Every Mother's Nightmare (EMN) is an American

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band from Memphis, Tennessee, United States.

Career

Every Mother's Nightmare formed in 1987 in Memphis and were signed by

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. After signing with Arista, their videos for “Walls Came Down,” “Love Can Make You Blind,” and “House of Pain” appeared on

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''. In the early 1990s, EMN opened for Cheap Trick and

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, were featured in Hard Rock magazines, and appeared on '' The Joan Rivers Show''. Two-time Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon can be seen in the music video for the song "House of Pain" which was featured on the band's second album. In 2015, they released the "Grind" EP, which included guest appearances by Zach Myers of Shinedown, and

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. In 2017, Every Mother's Nightmare released the ''Grind'' album, which included guest appearances by Myers and Swinny, and they also released three videos. In 2018, they reissued ''Smokin' Delta Voodoo'' which included bonus tracks. ''Smokin' Delta Voodoo'' was remastered by

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. In 2019, they reissued ''Backtraxx'' which also contained bonus tracks from the recording sessions. ''Backtraxx'' was remastered by Bill Chavis for HighVolMusic.

Discography

Studio albums

*1990 - ''Every Mother's Nightmare'' (Arista) Released on April 10, 1990 *1993 - ''Wake Up Screaming'' (Arista) Released on January 12, 1993 *2000 - ''Smokin Delta Voodoo'' (Perris) Released on November 14, 2000 *2001 - ''Back Traxx'' (Perris) Released on July 24, 2001 *2002 - ''Deeper Shade of Grey'' (Perris) Released on February 12, 2002 *2015 - ''Grind - EP'' (EMN Records) Released on June 19, 2015 *2017 - ''Grind - Full Length'' (HighVolMusic) Released on October 6, 2017 *2018 - ''Smokin' Delta Voodoo - Reissue'' (HighVolMusic) Released on June 8, 2018 *2019 - ''Grind - Vinyl'' (HighVolMusic) *2019 - ''Backtraxx - Reissue'' (HighVolMusic) *2020 - ''Resurrect The Faithful'' (HighVolMusic)

Live albums

*2002 - ''Live Songs from Somewhere'' (Perris) Released on December 3, 2002

Singles

*1990 - "Walls Come Down" (Arista) *1990 - "Love Can Make You Blind" (Arista) *1993 - "House of Pain" (Arista) *2017 - "Loco Crazy" (HighVolMusic) *2018 - "Blown Away" (HighVolMusic) *2018 - "Delta Voodoo" (HighVolMusic) *2019 - "Southern Way" (HighVolMusic) *2020 - "Breathe" (HighVolMusic)

Current members

*Rick Ruhl - Vocals *John Guttery - Lead Guitar *Troy Fleming -

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*Travis Butler - Lead Guitar

Original members

*Rick Ruhl - Lead singer *Steve Malone/James Crawford - Guitar *Ronnie Cantrell/Mark McMurtry - Bass *Troy Bryan/Jim Phipps - Drums

Charts

Albums *1990 ''Every Mother's Nightmare'', Billboard 200 No. 146 *1993 ''Wake Up Screaming'', Billboard Heatseekers No. 37 Singles *1990 "Love Can Make You Blind", Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 22 *2017 "Loco Crazy", NACC/Metal Contraband Tracks No. 3 *2018 "Loco Crazy", Mediabase Tracks No. 71

References

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