''Phoenix'' is the seventh studio album released by

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. Shawn Harris of

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created the artwork for the album, as he did with the band's previous album ''

Broadcast to the World ''Broadcast to the World'' is the sixth studio album released by American punk rock band Zebrahead. The album was influenced by Lit's '' A Place in the Sun'' (1999). It is their first album with new co-vocalist/rhythm guitarist Matty Lewis, who ...

''. ''Phoenix '' was made available for streaming via

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's website on July 31, 2008, before being released on August 5, 2008 through Icon Mes. The band was due to embark on a US tour in August and September 2008, but had to cancel it when frontman Matty Lewis started suffering from vocal issues. They ended up going on a tour of mainland Europe in October 2008.

Singles

*"Mental Health" - released as the lead single from the album in June 2008. It peaked at number 16 on the

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charts, a music video accompanied its release. *"Hell Yeah!" - released as the second single in the fall of 2008; a music video accompanied its release. *"The Juggernauts" - released as the third and final single in winter–spring 2009; a music video accompanied its release. The video was filmed in the summer of 2008. The video shows the band members playing at the swimming pool with a large number of visitors on holiday. At the end of the video all participants start to play a song under the water.

Track listing

Personnel

Band *

Ali Tabatabaee Ali Tabatabaee (; born February 27, 1973) is an Iranian-American musician who is one of two main vocalists in the rock band Zebrahead. Alongside bandmate Matty Lewis, he performed the titular character's theme song for the 2006 video game ''So ...

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- lead vocals,

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*Greg Bergdorf -

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*Ben Osmundson -

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*Ed Udhus -

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Backing staff *

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- keyboards *

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- keyboards on "Hell Yeah!" * Cameron Webb - mixing,

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* Mike Plotnikoff -

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- mastering

Trivia

* "HMP" stands for Heavy Metal Push-Ups and according to the band the name came about because playing the song gave their fingers a workout. * "Mike Dexter is a God, Mike Dexter is a Role Model, Mike Dexter is an Asshole" is a reference to the character Mike Dexter from the movie ''

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Singles

Track listing

Personnel

Trivia

Chart positions

Release history

References