"Shockwave" is a song by American heavy metal band

Black Tide Black Tide was an American heavy metal band from Kendall, Florida. Formed in 2004, the band last consisted of Gabriel Garcia (lead guitar, vocals), Austin Diaz (rhythm guitar) and Cody Paige (drums). They released their debut album, '' Light f ...

. It is credited to Gabriel Garcia, Alexander Nuñez and Raul Garcia Jr. It was the first track and first single from their 2008 debut album ''

Light from Above ''Light from Above'' is the debut album by American heavy metal band Black Tide. It was released on March 18, 2008, and was produced by Johnny K. Each member of Black Tide was under 20 years of age during the recording of this album, making it ...

'', with the other two singles being "Warriors of Time" and "Shout". It was released before the album. The CD single was the band's first official release and is also known as the ''Black Tide EP''. The single version is a clean edit of the song, the word "fuck" that is mentioned in the chorus is removed. It is one of the band's most famous songs and is played live on almost all of the band's concerts; it was also performed on ''

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'' on March 27, 2008. It charted in the U.S. at number 25.

Music video

Two music videos were made for the song and both were aired on

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''. *The first was directed by Travis Kopach and features the band playing and trashing a house along with some fans. Later, the police comes and everybody escapes the house. At the beginning, vocalist/guitarist Gabriel Garcia hangs in a lamp from the ceiling. That picture later became the cover for their EP ''

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''. *A second video was also made and is a compilation of live scenes from

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2007 and backstage footage. It was directed by Jason Bergh.

In popular culture

* "Shockwave" is featured on the

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'', the North American version of '' Guitar Hero: Modern Hits'', and as a downloadable song for the PlayStation 3,

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, and Xbox 360 versions of ''

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Track listing

CD single

Digital single

''Black Tide EP''

Chart positions

Personnel

* Gabriel Garcia: vocals, lead guitar * Alex Nuñez: rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Zakk Sandler: bass, backing vocals * Steven Spence: drums, percussion

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shockwave (song) 2007 songs Black Tide songs Song recordings produced by Johnny K