Country Singer Cory Marks just wants country to rock on his latest single, announces new album

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Photo Credit: Ed Regan


CORY MARKS unveiled his second full-length album SORRY FOR NOTHING, which will be released via BETTER NOISE MUSIC on October 11. The album offers 13 songs of arena-rock and roots country alongside acts such as Eric Church, Zach Bryan, Hardy, and Brantley Gilbert.

 

MARKS has today (July 26) released the album’s latest track “(Make My) Country Rock.” It notably includes features from Sully Erna of multi-platinum hard rock group GODSMACK, legendary guitarist Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe), and multi-platinum-selling and award-winning country artist Travis Tritt. “(Make My) Country Rock”--produced by Andrew Baylis (Jelly Roll, Brantley Gilbert).

Stream it now digitally at https://corymarks.ffm.to/mmcr. 

 

Watch the music video below or directly via YouTube HERE.

 

“What can I say…I’m country, I’m rock,” shares MARKS. “That’s exactly what this song is and what I sing about. It may piss people off, but I know a lot more listeners out there are gonna be happier when they hear it. I can say that my friends and features on this track agree too! I’m gonna make my country rock!”


SORRY FOR NOTHING follows MARKS’ successful debut, 'Who I Am'. It generated the hit single “Outlaws & Outsiders,” which charted at #1 in the U.S. on Billboard’s “Rock Digital Song Sales” chart and #5 on iTunes “Country Songs while making history as the first-ever Top 10 rock radio-charting single from a Canadian country act. 

 

Produced by longtime collaborator Kevin Churko (Ozzy Osbourne, Five Finger Death Punch, Shania Twain, Papa Roach), Kile Odell (Nita Strauss, David Draiman), and Andrew Baylis (Jelly Roll, Brantley Gilbert), SORRY FOR NOTHING’s 13 songs range from Haggard-like country and virtual bluegrass to straight-up arena rock anthems, Eagles-like acoustic country-folk and almost “Pantera”-like hard metal. 

 

“They’re all Cory Marks,” says MARKS. “I’m very familiar with both genres. I try to mix country music with rock and a dash of metal, mash it all up and that’s my sound. This album features the best songs I’ve written since Covid. It’s a kick in the ass, the good, the bad and the ugly, the ups and downs of life, adding that little bit of fuel to the fire to keep you fighting, to keep your eye on the prize. There are songs for partying, songs to look back on life and have a good cry, love songs… something for everyone. Whether you’re a rock fan, a metal fan or a country music fan, my mission is to reach anyone who feels a little different.”

 

MARKS will head to the U.S, opening for multi-platinum rock Theory of A Deadman this fall. The tour stretches from October 29 to November 23 and will see MARKS performing an acoustic set featuring music from SORRY FOR NOTHING alongside past hits. MARKS has previously toured North America with a blend of artists including Five Finger Death Punch, ZZ Top, and Brantley Gilbert, while also having joined Nickelback on the main stage at the annual Boots and Hearts festival in Toronto in 2023. Tickets are available now HERE. See full dates listed below.

 


SORRY FOR NOTHING Track Listing:

1. (Make My) Country Rock (feat. Sully Erna of Godsmack, Travis Tritt, and Mick Mars) 

2. Guilty (feat. DL of Bad Wolves)                                       

3. Whiskey For Sale

4. Sorry For Nothing

5. Drunk When I'm High

6. 17

7. Fast As I Can

8. Tough To Be Strong

9. A Lot Like Me

10. 1949

11. Lit Up

12. Late Night Of Drinking Again

13. Learn To Fly                                                                          

 


CORY MARKS Tour Dates:

10/29 Des Moines, IA - Hoyt Sherman Theatre ^

10/30 Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom ^

11/1    Toledo, OH - Stranahan Theater ^

11/2    Erie, PA - Warner Theatre ^

11/3    Akron, OH - Akron Civic Theatre ^

11/6    Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theatre *

11/8    Waterloo, NY - The Vine Showroom at del Lago Casino *

11/10 Reading, PA - Santander Performing Arts Center *

11/12 Boston, MA - Citizens House of Blues *

11/13 New Haven, CT - College Street Music Hall *

11/15 Hampton Beach, NH - Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom *

11/16 Huntington, NY - The Paramount *

11/17 Wheeling, WV - Capitol Theatre *

11/19 Knoxville, TN - Tennessee Theatre *

11/21 Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater *

11/22 Wichita, KS - The Cotillion *

11/23 La Vista, NE - The Astro *

^ with Theory Of A Deadman & 10 Years

* with Theory Of A Deadman & Saint Asonia

 


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