Straight Outta Burbank… is the second of two-part cover albums, predecessor being Meanwhile in Burbank…. The EP consists of five cover songs from bands that influenced the members; each member choosing a song.
Back in February of 2014 while Stone Sour was touring, Corey approached me about Stone Sour doing a cover of the Metal Church song ‘The Dark’ for the movie Fear Clinic. I thought it would be cool not only to record ‘The Dark,’ but the five cover songs that we had played on that tour. The idea was not to shy away from a song because it was popular or pick a band that most people might not have heard, but to pick ones that truly meant something to one of us at some point in our life.
Burbank is where Roy lives, and we did all the music in his home studio. So I was just, like, ‘Dude, the title’s gotta be, Meanwhile In Burbank… And then it just became, like, ‘How can we play on that?’ ‘No Sleep 'Till Burbank'… Straight Outta Burbank'…