Stone Cold Steve Austin Tells Us What Inspired The Glass Breaking

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[@bigpopslaflare]

Jim Johnston getting love on pmt!!!! He belongs in hall of fame.

[@Hakeem990]

Can't believe he's not in the hall of fame

[@BooBusby]

Facts

[@dantecarroll2435]

Oh come on that’s uncalled for jackass

[@traptnadream6995]

It's crazy he's not. All those childhood memories of these wrestlers all initiates with their entrance music

[@XBeatmymeatX1990]

Maybe, if it was actually prestigious

[@diontaedaughtry974]

Jim Johnston is the Beethoven of wrestling. Great interview 👍👍

[@jhonnycultura4455]

Yeah.. now we go back to the old days we're theme entrances it's not a thing anymore 😂 I mean the music today is too poppy.. it has the same pop friendly goodie shoes.. or they go to sexual but You cant put it in tv

[@Lance514]

Well said

[@CSAccetura]

Don't forget Jimmy Hart

[@kingstarscream3807]

"Why'd he put the glass thing in? Cuz y'know Stone Cold" Real helpful, Steve

[@ShakaOMG]

🤣🤣🤣

[@TuchNGoh]

It makes so much sense at the same time 😭

[@supersaiyanyoshi1175]

Stone cold = shattering ice = glass break since shattering ice doesn’t really have a cool sound like glass does

[@mentalhaze4226]

I think the way he was saying it, is he doesnt really know how he came up with the glass shattering sound because in his mind, stone cold doesnt make him think of glass shattering. Or that is what i got out of what he was saying, who knows . It is legendary regardless

[@jackrobhp28]

Was thinking the same thing, lol

[@mrp8231]

stone cold had the hardest intro song in wrestling history period. When you heard that glass break you were locked in🔥🔥💯

[@RolanStraw]

I always loved the way he walked to the ring while talkin shit

[@RolanStraw]

Looked more into it if anyone's interested “It was never gibberish. Man, I was talking s**t the whole way down. ‘Yeah, that’s right motherf**ker!’ It was just a constant stream of F-bombs. ‘Yeah, that’s right motherf**ker. I’m about to tear this motherf**ker’s ass!’ It was just that. It was sentences. And like I said earlier in the podcast how Ric Flair just believed and was living that character, hey man when I was in that world, and I was in and the zone, that wasn’t no psych job. I wasn’t trying to psych myself up.

[@josephmoorison2200]

FACTSSSS!!!!

[@reggiemiller6274]

I used to spaz the fuck out straight black kid jumping off the coffee table when I heard that glass 😂

[@johnnycage9305]

Ultimate Warrior: "Hold my Beer"

[@mickanvonfootscraymarket5520]

I never realised at the time, but it is one of the most iconic themes in history.

[@Liftheavy85]

that whole era has the most iconic themes. Undertaker, Kane, Rock, Y2J, Triple H, Dude Love, Degeneration X. Amazing time.

[@aidanarchuleta]

​@@DaRedeyeJedi808 how u know

[@barniehd8358]

​@@Liftheavy85 Dude love? Seriously?😂

[@Foodv3]

It’s so epic

[@Liftheavy85]

@@barniehd8358 short dude love time was hilarious

[@pharaohwrestlingyt]

Jim was the man. WWe music hasn’t been the same since he left.

[@JayzoTheNextKobeBryant2.0]

I Agree

[@skippythealien9627]

aside from John Cena, i don't really know a single superstar's theme music. granted, i haven't watched wwe in almost 20 years, but even non-wrestling fans know theme music from guys like Stone Cold and The Rock. Cena too

[@deandrenicholas2545]

The only theme music that Johnston didn't create that I thought was any good in the last 6 years or so was Undisputed Era's ring music. CFO$ nailed that one.

[@NIITR0NIICEA]

The fiend theme was cool

[@crux33]

It’s a mystery why they released him

[@Romeoz06]

‘Do you have any idea for ring music’ ‘Your damn right I do’ such a stone cold response.

[@ANT1989]

Stone Cold's theme music is legendary. Everyone knows the glass shatter and it gets the biggest pop over every other theme song.

[@indamaking]

Jim Johnston was so good at making those songs

[@dantedlane2]

Yes he was I still love 1,2 this on??? Hit me with that triple hhhhhhhh

[@jasonx1174]

​@@dantedlane2i loved all the stuff that had Chris Warren involved in singing. R.I.P. Warren.

[@yogsenforfoth5948]

That makes total sense, considering the ball-crushing riff at the beginning of Bulls On Parade.

[@vermilion6667]

Nah. More like "Killing In the Name" since Austin's iconic theme titled "I Won't Do What Ya' Tell Me".

[@yogsenforfoth5948]

@@vermilion6667 Holy crap, that’s right! I had the CD from back in 1998-1999 and that’s what the name was! I totally forgot about that! What a cool little piece of information.

