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Here's To Us by Halestorm
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Halestorm Is A Rock Band From Pennsylvania US That Signed A Recording Contract With Atlantic Records A Major Recording Label On June 28 2005. The Group Has Released Four Albums On Atlantic "Halestorm" 2009 "The Strange Case Of..." 2012 "Into The Wild Life" 2015 And "Vicious" 2018 Won A Grammy For "Love Bites So Do I " And Charted Three #1 Singles On Mainstream Rock. The Group Has Been Consistently Active Writing And Performing Original Music Since The Mid-1990's And Becoming Increasingly Successful. They Have Achieved International Airplay Having Been Featured On The Lord Litter Show In Germany. The Band Has Been The Featured Artist Appearing On The Cover Of Pennsylvania Musician Magazine Three Times August 1999 March 2000 And February 2003 . The Band Toured Nationally Across The United States From January To March 2006 On The Winterfresh Sno-Core Tour With Seether Shinedown And Flyleaf. There Were About 23 Shows In That Tour And The Band Has Performed About 200 Times Per Year Since 1997. Siblings Arejay And Elizabeth "Lzzy" Hale Have Been Actively Writing And Performing Original Music Since 1997 When They Were 10 And 13 Years Old Respectively. Both Brother And Sister Started Learning Piano At The Age Of 5 Lzzy Later Progressed To A Keytar And Arejay To The Drums. Lzzy Took Guitar Lessons At 16. The Teen Siblings Released An EP Titled Don't Mess With The Time Man In 2000. In Halestorm's Earliest Incarnation Lzzy And Arejay's Father Played Bass Before Josh Smith Joined The Group In 2004. Guitarist Joe Hottinger Joined In 2003.
The Group Signed A Recording Contract With Atlantic Records On June 28 2005 And Released A Live EP Titled One And Done. The EP Now Out Of Print Featured An Early Live Version Of "It's Not You." Their Self-Titled Debut Album Was Released On April 28 2009. The Song "I Get Off" Served As The Album's Lead Single And Has Gained Heavy Radio Play. Both The Song And Video For Their Second Single "It's Not You" Were Released In Late November 2009. In Early 2010 The Band Released A Promotional Music Video For Their Song "Love/Hate Heartbreak". "Familiar Taste Of Poison" Was Released In 2010.The Official Music Video Was Released On August 10 2010. Lzzy Hale's Use Of Gibson Guitars Is Well Known Models She Plays Includes The Tribal Flying V Gibson Explorer Les Paul Custom Firebird And The Joan Jett Signature Melody Maker. 5 Arejay Hale Was Featured In The June 2010 Issue Of Modern Drummer Magazine And Is Endorsed By Ludwig Drums Zildjian Cymbals And Pro-Mark Drumsticks. Halestorm Is Well Known For Their Near Non-Stop Touring Often Performing As Many As 250 Shows A Year.Since 2006 They Have Toured With Many Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Acts Including Chevelle Seether Staind Papa Roach Trapt Three Days Grace Theory Of A Deadman Buckcherry Disturbed Shinedown Megadeth And Heaven & Hell. Halestorm Appeared On The First Annual Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival With Headliners Disturbed And Avenged Sevenfold Plus Stone Sour Hellyeah Hail The Villain Airbourne And New Medicine. 8 In October 2010 Halestorm Will Be Making Their First Trip To Japan To Participate In The 2010 Loud Park Festival. Halestorm Will Embark On The 2010 Taste Of Chaos Tour Alongside Headliners Disturbed As Well As Support Acts Papa Roach And Buckcherry. On November 16 2010 Halestorm Released A Live CD/DVD Entitled Live In Philly 2010 Which Was Recorded At The TLA In Philadelphia In Early 2010. On March 22 2011 Halestorm Released An EP Called ReAnimate Containing Covers Of Songs Of Different Genres Including "Out Ta Get Me" By Guns N' Roses "Bad Romance" By Lady Gaga And The First Single "Slave To The Grind" By Skid Row. On January 24 2012 Halestorm Released The EP Hello It's Mz. Hyde A Sneak Preview Of Four Songs From Their Upcoming Studio Album. Their Second Full Length Album The Strange Case Of... Was Released On April 10 2012 In The US April 9 In The UK And April 17 In Italy. On February 10 2013 Halestorm Won Grammy For Best Rock/metal Performance For Their Song Love Bites So Do I .
