I'll be honest, I thought I already covered this album before. But alas, I have not. Fozzy is a weirder one for me. Truly formed in 1999 when Rich Ward met Chris Jericho, the wrestler, after a WWF show on Texas, it was but a cover band made by whoever was available and Rich Ward called Fozzy Osbourne before this meeting. This event led to the band assembling and after a couple back and forth sessions and what have you, Jericho joined as a permanent frontman under the moniker Mongoose ... read more
Highlights: End of Days, Over the Mountain
This was painfully mediocre and I'm pretty bummed about it. Chris Jericho is one of my GOATs (I know he's a dickwad but his wrestling is amazing) so seeing that his band is pretty meh is a big letdown. The lyric writing is extremely dated (even by 2000s standards), the guitarwork is repetitive, and the highlights just sound like ripoffs of Queensryche songs. Go ahead and give this one a pass.
| 1 | Stand Up and Shout 3:39 | 54 |
| 2 | Eat the Rich 4:05 | 45 |
| 3 | Stay Hungry 2:56 | 51 |
| 4 | The Prisoner 6:18 | 48 |
| 5 | Live Wire 3:17 | 52 |
| 6 | End of Days 3:54 | 50 |
| 7 | Over the Mountain 4:31 | 50 |
| 8 | Blackout 3:39 | 43 |
| 9 | Feel the Burn 4:23 | 46 |
| 10 | Riding on the Wind 3:10 | 52 |