{"id":71429,"date":"2024-02-14T12:04:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T17:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/02\/14\/chris-jericho-explains-how-he-built-fozzy-into-a-modern-rock-mainstay\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T12:04:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T17:04:40","slug":"chris-jericho-explains-how-he-built-fozzy-into-a-modern-rock-mainstay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/02\/14\/chris-jericho-explains-how-he-built-fozzy-into-a-modern-rock-mainstay\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Jericho Explains How He Built Fozzy Into A Modern Rock\u00a0Mainstay"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tWrestling star Chris Jericho\u2019s hard-rock band, Fozzy, has released eight albums since 2000, including three consecutive sets from 2012 to 2017 that charted on the Billboard 200<\/a>. (2014\u2019s Do You Wanna Start a War<\/em> fared best, peaking at No. 54.) Fozzy, which most recently released Boombox<\/em> in 2022, regularly tours the United States, making radio station visits and doing other local promo along the way. Jericho spoke by phone from his Tampa, Fla., home.<\/p>\n

\n\tHow important for you and Fozzy is the recognition that comes with chart hits?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tWe never realized how important rock radio is to a band\u2019s success until we started getting played on rock radio, and that started with \u201cJudas,\u201d back in 2018. We\u2019ve had six Top 10 hits since on the mainstream rock charts. It really makes a difference for the band\u2019s growth \u2014 people coming to the shows, the notoriety of the band. We\u2019ve become a radio artist now. Every song we\u2019ve released gets played across the country.<\/p>\n

\n\tDo you go through all the radio promotion exercises, visiting stations across the country, or do you avoid it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tNo, no, no, I don\u2019t avoid anything. Any type of promotion that I can do, I\u2019ll do it. If you put something out, you want to make sure people know it\u2019s out there. You visit a radio station, they\u2019re going to play your song more\u2026 It really is a long-term chess game with a lot of strategy involved.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen a Fozzy song hits the charts, how do you celebrate?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s always cool. But this is a business. We\u2019re not playing rock star in Fozzy. If we hit No. 1, I\u2019d celebrate, because that\u2019s the highest you can get. \u201cJudas\u201d got to No. 5 and they\u2019re playing it in football and hockey and wrestling stadiums around the world \u2014 but how can we do this for the next song? We\u2019re always looking forward. It\u2019s not like, \u201cWow, we\u2019ve made it because we\u2019re on the radio.\u201d You make it when you get to the Shinedown or Van Halen level, when you\u2019ve had 20 No. 1 songs.<\/p>\n

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