Artist · chart history
Roadrunner United
Band United States Formed 2004
Roadrunner United formed in 2004 in the United States. Roadrunner United has 3 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2005–2006. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “The End”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #106. The station that charted Roadrunner United most often is WCCC The Rock (Hartford, CT), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2006.
Roadrunner United was less a band than a heavy metal house party. Roadrunner Records put the project together to celebrate its 25th anniversary, an idea dreamed up by Roadrunner UK general manager Mark Palmer and Monte Conner, head of A&R on the American side, and the result was The All-Star Sessions, released worldwide on October 11, 2005.
The setup was pure football. Four team captains, then-Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison, Trivium frontman Matt Heafy, Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares and Machine Head leader Robb Flynn, each marshalled a squad from a pool of 57 musicians out of 45 Roadrunner bands, old and new, and between them they produced and oversaw 18 tracks. Colin Richardson and Andy Sneap mixed the lot into one bruising, riff-stacked whole. Even the name and logo borrowed from the terraces, with Manchester United, Real Madrid and AC Milan all lending something to the design.
"The End" was the one single and the one video, a pummelling showcase that made rock radio's countdowns. The CD came with a making-of documentary following the captains at work, and in 2008 a two-disc DVD of a live release party, with the album's songs played on stage, followed that December.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Roadrunner United on radio countdowns
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 132 (tie) | The End | WBER Listener Countdown 2006 |
| 2005 | 106 | The End | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 396 | The End | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 |
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