''Strait Up'' is the second studio album by the American

nu metal Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nü-metal, with a metal umlaut) is a subgenre of that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop music, hip hop, funk, industrial music, industrial, and grunge. Nu ...

band Snot, released on November 7, 2000. The album features appearances by various

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musicians. The album was released as a tribute to Snot's lead singer

Lynn Strait James Lynn Strait (August 7, 1968 – December 11, 1998) was an American singer. He was the lead vocalist and lyricist for the nu metal band Snot. Biography Strait was born on August 7, 1968, in Manhasset, New York. His father was in the US ...

, who was killed in a car accident on December 11, 1998.

Reception

The album peaked at No. 56 on the ''Billboard'' 200. ''

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'' called the album "A vivid cross section of

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styles".12/00, p. 70 ''

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'' gave the album 4 stars out of 5 and said that "The riffs are diamond hard and magnificently driven... the best of the band is found in their quieter moments." It won a 2000

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Readers' Choice Award for Hits/Compilation/Live Album of the Year.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from album's

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. Snot *

– vocals ,

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*Mike Doling – guitars , additional vocals *

Sonny Mayo Ronald D. Mayo (born July 16, 1971) is an American guitarist. He is best known for playing with Snot, Amen, and Sevendust, co-writing several albums. He co-founded Rock to Recovery, a music therapy non-profit, in 2014. Career Mayo began pla ...

– guitars ,

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*John Fahnestock – bass , additional vocals *Jamie Miller – drums Guest musicians *

Brandon Boyd Brandon Charles Boyd (born February 15, 1976) is an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Incubus, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums. In addition to his work with Incubus, Boyd has released two solo alb ...

– vocals *

Max Cavalera Massimiliano Antonio "Max" Cavalera (; born 4 August 1969) is a Brazilian musician. He co-founded the Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Sepultura in 1984 with his brother Igor Cavalera, and was the band's lead singer and rhythm guitarist unti ...

– vocals *Mike "Mad Dog" Combs – additional guitars *Nathan Cox – additional vocals * Whitfield Crane – additional vocals *

Jonathan Davis Jonathan Howsmon Davis (born January 18, 1971), also known as JD, is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is the lead vocalist and frontman of nu metal band Korn, which is considered a pioneering act of the nu metal genre. Davis's ...

– vocals * Marcello Dias – additional bass *

Fred Durst William Frederick Durst (born Frederick Allen Mayne III; August 20, 1970) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, and director. He is the frontman and lyricist of the nu metal band Limp Bizkit, formed in 1994, with whom he has release ...

– vocals *

Aimee Echo Aimee Echo ( né Rodrigues; born March 27, 1970) is an American singer. She rose to prominence as the singer of Human Waste Project, who she fronted between 1994 until the band's dissolution in 1998. Afterwards, she became the frontwoman of th ...

– additional vocals * Klaus Eichstad – additional guitars *

Dez Fafara Bradley James "Dez" Fafara is an American vocalist who performs in the metal bands DevilDriver and Coal Chamber. Early life Fafara is of Portuguese and Italian descent. His father, Tiger Fafara, and his late uncle, Stanley Fafara, were child ...

– vocals * Stan Frasier – additional vocals * Jared "M.C.U.D." Gomes – vocals *

Shannon Larkin James Shannon Larkin (born April 24, 1967) is an American musician, best known as the former drummer of the rock band Godsmack. He replaced the band's previous drummer Tommy Stewart in June 2002, and played on six of their studio albums: '' Fac ...

– drums *

Clint Lowery Clint Edward Lowery (born December 15, 1971) is an American musician, songwriter and producer, best known as a guitarist and backing vocalist in the rock band Sevendust. He has also played in Dark New Day and Still Rain, and served as the tourin ...

– guitar and vocals *

Mark McGrath Mark Sayers McGrath (born March 15, 1968) is an American singer who is the lead vocalist of the rock band Sugar Ray. McGrath is also known for his work as a co-host of ''Extra'', and he was the host of ''Don't Forget the Lyrics!'' in 2010. McG ...

– vocals *

Shavo Odadjian Shavarsh "Shavo" Odadjian (; born April 22, 1974) is an Armenian-American musician, best known as the bassist of nu metal band System of a Down. He also plays bass in a Trap music, trap group called North Kingsley and in the metal band Seven Hou ...

– additional bass *

Ozzy Osbourne John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and media personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead singer of the heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which per ...

– spoken word * DJ Product – turntables *

Morgan Rose Morgan Jay Rose (born December 13, 1968) is an American musician, best known for being a founding member of Atlanta-based alternative metal band Sevendust. In addition to being the band's drummer, he contributes a mix of backing and unclean voca ...

– drums *

Jason Sears Jason Kemper Sears (23 January 1968 – 31 January 2006) was an American punk rock vocalist from Santa Barbara, California, best known for his work with Rich Kids on LSD (RKL), from 1982 to their first breakup in 1990 and again from 1993 to 2006. ...

– vocals *

Serj Tankian Serj Tankian ( , ; born August 21, 1967) is an Armenian-American musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the alternative metal band System of a Down, which was formed in 1994. Tankian has released five albums with System of a Down ...

– vocals *

Corey Taylor Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter, author and actor. He is the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Slipknot (band), Slipknot, in which he is designated #8, as well as the lead vocalist, guitarist, ly ...

– vocals *Jim Wirt – strings ,

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, piano *

Lajon Witherspoon Lajon Jermaine Witherspoon (born October 3, 1972) is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist of Atlanta-based rock band Sevendust. Members from bands such as Staind, Seether, Alter Bridge, and Diecast have listed Witherspoon and Seve ...

– vocals Production *Nic Adler – executive producer *Andrew Alekel – additional engineering *Stefan Broadley –

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, programming *

Terry Date Terry Date (born January 31, 1956) is an American record producer and audio engineer specializing in rock genres, especially heavy metal. He is well known for his work with Metal Church, Dream Theater, Soundgarden, Overkill, Pantera, Dark Ang ...

– vocal engineer *Mike Doling – producer *John Fahnestock – producer , art concept *Diane Gallemore – front cover photo *Sean Henning – executive producer *Dave Holdridge – Pro Tools *Donat Kazarinoff – engineer , pro-tools, programming *Marek – assistant mix engineer *Steve Piper – Pro Tools *Justin Risley – Pro Tools *

Ross Robinson Ross Robinson (born February 13, 1967) is an American record producer who discovered acts such as Korn, Glassjaw, The Blood Brothers, Slipknot, and Limp Bizkit. Robinson has also worked with Tech N9ne, The Cure, Sepultura, and many others. ...

– producer *Wendy Sherman – art direction and design *Happy Walters – co-executive producer *Rick Will – mixing *Jim Wirt – producer and engineer

References

{{Authority control 2000 albums Snot (band) albums 2000s tribute albums Immortal Records albums