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“Here's To Us” Is A Song By American Rock Band Halestorm. It Was Released As The 4th Single Off Their Second Full-Length Studio Album "The Strange Case Of...". "Here's To Us" Discusses How The Band Members Like To Drink To Both The Good Times And Bad. Lzzy Described How They Have A Collection Of Wine Bottles Marked With The Date It Was Drunk With Commemorate The Times When The Band Has Drunk To Their Low Points This Is The Closing Track Of Pennsylvania Alternative Metal Band Halestorm's Sophomore Album The Strange Case Of... The Group Premiered This Song On December 31 2011 When They Performed It At Crocodile Rock Cafe In Allentown Pennsylvania. Speaking With About.Com Vocalist Lzzy Hale Explained That The Recording Of The Album Was A "rush Job." She Said "We Had A Handful Of Songs We Had Written On The Road. Then We Got Off The Road Had 24 Hours To Pack Then Went Right Into The Studio The Next Day. It Was 'Oh My God What Do We Do?' But Honestly With The Songwriting This Time We Weren't Thinking Too Much About It. Last Record We Were Thinking Things Like If It Would Have Mass Appeal Would The Label Like It Would Radio Like It? This Time We Didn't Do Any Of That. We Just Let The Song Be Whatever It Was Going To Be. That's Why It's So Eclectic. There's The Human Element To It Which I Enjoy."
Arejay Hale Laid Down His Drums For The Album In Around Two Days. He Told About.Com "I Had To Do Five Or Six Tracks A Day Onto Two Inch Tape. So I Had To Get It Right The First Time. There's No Editing No ProTools. And It Was The Day After Lzzy's Birthday So I Was Hung Over. So I Just Chugged Some Water And Laid Down The Angriest Drum Tracks I Possibly Could." This Song Was Performed On The 'On My Way' Episode Of The Fox Comedy Drama Glee On February 21 2012. The Show's Rachel Berry Lea Michele Took The Lead With A Cleaned Up Version Of The Tune. Lzzy Hale Told About.Com Apparently The Song Got Around. Somebody At Our Label Let It Slip And They The Show Ended Up Calling. I Thought To Myself There Are Three Words In This Song That Can Absolutely Not Go On Glee. So I Ended Up Recording A Clean Version For Them." Halestorm Recorded A New 'guest Version' In 2013 Featuring Appearances By A Number Of Well-Known Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Musicians. Slash Brent Smith Of Shinedown Myles Kennedy Of Alter Bridge And The Conspirators James Michael Of Sixx A.M Tyler Connolly Of Theory Of A Deadman David Draiman Of Disturbed And Device And Maria Brink Of In This Moment All Joined The Band On This Song. Halestorm's Lzzy Hale Explained The Song's Meaning To Rolling Stone "We Wrote This Song Literally As Our Personal Anthem " She Said. "We've Been Through A Lot Together As A Band And We've Learned To Celebrate The Low Times As Well As The Highs. It's About Toughin' Out And Respecting The Journey For Us And That's How We Have Kept It Together As A Foursome For 10 Years! Here's To Us!"
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Halestorm Is A Rock Band From Pennsylvania US That Signed A Recording Contract With Atlantic Records A Major Recording Label On June 28 2005. The Group Has Released Four Albums On Atlantic "Halestorm" 2009 "The Strange Case Of..." 2012 "Into The Wild Life" 2015 And "Vicious" 2018 Won A Grammy For "Love Bites So Do I " And Charted Three #1 Singles On Mainstream Rock. The Group Has Been Consistently Active Writing And Performing Original Music Since The Mid-1990's And Becoming Increasingly Successful. They Have Achieved International Airplay Having Been Featured On The Lord Litter Show In Germany. The Band Has Been The Featured Artist Appearing On The Cover Of Pennsylvania Musician Magazine Three Times August 1999 March 2000 And February 2003 . The Band Toured Nationally Across The United States From January To March 2006 On The Winterfresh Sno-Core Tour With Seether Shinedown And Flyleaf. There Were About 23 Shows In That Tour And The Band Has Performed About 200 Times Per Year Since 1997. Siblings Arejay And Elizabeth "Lzzy" Hale Have Been Actively Writing And Performing Original Music Since 1997 When They Were 10 And 13 Years Old Respectively. Both Brother And Sister Started Learning Piano At The Age Of 5 Lzzy Later Progressed To A Keytar And Arejay To The Drums. Lzzy Took Guitar Lessons At 16. The Teen Siblings Released An EP Titled Don't Mess With The Time Man In 2000. In Halestorm's Earliest Incarnation Lzzy And Arejay's Father Played Bass Before Josh Smith Joined The Group In 2004. Guitarist Joe Hottinger Joined In 2003.
