Theory of a Deadman

Theory of a Deadman
Tyler Connolly and Dean Back, Leeds Met Students' Union, April 3, 2010
Background information
Origin	Delta, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Hard rock, post-grunge
Years active	2001–present
Labels	604, Roadrunner, Island
Website	www.theoryofadeadman.com
Members
Tyler Connolly Dave Brenner Dean Back Joey Dandeneau
Past members
Tim Hart Brent Fitz Robin Diaz

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 604 Records. The band also includes traits of other music styles, such as country and acoustic, as well as their post-grunge and alternative rock base. So far, they have a total of seven top 10 hits on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, including two #1 hits, "Bad Girlfriend" and "Lowlife".

History

Theory of a Deadman released their self-titled debut album Theory of a Deadman on September 17, 2002. The name of the band comes from a song off their first album whose lyrics describe a man preparing to commit suicide. That track was renamed to The Last Song.^[1]

On March 29, 2005, Theory of a Deadman released their second album, Gasoline. After the release of the album, the band toured with Shinedown and No Address. Starting March 1 of that year, Theory began a promotional tour, headlined by Breaking Benjamin and The Exies. Songs from Gasoline appeared in the soundtrack of the 2005 video game Fahrenheit, which was released under the title "Indigo Prophecy" in the United States.

The band performed the theme song to World Wrestling Entertainment's No Way Out 2006 pay-per-view, a cover version of "Deadly Game" from the WWE Anthology album. The song was released on the WWE Wreckless Intent album. They also did a cover of "No Chance In Hell", the theme tune for Vince McMahon. The song was released on WWE The Music, Vol. 8 on March 25, 2008.^[2][3] As well as performing the theme song for the 24th Annual WWE SummerSlam.

On April 1, 2008, Theory of a Deadman released their third album, Scars & Souvenirs, from which they released eight singles, "So Happy", "By the Way", "Little Smirk", "Bad Girlfriend", "All or Nothing", "Hate My Life", "Not Meant to Be" and "Wait for Me". The song "By the Way" features vocals from Chris Daughtry and Robin Diaz. On April 6, 2008, they appeared at the Juno Awards in Calgary, Alberta, after making various stops across Canada in a promotion known as Journey To The Junos.

Theory of a Deadman also performed in the 96th Grey Cup halftime show, along with Suzie McNeil and Andree Watters, on November 23, 2008.^[4]

Theory of a Deadman, along with Hinder, supported Mötley Crüe during the fall '08/winter '09 tour. They also played at Crüe Fest 2.^[5]

Total Nonstop Action uses Theory of a Deadman's song "Got it Made", from the album Scars & Souvenirs, for their special 2008 year review video.^[6] The song later went on to be used by Sun Sports for Miami Heat post-game video recaps during the 2010-11 season.

On April 9, 2009, Scars & Souvenirs was certified gold by the RIAA, with sales reaching 500,000 copies in the U.S. alone.^[7] In 2009 singer Tyler recorded a dance song called "Loaded gun" with the famous Belgian DJ Regi Penxten.

In late 2010, it was announced that the band will start recording their fourth studio album, which is projected to be released in mid 2011.^[8] It was then confirmed by Tyler Connolly, that the band's fourth album will be released on July 12, 2011.^[9] The first single from the album, "Lowlife", was released on May 17, 2011.^[10] The title of the upcoming album was announced to be The Truth Is... ^[11]

In 2011, Theory of a Deadman co-headlined the second annual Carnival of Madness Tour with Alter Bridge. The supporting bands were Black Stone Cherry, Adelitas Way, and Emphatic.

The band contributed a new song, which was co-written with The Exies singer Scott Stevens, called "Head Above Water" to the Transformers: Dark of the Moon soundtrack, which is to be released on June 14, 2011. Another track titled "Drag Me to Hell" was made available through the official Roadrunner Records website on June 16, 2011, for free download.^[12] The second official single, "Out Of My Head", was released on June 14, 2011.

