Struck by You: The Story of Finger Eleven's 'Paralyzer'

Rainbow Butt Monkeys.


No, you didn’t catch me doing my vocal warmups, and our editor
forgot to cut this part out - and no, I haven’t been partaking in
some pre-podcast psychedelics… Rainbow Butt Monkeys happens to be
the name of one of Canada’s preeminent rock bands of the 2000s.


OK I’m bending the truth JUST A BIT  - it’s only the FORMER
name of one of Canada’s preeminent rock bands of the 2000s. 


You may be more familiar with them by their multiplatinum name;
Finger Eleven. 


Yes, the hard rocking five-piece from Burlington Ontario spent a
resounding six years under the Rainbow Butt Monkeys moniker in
the 90s, before giving themselves an edgier rebrand as Finger
Eleven and riding the waves of early 2000s nu-metal, post-grunge
and alt-rock.


A stalwart on radio stations from coast-to-coast in this country
to this very day, Finger Eleven were certainly no strangers to
success in the late 2000s


But as the band told me earlier this month, something strange
happened on one fateful day in 2006 that would give the band a
level of success they’d perhaps never expected.


This is the story of  Finger Eleven’s Paralyzer - Featuring
an exclusive interview with Finger Eleven's Scott Anderson and
James Black, taking you even deeper behind the story of the song!


Listen to Myles' Full Chat with Finger Eleven