatic.
Personnel
Sick Puppies
Artwork
Production
Songs
1War3:13
2I Hate You3:28
3Riptide3:11