Saliva (band)

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{{infobox band | band_name = Saliva | image = Image:Salivaband.jpg | caption = The band (including ex-member Chris D'Abaldo) | years_active = 1996– | origin = Memphis, Tennessee | country = United States | music_genre = Alt-metal, Post-grunge, Hard rock | record_label = Island Records | current_members = Josey Scott (vocals, acoustic guitar)
Wayne Swinny (electric guitar)
Dave Novotny (bass guitar)
Paul Crosby (drums) | past_members = Chris D'abaldo (guitar) | website = www.saliva.com }}

Saliva is an Alt-metal/hard rock band that was originally founded on September 1996 in Memphis, Tennessee.

1 Biography
2 Discography
3 Trivia
4 External links

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Biography

The group was formed in September 1996 in Memphis, Tennessee. While Memphis was an unlikely place for a alternative metal/post-grunge band, Saliva was able to follow in the tradition of crafting hard rock songs in radio-friendly format popularized by the likes of Creed, Nickelback and Deftones. After competing in the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences Grammy Showcase competition, where they advanced to the final round in New York City, the group self-released their self-titled debut album which sold over 10,000 copies in their region, prompting Island Records to take notice. Their Island debut Every Six Seconds was released in 2001, followed by Back Into Your System in 2002.

On May 29 2005, guitarist Chris D'abaldo announced that he had left the band "for obvious reasons, as the band is not a unit anymore." He then shortly retracted his statement and apologized, declaring on the band's website that "there was a bit of an issue we're working through and we're looking forward to recording a new album later this year". [1] However, his departure appears to have been confirmed; the band's website currently apologizes for the confusion and confirms that due to 'creative differences', D'abaldo is leaving the band, but that Saliva "is completely moving forward as planned and [has] our best music ahead of us".

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Discography

Saliva (1997)
Every Six Seconds (March, 2001)
Back Into Your System (November 12, 2002)
Survival of the Sickest (August 17, 2004)

They will be releasing their 5th album "The Rise and Fall of a Glorified Kingdom" in the first half of 2006. You can check out Saliva's myspace profile [2] or blog [3] for more information on their 5th album.

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Trivia

Saliva performs the theme music for WWE wrestler/superstar Batista, titled "I Walk Alone". (The song is sometimes incorrectly called "Unleashed". In a video on WWE.com, you can see the top of a music sheet with the real title on the top.) Saliva also performed the theme music for the Dudley Boyz ("Get the Tables") and Chris Jericho ("King Of My World"). However, Jericho has only used that theme a few times. While in Ohio Valley Wrestling, Tag Team MNM used their song "SuperStar" as their entrance theme.
Their song "Superstar" served as a theme for the movie The Fast And The Furious and WWF WrestleMania X8. Their song "Always" also served as the main theme song for WWE Survivor Series 2002.
Their song "Your Disease" was featured in the 2002 video game "Chris Edwards Aggressive Inline", this song was also used by OVW tag team The Blonde Bombers a.k.a. WWE SmackDown's tag team, The Dicks.
Their song "Survival of the Sickest" served as the main theme song for WWE Unforgiven 2004.
Saliva have appeared as special guests for WWF/WWE Events twice (WWE WrestleMania X8 and Survivor Series 2002). They have played their songs live for the WWE on both events.
They performed the theme music for the video game Spyhunter.
They also had their song "After Me" featured on the PS2's hit thriller "The Thing"
Their song "Click Click Boom" is one of the in-game tracks of BMX XXX