The Gun Show

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"The Gun Show"
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Single by In This Moment
from the album A Star-Crossed Wasteland
ReleasedJune 1, 2010
Genre Metalcore
Length4:46
Label Century Media
Songwriter(s) In This Moment
Producer(s) Kevin Churko
In This Moment singles chronology
"Call Me"
(2009)
"The Gun Show"
(2010)
"The Promise"
(2010)
Music video
"The Gun Show" on YouTube

"The Gun Show" is a song by American rock band In This Moment. It is the first promotional single released from their third studio album, A Star-Crossed Wasteland . The song was released to iTunes on June 1, premiered on Sirius XM Radio Liquid Metal channel, and was also available for streaming on their Myspace page for 24 hours.

Contents

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Style

"The Gun Show" represents the band's return to a heavier sound. Guitarist Chris Howorth says, "we just wanted to come out with a really heavy metal track to show everybody that In This Moment is back in metal and we’re embracing that part of ourselves." [1] It contains screaming by lead vocalist Maria Brink throughout the song with no clean vocals, a first for the band.

Track listing

  1. "The Gun Show" — 4:46

Music video

On May 1, 2010, the band posted a flyer on their Twitter and Myspace asking their Los Angeles area fans to come out in full cowboy costume for the music video. The video was directed by David Brodsky and debuted on Revolver TV June 23.

Brink describes the song and video shoot: "It's kind of a western ranch feel video for sure. I dressed up as a cowgirl and have these cowgirls in the video with me. We had so much fun doing it. It's just, I think it's one of the heaviest songs and we really love it, and its just a fun, awesome, summertime kick ass song." [2]

Personnel

In This Moment

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References

  1. "In This Moment Interview: Chris Howorth". thegauntlet.com. 2010-07-10.
  2. "In This Moment: A Princess and her Cowboys". 101distribution.com. 2010-06-14. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07.