30/30-150

Infobox Single
Name = 30/30-150


Artist = Stone Sour
from Album = Come What(ever) May
B-side =
Released = 2006
Format = Digital
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative metal
Length = 4.18
Label = Roadrunner Records
Writer =
Producer =
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = Inhale
(2003)
This single = 30/30- 150
(2006)
Next single = Through Glass
(2006)

"30/30-150" is the first single from rock band Stone Sour's second album from 2006 Come What(ever) May. The song received a nomination for "Best Metal Performance" at the 49th annual Grammy Awards. [Blabbermouth.net. "SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, STONE SOUR Among GRAMMY Nominees", December 7, 2006, at [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=63432 Blabbermouth.net] ; last accessed December 7, 2006.]

The video shows the band members individually in high-contrast black and white superimposed over a timer counting down from "3030.150" and occasionally large close-ups of Corey Taylor's mouth. The numbers seen in the background appear to count down the time remaining in the clip in tenths of a second, beginning at 3030.150.

The title may possibly refer to a type of rifle cartridge (.30-30, with a convert|150|gr|g|sing=on bullet), though this is uncertain. According to Taylor, a possible interpretation of the song is about "always remembering who you are, where you came from and to never give into pressures."

Another interpretation of the song is based on the theory of the code 30/30-150. It means 'total nuclear annihilation. '

Another possibility is that on a protractor the 30 degree angle is the same as 150 degrees. Corey has stated in an issue of "Hit Parader" that 30/30-150 is about the generation in which he grew up. He stated that people always said his generation would never amount to anything, perhaps explaining the lyrics "they called us a dead generation" in the song.

Though current Stone Sour drummer Roy Mayorga is shown on the drumset in the 30/30-150 music video, he did not actually record the drum tracks for the song, this was done by current Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin.

Track listing

#"30/30-150"
#"Reborn"

References