{"id":64599,"date":"2020-08-19T22:42:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T21:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=64599"},"modified":"2020-08-19T22:46:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T21:46:57","slug":"the-wheelblocks-aces-high-feat-chris-jericho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/08\/the-wheelblocks-aces-high-feat-chris-jericho\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wheelblocks &#8211; &#8216;Aces High&#8217; (feat. Chris Jericho)\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>COVID-19 has seen a lot of innovation and creativity rise up out of necessity, and one such example is The Wheelblocks, a supergroup comprising various members of already amazing heavy rock bands. They&#8217;re not simply together for the duration however: The Wheelblocks have decided this is a good thing, and they&#8217;re planning to continue playing together once quarantine is over.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Comprising Fozzy&#8217;s Chris Jericho on vocals, Nita Strauss, from Alice Cooper&#8217;s band, on guitar, Phil Demmel on guitar (Vio-Lence, and formerly Machinehead), Avenged Sevenfold&#8217;s Johnny Christ on bass, and on drums, Josh from Three 6 Mafia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Working together as creatives who they ordinarily wouldn&#8217;t be able to work with, The Wheelblocks have by doing ensured that they&#8217;ve enhanced their listeners&#8217; lives with some rocking good tunes. Their new music loses nothing of the fury, rage, and fun that each member is known for, and for their new music video &#8216;Aces High&#8217;, they more than make up for their lack of stage presence. Jericho is flying a fighter jet while singing (of course), Strauss and Demmel put all other axe-wielders to shame with their soaring solos, and Josh V pulls them all together with his world-class percussion. Johnny Christ finishes the video with a literal big splash &#8211; bombing into his backyard swimming pool.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Aces High&#8217; is a cover of an Iron Maiden classic, is in the hands of The Wheelblocks a reinforcement of the multi-faceted background of each member. While staying true to Iron Maiden&#8217;s classic style, they nonetheless put their own twist on the track. It&#8217;s good solid rock and a whole lot of fun. Strap yourself in and watch the video below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_37125\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_HCx-vN6vak?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"THE WHEELBLOCKS &quot;Aces High&quot; (Feat. 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They&#8217;re not simply together for the duration however: The Wheelblocks have decided this is a good thing, and they&#8217;re planning to continue playing together once quarantine is over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":64610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,9,21453,21445,21446,21449,640],"tags":[25924,21106,24580,11720,77,370,1945,10677,25923,81,22992],"class_list":["post-64599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","category-video-reviews","category-videos","tag-aces-high","tag-chris-jericho","tag-covid-19","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-single-review","tag-the-wheelblocks","tag-video","tag-video-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-gNV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52970,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/08\/fozzy-announces-new-song-nowhere-to-run\/","url_meta":{"origin":64599,"position":0},"title":"Fozzy Announces New Song &#8216;Nowhere To Run&#8217;","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"30\/08\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"FOZZY releases their new single \"Nowhere To Run\" today via RED MUSIC. 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