The Group Signed A Recording Contract With Atlantic Records On June 28 2005 And Released A Live EP Titled One And Done. The EP Now Out Of Print Featured An Early Live Version Of "It's Not You." Their Self-Titled Debut Album Was Released On April 28 2009. The Song "I Get Off" Served As The Album's Lead Single And Has Gained Heavy Radio Play. Both The Song And Video For Their Second Single "It's Not You" Were Released In Late November 2009. In Early 2010 The Band Released A Promotional Music Video For Their Song "Love/Hate Heartbreak". "Familiar Taste Of Poison" Was Released In 2010.The Official Music Video Was Released On August 10 2010. Lzzy Hale's Use Of Gibson Guitars Is Well Known Models She Plays Includes The Tribal Flying V Gibson Explorer Les Paul Custom Firebird And The Joan Jett Signature Melody Maker. 5 Arejay Hale Was Featured In The June 2010 Issue Of Modern Drummer Magazine And Is Endorsed By Ludwig Drums Zildjian Cymbals And Pro-Mark Drumsticks. Halestorm Is Well Known For Their Near Non-Stop Touring Often Performing As Many As 250 Shows A Year.Since 2006 They Have Toured With Many Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Acts Including Chevelle Seether Staind Papa Roach Trapt Three Days Grace Theory Of A Deadman Buckcherry Disturbed Shinedown Megadeth And Heaven & Hell. Halestorm Appeared On The First Annual Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival With Headliners Disturbed And Avenged Sevenfold Plus Stone Sour Hellyeah Hail The Villain Airbourne And New Medicine. 8 In October 2010 Halestorm Will Be Making Their First Trip To Japan To Participate In The 2010 Loud Park Festival. Halestorm Will Embark On The 2010 Taste Of Chaos Tour Alongside Headliners Disturbed As Well As Support Acts Papa Roach And Buckcherry. On November 16 2010 Halestorm Released A Live CD/DVD Entitled Live In Philly 2010 Which Was Recorded At The TLA In Philadelphia In Early 2010. On March 22 2011 Halestorm Released An EP Called ReAnimate Containing Covers Of Songs Of Different Genres Including "Out Ta Get Me" By Guns N' Roses "Bad Romance" By Lady Gaga And The First Single "Slave To The Grind" By Skid Row. On January 24 2012 Halestorm Released The EP Hello It's Mz. Hyde A Sneak Preview Of Four Songs From Their Upcoming Studio Album. Their Second Full Length Album The Strange Case Of... Was Released On April 10 2012 In The US April 9 In The UK And April 17 In Italy. On February 10 2013 Halestorm Won Grammy For Best Rock/metal Performance For Their Song Love Bites So Do I . read less
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“Here's to Us” is a song by American rock band Halestorm. It was released as the 4th single off their second full-length studio album, "The Strange Case Of...".
"Here's to Us" discusses how the band members like to drink to both the good times and bad. Lzzy described how they have a collection of wine bottles, marked with the date it was drunk, with commemorate the times when the band has drunk to their low points
This is the closing track of Pennsylvania alternative metal band Halestorm's sophomore album, The Strange Case Of... The group premiered this song on December 31, 2011 when they performed it at Crocodile Rock Cafe in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Speaking with About.com, vocalist Lzzy Hale explained that the recording of the album was a "rush job." She said: "We had a handful of songs we had written on the road. Then we got off the road, had 24 hours to pack, then went right into the studio the next day. It was, 'Oh my God, what do we do?' But honestly, with the songwriting this time we weren't thinking too much about it. Last record we were thinking things like if it would have mass appeal, would the label like it, would radio like it? This time we didn't do any of that. We just let the song be whatever it was going to be. That's why it's so eclectic. There's the human element to it, which I enjoy."
Arejay Hale laid down his drums for the album in around two days. He told About.com: "I had to do five or six tracks a day onto two inch tape. So I had to get it right the first time. There's no editing, no ProTools. And it was the day after Lzzy's birthday, so I was hung over. So I just chugged some water and laid down the angriest drum tracks I possibly could."
This song was performed on the 'On My Way' episode of the Fox comedy drama Glee on February 21, 2012. The show's Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) took the lead with a cleaned up version of the tune. Lzzy Hale told About.com: Apparently the song got around. Somebody at our label let it slip, and they (the show) ended up calling. I thought to myself, there are three words in this song that can absolutely not go on Glee. So I ended up recording a clean version for them."
Halestorm recorded a new 'guest version' in 2013 featuring appearances by a number of well-known hard rock and heavy metal musicians. Slash, Brent Smith of Shinedown, Myles Kennedy of Alter Bridge and The Conspirators, James Michael of Sixx: A.M, Tyler Connolly of Theory Of A Deadman, David Draiman of Disturbed and Device and Maria Brink of In This Moment all joined the band on this song.
Halestorm's Lzzy Hale explained the song's meaning to Rolling Stone: "We wrote this song literally as our personal anthem," she said. "We've been through a lot together as a band, and we've learned to celebrate the low times as well as the highs. It's about toughin' out and respecting the journey for us, and that's how we have kept it together as a foursome for 10 years! Here's to us!" Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.