Roadrunner_United:_The_All_Star_Sessions

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Roadrunner United

2005 project by Roadrunner Records


Roadrunner United was a project organized by American heavy metal record label Roadrunner Records to celebrate its 25th anniversary. It culminated in an album released worldwide on October 11, 2005,[1] entitled The All-Star Sessions. Four "team captains" were chosen to lead 57 artists from 45 past and present Roadrunner bands, and produce and oversee the album's 18 tracks: then-Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison, Trivium frontman and guitarist Matt Heafy, Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares, and Machine Head frontman and guitarist Robb Flynn. The project was the brainchild of Roadrunner UK general manager Mark Palmer and Roadrunner USA VP of A&R Monte Conner. The album project was coordinated by Lora Richardson and was mixed by Colin Richardson and Andy Sneap. The All-Star Sessions spawned one single and music video ("The End"). The DVD included with the CD purchase is a documentary of the "Making Of" the songs. It features the sessions of the four team captains making their songs.[2]

A promotional shot of the four 'team captains'. From left to right: Robb Flynn, Matt Heafy, Joey Jordison (wearing his Slipknot mask), and Dino Cazares.
A promotional shot of the four 'team captains'. From left to right: Robb Flynn, Matt Heafy, Joey Jordison (wearing his Slipknot mask), and Dino Cazares.

On October 13, 2008, Roadrunner Records announced that a two-disc DVD of a release party-concert, featuring songs from the album performed live, would be released on December 9, 2008. The DVD features the full concert and a documentary.

The All-Star Sessions

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Track listing

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(C) – Denotes the captain for the song.

Personnel

Team Captains

Robb Flynn, guitarist and vocalist for Machine Head
Dino Cazares, guitarist for Fear Factory
Joey Jordison, former drummer for Slipknot
Matt Heafy, vocalist and guitarist for Trivium

The following were the primary songwriters/producers for the album and were referred to as the 'Team Captains', each getting to select the musicians they wanted for each song.

  • Robb Flynn – co-lead vocals (track 1), keyboards (tracks 7, 9), rhythm guitar, production (1, 7, 9, 16)
  • Dino Cazares – rhythm guitar, production (tracks 2, 5, 11, 17)
  • Joey Jordison – bass (tracks 6, 10), drums, production (tracks 3, 6, 10, 14, 18)
  • Matt Heafy – lead vocals (track 5), backing vocals (tracks 8, 13), acoustic guitar (tracks 4, 13), lead and rhythm guitar, production (tracks 4, 8, 13, 15)

Vocalists

Guitarists

Bassists

Drummers

Keyboards/Programming

Engineers

  • Matt Sepanic (tracks 3, 6, 10, 14, 18)
  • Jason Suecof (tracks (4, 8, 13, 15)
  • Roy Mayorga (tracks 2, 5, 11, 17)
  • Mark Keaton (tracks 1, 7, 9, 16)

Charts

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Roadrunner United: The Concert

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A concert celebrating the project, album and anniversary took place on Thursday December 15, 2005, at the Nokia Theater in New York City. The concert featured multiple musicians both past and present from Roadrunner bands, as well as musicians that did not originally perform on the All-Star Sessions album. The set list consisted of some of the most popular and famous songs released by Roadrunner Records as well as some of the original songs from the project's album. The 'core band', who performed on the majority of the songs, was Dino Cazares, Adam Duce, Paul Gray, Joey Jordison, Andreas Kisser, and Roy Mayorga.

Set list

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  1. Credited as Keith Caputo

References

  1. Roadrunner United – The All-Star Sessions Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved July 20, 2022
  2. "Burning your ears since 1980". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  3. "Roadrunner United – The All-Star Sessions – Review". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  4. "Roadrunner United – The All-Star Sessions (album review 4)". Sputnikmusic. October 31, 2005. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  5. "Dutchcharts.nl – Roadrunner United – The All-Star Sessions" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  6. "Lescharts.com – Roadrunner United – The All-Star Sessions". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  7. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 465. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

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