Every Mother's Nightmare

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Every Mother's Nightmare
Also known asEMN
Origin Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Genres Hard rock, [1] hair metal [2]
Years active1987present
LabelsHighVolMusic
Arista Records
Perris Records
MembersRick Ruhl
Travis Butler
John Guttery
Troy Fleming
Allan Bone
Past membersSteve Malone
Troy Bryan
Ronnie Cantrell
James Crawford
Kris 'Newt' Beavers
Craig Santicola
Jim Phipps
Shannon Harris
Mark McMurtry
Jeff Caughron
Lonnie Hammer
James Starks
Website www.emnrocks.com

Every Mother's Nightmare (EMN) is an American hard rock/hair metal band from Memphis, Tennessee, United States.

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Career

Every Mother's Nightmare formed in 1987 in Memphis and were signed by Clive Davis to Arista Records. [3] After signing with Arista, their videos for “Walls Came Down,” “Love Can Make You Blind,” and “House of Pain” appeared on MTV's Headbangers Ball .

In the early 1990s, they opened for Cheap Trick and Dream Theater, were featured in Hard Rock magazines, and appeared on The Joan Rivers Show .

Actor Michael Shannon appears in the music video for the song "House of Pain", which was featured on the band's second album.

In 2015, they released the "Grind" EP, which included guest appearances by Zach Myers of Shinedown, and Wayne Swinny of Saliva. In 2017, the full Grind album was released, which included guest appearances by Myers and Swinny. They also released three videos to accompany the release.

In 2018, Smokin' Delta Voodoo, remastered by Anthony Focx, was reissued with bonus tracks. In 2019, Backtraxx was reissued with bonus tracks from the recording sessions. Backtraxx was remastered by Bill Chavis for HighVolMusic. [4]

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Singles

Current members

Original members

Charts

Albums

Singles

See also

References

  1. Demalon, Tom. "Every Mother's Nightmare – Artist Biography". AllMusic. All Media Network . Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  2. Crigler, Pete (February 2015). "Hair Metal". Perfect Sound Forever . Archived from the original on June 27, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  3. Colin Larkin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Who's Who of Heavy Metal (Second ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 124. ISBN   0-85112-656-1.
  4. "HighVolMusic LLC | #RockAintDead". Highvolmusic.com. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  5. "Every Mother's Nightmare". Billboard.com. Retrieved November 15, 2019.