Stone Cold Steve Austin was recently a guest on the Talk Is Jericho podcast hosted by Chris Jericho. During the podcast, Austin ended up sharing the inspiration behind his WWE theme song.
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Stone Cold’s music is something that is legendary in the pro-wrestling world. Whenever you hear the music (and the glass shattering), you know that Austin is about to raise some hell.
Austin explained what song inspired the theme. He also gives the credit to Jim Johnston. Here is a quote (via Wrestling INC):
“I went down to the studio and back in the day you know Chris I was pretty hands-on you gotta be. So I walked in there and I had a CD and I hand it to Jim Johnston and go, ‘it’s called Bulls On Parade by Rage Against The Machine’ and I played it.
“He got it, and so I don’t think my entrance music sounds anything like it but it was inspired by that and man I tell ya what the way he came up with that glass breaking I don’t know how he came up with that idea when he looped in that siren, I don’t know how or why he put that in a stroke of genius or luck or whatever it was that happened, magic?
“Sometimes things just happen the way they do. When I pitched him that song and we listened to it together and he came up with that and I give him all the credit in the world. I inspired him with their song… my idea, but his total creation [it’s] a fluke dude because you’ve been around and you’ve seen reactions when that glass breaks. Yeah I had to get over to get those reactions. It’s just the perfect music for the perfect setup for the perfect pop for any kind of dire situation or circumstance — goddamn that’s when we need Stone Cold. So, music is important.”
On a related note, Austin revealed what he used to say during his entrance. You can read that here.