Rock the Ring: Fuel, Gym Class Heroes and Rev Theory

Rock the Ring: Fuel, Gym Class Heroes and Rev Theory

In WWE.com's new Rock the Ring feature, learn more about some of the hottest musical acts working with WWE. Find out what band members are listening to and learn about their tastes when it comes to WWE. (Read part one)

Fuel (Carl Bell, guitar)
Album: Angels & Devils
(available now on iTunes)

List the top five songs on your iPod right now.
1. Live at Budokan (entire album) -- Ozzy Osbourne
2. "Lapdance" -- N.E.R.D.
3. "Heading Out to the Highway" -- Judas Priest
4. "Precious Things" -- Tori Amos
5. "High-Fiving MF" -- Local H

What's your favorite WWE memory from childhood?
I grew up in the south where wrestling was on Saturday mornings when I was a kid. We got it out of Memphis, Tenn., with Jerry "The King" Lawler and the gang. We loved to hate on Jimmy Hart. I remember wrestling with my buddies as a little kid growing up, giving our own play-by-play as we jumped off chairs saying "top rope," and "into the turnbuckle" and "suplex!" I remember being completely confused with the whole Andy Kaufman thing, too. It's all come along quite well since those days.

Who is your favorite WWE superstar? 
Macho Man Randy Savage, The Rock, Stone Cold.

Why is your band a good fit for WWE? 
To me, the music of Fuel mirrors the emotions of WWE, from high energy impact, to high drama, to the melancholy. It's all in there.   

Gym Class Heroes (Matt McGinley, drums)
Album: The Quilt
(available now on iTunes)

List the top five songs on your iPod right now.
1. "Psychosocial" -- Slipknot (Between the masks and aggression, Slipknot is as close to professional wrestling as music gets.)
2. "Care of Cell 44" -- The Zombies (It reminds me of a Wes Anderson film.)
3. "Hold the Line -- Toto (Recently on tour with Fall Out Boy, their sound engineer would test the P.A. everyday with this song. It grew on me… A LOT!)
4. "Deep Space 9mm" -- El-P (Rad beat... Awesome lyrics. This would definitely be my intro music if I wrestled professionally.)
5. Saint Simon -- The Shin (We stayed in and filmed the original "Cupid's Chokehold" video in a creepy, abandoned house in rural Maryland. It felt like The Shining, and this song was the perfect whimsical soundtrack for our stay there.)

What's your favorite WWE memory from childhood?
My favorite wrestling memory was witnessing the tag team of King Mable and Sir Mo trounce two local no-namers at a live exhibition in Rochester, N.Y., as an 11-year-old.

Who is your favorite WWE Superstar? 
Jimmy Snuka... It's all about the Superfly Special!

Why is your band a good fit for WWE? 
I'm not sure what attributes make a band a good fit for WWE, but our elbow drops are outrageous!

 
Rev Theory (Julien Jorgensen, guitar)
Album: Light It Up
(available now on iTunes)

List the top five songs on your iPod right now.
1. "The Take" - Filter (It's a new track that I think he wrote with Marilyn Manson guitarist John 5, and it's great -- ala old Filter/just plain pissed off at it's best.
2. "You Know What You Are?" -- Nine Inch Nails (This track has the energy of "March of The Pigs." Love this track.)
3. "All I Need" - Radiohead (Just a hauntingly beautiful track. It gives me chills when I listen to it.)
4. "If You Only Knew" - Shinedown (This song is such a unique rock song. It's like a ballad with edge, and I love the message about being on the road. I can relate to the lyrics, but yeah, I really feel like this is a special song, and one of the best in a long time.)
5. "Jesus Christ" -- Brand New (This has been on my playlist for a long time. It's just a great song, a little melancholy and introspective, but seems to have a slight sense of humor. It's an interesting song -- it just hits home.)

What's your favorite WWE memory from childhood?
Hands down, it was Hulk Hogan beating the Iron Sheik in 1984. It was incredible -- Hogan was the first to get out of the Camel Clutch! I think this is what helped define WWE early on and created a Superstar in Hogan. I remember the drama of it. Being a little kid, it seemed so important.

Who is your favorite WWE Superstar? 
I'd have to say Randy Orton. He's pretty tough. I think a close second would be Batista. The guy is a monster -- haha!

Why is your band a good fit for WWE? 
I think Rev Theory and WWE are a good fit because we both like to put on a high energy, adrenaline-filled show. When you go to a WWE event, it's like going to a rock concert --full of pyro, lights and hard music. It's the same feeling when you come to one of our shows. Both of our fans share the same passion and love for music.

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