The Rock Resurrection Tour featuring Skillet, Theory Of A Deadman & Saint Asonia
Saint Asonia is a Canadian American rock group consisting of members from previous bands such as Three Days Grace & Staind. The band formed in 2015 after Adam Gontier (lead singer & guitarist) left Three Days Grace a couple years earlier. In May 2015 the band released its first single “Better Place” after teasing it for a while. Saint Asonia was an opener on the main stage at the Rock On The Range festival while they debut their first single among other songs from their previous bands. Fast forward to 2022, Saint Asonia released not one but two EP’s called Introvert & Extrovert. During this particular concert, seeing this band was a first for me. I had no idea who they were until they started playing a couple songs from Three Days Grace, and part of me knew that this singer used to sing for them. I’m excited to see what this band has in store for the future.
Setlist:
“Better Place”
“Above It All”
“The Hunted”
“Never Too Late” (Three Days Grace cover)
“I Hate Everything About You” (Three Days Grace cover)
“I Don't Care” (Apocalyptica cover)
“Devastate”
“Let Me Live My Life”
I grew up listening to Theory Of A Deadman due to my parents love for Rock music. Theory Of A Deadman also known as Theory & TOAD debuted in 1999, I was only one when they started playing shows. The band has released 8 albums to date. Since they debuted, they have had 9 of their songs enter the top ten of the US Billboard Mainstream Rock charts. "Bad Girlfriend", "Lowlife", "Rx (Medicate)" and "History of Violence" have all been number #1 on the charts. The band’s music covers a variety of hard topics to talk about such as prescription drug addiction to Domestic violence. TOAD has also had a series of accomplishments with their history, TOAD has done many covers for many different WWE events taken place and were also featured on the WWE Wreckless Intent album. The band had a song alongside Skillet and many other bands on the Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon soundtrack. When the band came closer to closing out their set, one of their fans caught the attention of the singer Tyler Connelly with a giant poster. The band signed the poster that the fan handed them. I can’t wait to catch Theory Of A Deadman when they go back on tour again in the future.
Setlist:
“Ambulance”
“Bitch Came Back”
“Blow”
“Two of Us (Stuck)”
“Not Meant to Be”
“Dinosaur”
“Santa Monica”
“Hurricane”
“Wicked Game” (Chris Isaak cover)
“Lowlife”
“History of Violence”
“Friends in Low Places” (Earl Bud Lee & Dewayne Blackwell cover)
“Angel”
“Hate My Life”
Encore:
“Rx (Medicate)”
“Bad Girlfriend”
Skillet is a Christian Rock group from Tennessee with the current line up of John Cooper, Kory Cooper, Jen Ledger and Seth Morrison. The band’s name came from the encouragement of John’s pastor. He had encouraged John and other band members to start up a side project after their original bands disbanded. The name is meant to be funny. Since the band was made up from a diverse music background that the pastor felt like their name should be Skillet because he felt they were like “southern cooking, where you just toss a bunch of different things into a big ol' skillet and see what it turns out like.” The band had only been named Skillet for a month before getting an offer from a large Christian Rock record label. The band has released 13 albums to date. I was excited when Skillet finally took the stage. I love the energy that the band has to bring, you can just see the emotion on their faces unlike other artist’s. Before playing the third song of the evening, John attached smoke cannons to his arms and started shooting smoke out in the air. Skillet had Adam Gontier of Saint Asonia join them on stage for their song “Finish Line.” The band played a plethora of songs from their album Comatose to songs from their latest album Dominion.
Setlist:
“Feel Invincible”
“Rise”
“Surviving the Game”
“Legendary”
“Awake and Alive”
“Hero”
“Not Gonna Die”
“Whispers in the Dark”
“Psycho In My Head”
“Comatose”
“Finish Line” (With Adam Gontier)
“Monster”
“Rebirthing”
“The Resistance”
The Rock Resurrections tour is half way through their run. Don’t forget to check if they are coming to a city near you!
02.17 Gary, IN @ Hard Rock Live
02.18 Green Bay, WI @ Epic Event Center
02.19 East Moline, IL @ The Rust Belt
02.21 Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom Club Stage
02.22 Detroit, MI @ Fillmore
02.24 Reading, PA @ Santander Arena
02.25 Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
02.26 Bangor, ME @ Cross Insurance Center
03.01 Rochester, NY@ Main Street Armory
03.03 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre
03.04 Mt Pleasant, MI @ Soaring Eagle Casino – Theatre
03.05 Cincinnati, OH @ AJB Music Center
03.08 Pikeville, KY @ Appalachian Wireless Arena
03.10 St Louis, MO @ The Factory
03.11 Springfield, MO @ Shrine Mosque
03.12 Tulsa, OK @ Tulsa Theater
03.14 Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center
03.15 Dallas, TX @ The Factory
03.17 Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theatre
03.18 Omaha, NE @ Baxter Arena
03.19 Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
03.22 Phoenix, AZ @ First Arizona Federal
03.24 Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort – Grand Theatre
03.25 Wheatland, CA @ Hard Rock Live
03.26 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern