Halestorm – 10 Best
“As a kid, when a lot of my friends were into Backstreet Boys, I attached myself to Alice Cooper, Cinderella, and Van Halen,” Lzzy Hale, Halestorm frontwoman, said in an interview. Halestorm, essentially a melodic Metal outfit, regularly displays those influences.
#10. Amen
According to Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale “the song is about personal freedom to do whatever you want.” The song, released in ’15, topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
#9. Mayhem
“We really wanted to bridge the gap, so to speak, between what people see on our live shows and then what people hear on all our records,” noted Hale. “We did all of the tracks live (for “Into The Wild Life”), just the four of us standing in a circle in this beautiful church in Nashville. The goal was to capture performances and moments that the four of us only know when we’re in our practice space or back in the day when we used to practice in our parents’ basement.”
#8. It’s Not You
“That was one of the first riffs I wrote on guitar, when I was 17,” offered Hale. “I was coming from being a piano player. So my perspective on the fretboard is different to how a lot of people approach guitar, if that’s their first instrument.”
“Now, it’s an incredible fan favorite… it’s stood the test of time.”
#7. I Miss The Misery
“I feel like we crossed over into not proving that we deserve to be here, but proving that we deserve to stay here,” Hale remembers. “As time goes on, you know more about the inner workings of everything, and it becomes a little less magical. “
#6. The Steeple
It was the second single from the band’s fifth studio album album, “Back From The Dead,” and went to #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
#5. Mz. Hyde
“For years I’ve been writing about these two sides of myself (onstage and off), and I wanted to capture that in a song,” Hale commented.
#4. Apocalyptic
The song was released in early 2015 as the lead single from the band’s third studio set, “Into The Wild.”
#3. I Get Off
The debut single from the band’s self-titled debut album was written by Hale, album producer, Howard Benson, Dana Calitri, Kathy Sommer, and Nina Ossoff. Critics were split with one describing the track as “low-grade stripper-Rock” with Hale “belting her sexual devotion in a rather unappealing way” to “instantly catchy” with “ever-building verses blending seamlessly into soaring choruses.”
#2. Freak Like Me
From the band’s second full-length effort, “The Strange Case Of…,” was their first single to reach #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
#1. Love Bites (So Do I)
Hale has stated that Thrash Metal bands were influences for the song. Accordingly, it won a 2013 Grammy for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance – beating out Anthrax, Iron Maiden, Lamb Of God, Marilyn Manson and Megadeth.
Halestorm
Lzzy Hale – Lead Vocals/Guitar
Joe Hottinger – Guitar/Vocals
Josh Smith – Bass/Vocals
Arejay Hale – Drums
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