Tours

• The Rock is Alive Tour (with Black Stone Cherry and the Parlor Mob)
• Scars & Souvenirs Tour (with Black Stone Cherry, Hinder, The Veer Union, Down Shift, Airbourne, Saving Abel and a portion of Mötley Crüe's Saints of Los Angeles Tour)
• Crüe Fest 2: the White Trash Circus (with Charm City Devils, Drowning Pool, Godsmack, and Mötley Crüe)
• Leave This Town Tour (with Daughtry and Cavo)
• Avalanche Tour (with Stone Sour, Skillet, Halestorm, and Art of Dying)
• Carnival of Madness 2011 (With Alter Bridge, Black Stone Cherry, Adelitas Way, and Emphatic)
• Alter Bridge 2011 UK Arena Tour (With Alter Bridge and Black Stone Cherry)
• Occupy Canada Tour 2012
• Self Titled Tour 2012 (With Pop Evil and Stellar Revival)

Band members

Current members

• Tyler Connolly – lead vocals, lead guitar (2001–present)
• Dave Brenner – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2001–present)
• Dean Back – bass, backing vocals (2001–present)
• Joey Dandeneau – drums, backing vocals (2010–present)

Former members

• Tim Hart – drums, backing vocals (2001–2004)
• Brent Fitz – drums, backing vocals (2004–2007)
• Robin Diaz – drums, backing vocals (2007–2010)

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions				Certifications (sales threshold)
		CAN [13]	US [14]	US Rock [15]	UK [16]
2002	Theory of a Deadman First studio album Release date: September 17, 2002 Label: 604 Records	4	85	—	—	CAN: Platinum
2005	Gasoline Second studio album Release date: March 29, 2005 Label: Roadrunner Records	10	58	—	—	CAN: Platinum
2008	Scars & Souvenirs Third studio album Release date: April 1, 2008 Label: Roadrunner Records	2	26	6	106	CAN: Platinum US: Platinum
2011	The Truth Is... Fourth studio album Release date: July 12, 2011 Label: Roadrunner Records	2	8	1	68 [17]	CAN: Platinum
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Awards

Juno Awards

Juno Awards are presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Theory of a Deadman has received one award and two other nominations.^[18]

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2006	Theory of a Deadman	Group of the Year	Nominated
2006	Gasoline	Rock Album of the Year	Nominated
2003	Theory of a Deadman	New Group of the Year	Won

Western Canadian Music Awards

The Western Canadian Music Awards are given out by the Western Canadian Music Alliance, a consortium of music industry associations from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Yukon Territory. Theory of a Deadman has received one WCMA award and two other nominations.^[19][20][21]

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2009	Scars and Souvenirs	Rock Recording of the Year	Won
2005	Gasoline	Outstanding Rock Recording	Nominated
2003	Theory of a Deadman	Outstanding Rock Recording	Nominated

BMI Pop Awards

"Not Meant to Be," written by band members Connolly, Brenner, and Back (along with Kara DioGuardi), was named a 2010 BMI Pop Awards Award-Winning Song.^[22]

References

External links

• Official website

Preceded by Lenny Kravitz

Grey Cup Halftime Show 2008

Succeeded by Blue Rodeo

v t e Theory of a Deadman Tyler Connolly Dean Back Dave Brenner Joey Dandeneau Tim Hart Brent Fitz Robin Diaz Studio albums Theory of a Deadman (2002) Gasoline (2005) Scars & Souvenirs (2008) The Truth Is... (2011) Singles "Nothing Could Come Between Us" "Make Up Your Mind" "Point to Prove" "The Last Song" "No Surprise" "Say Goodbye" "Santa Monica" "Hello Lonely (Walk Away from This)" "Better Off" "Since You've Been Gone" "So Happy" "Bad Girlfriend" "All or Nothing" "Hate My Life" "Not Meant to Be" "By the Way" "Wait for Me" "Little Smirk" "End of the Summer" "Lowlife" "Out of My Head" "Bitch Came Back" "Hurricane" Related articles Discography Vancouver, British Columbia WWE