22nd Century Lifestyle (subtitled as: episode//rustandthesuperheroes sexdrugsandsoutherncityrock) is the debut album by American nu metal band pre)Thing. It was released on April 6, 2004, by V2 Records. This is the only pre)Thing album due to the death of the band's lead singer and guitarist, Rust Epique, which only happened a month prior.
The album also doubled as a video game when inserted into a Windows computer, and can be considered one of the first full length albums to feature a video game while the promotional copy contained the demo for the video game.
The album's only single, "Faded Love," managed to chart at No .38 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks. "Can't Stop (22nd Century Lifestyle)" was also featured prominently in the video games: WWE Day of Reckoning, WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW, and WWE WrestleMania 21.
Track listing
Personnel
Rust Epique – vocals, guitar Bob Vaughan – bass Ted Barakat – drums Ayo Adeyemi – percussion Biff Wilson – background vocals Brian Virtue – producer Will Blochinger – photographer
Charts Singles – Billboard (North America) YearSingleChartPosition2004"Faded Love"Mainstream Rock Tracks38[ Billboard Singles - pre)Thing], Allmusic.com
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