[@JalenPrice_252]

His theme music was like that to the point where the original version and the version that he uses both are just the most potent theme songs I’ve ever heard in my life.

[@JayzoTheNextKobeBryant2.0]

Same Here

[@GokuOwnSuperman]

Along with the undertaker two greatest theme songs of all time

[@obliteratetg]

They need to bring him back

[@juliantorres8818]

Wow I would have never guessed bulls on parade. But it makes sense. The DX theme also reminds me of RATM

[@thetribalist6923]

It was also inspired by Bulls on Parade according to Shawn and HHH. Hugely influential song.

[@prymak1]

Even more ironic, is how his character was built around raging against the literal WWE machine (and Vince McMahon). Beautiful. 👌

[@whiplash1994]

Even more ironic, Rage Against the Machine (the band) is now completely aligned with the machine (govt and corporations)

[@Vortex_one]

​@@whiplash1994 Sadly so. They probably took all the boosters

[@SBandy]

​@@Vortex_one Yeah cause they aren't fucking idiots.

[@The_Bigot]

Stone cold’s character was based a lot on Vince Mcmahons real life attitufe

[@deandrenicholas2545]

​@@The_Bigotwhere the fuck did you get that???

[@nbarealtalker]

If you take all things into consideration, including what wrestling actually is, Jim is one of the greatest soundtrack composers of all time.

[@kristopherwilliams6625]

I feel like a lot of legends have iconic sounds that preceeds the actual music. Stone Cold has the glass breaking, Undertaker has the gong, Rock has the "If you smell what the Rock is cooking" line, Bret Hart has the guitar riff, Ric Flair has the "Whoooo". You're not anybody till you have that one sound that crowds instantly associate with you.

[@TheWPhilosopher]

You think you know me....

[@MykaelOnyx]

@@TheWPhilosopher Kane’s slow burning intro/ fire explosion too. And the Big Show’s “WEEEEELLLL!”

[@Big_3000]

@@MykaelOnyx Mankind’s car crash

[@user-sr8jx3ui4n]

living legend.

[@willglenn8638]

That's badass I love RATM

[@AJ-lq1zq]

Jim Johnston really brought so many of our favorite starts to life with the music. The themes he created over the years really put a lot of characters over the top in my opinion. He should be in the hall.

[@MR_M0RNINGSTAR]

Watta music of choice 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@catsanddogsarebetter1391]

Jim Johnson always did a good job

[@DanXJ19]

Snakes on Parade

[@dosser5626]

Shut ya mouth

[@TorontoMapleLeafs-yt2xv]

Bulls Breaking Glass

[@TorontoMapleLeafs-yt2xv]

Bulls Breaking Glass

[@Mikey-1990]

Jim created themes that were unique and really fit each wrestlers persona. I have an entire workout playlist with just wrestlers themes from the attitude and aggression era.

[@imiii4999]

If you wanted a theme to rep the Attitude era that would be it!

[@KH4UF]

"You damn right i do" haha

[@El-Mac795]

If he'd have had bulls on parade as his theme, that would've been fire 🙌

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

I always assumed that the shattered glass was inspired by the Pillman home invasion angle.

[@MillieMoBuckz]

I just posted this and was looking through the comments for someone else to say it…. Thought I was having a Mandela effect type thing happening

[@alphagames8737]

This inspired stone colds theme song in wwf

[@malikxshabazz443]

That music is what made him..

[@christhornycroft3686]

In 1996, it was so different from the other music Jim Johnston was producing. He’d dabbled in hip hop and obviously a lot of rock stuff, but this was very metal. Almost death metal. Very heavy. The Bret Hart theme was very 80s hair metal, rising and epic, but the Stone Cold theme was chaotic, aggressive and hard. It reminded me less of Rage and more of We’re Altogether Now by Jon Oliwa. That kind of metal. And for the time and character, it worked perfectly. Johnston was a master at letting you know within 2 seconds who was coming out so you could react. WCW had some good instrumentals and Steve’s theme with Brian was an example, but they didn’t have the ability to elicit instant pop or heat. WWF had the market cornered on theme music. You need a distinctive intro. And the glass shattering was that. Instantly you hear that and you know who’s coming out.

[@ArchThaBoss]

You can 100% hear the inspiration. God damn Austin is a true living legend. S/o to Jim Johnston

[@robynlocke9602]

Love you Steve ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@gunnerocks]

Woah Hell Yeah

[@gi-joe_510CA]

The theme songs now aren’t all bad but the ones Jim made were special and fit the wrestlers so well

[@JGAMESOGsubscribenow]

da fact dat Austin’s theme was inspired by “Bulls on Parade” is EPIC!!!🥶

[@purecrisis8618]

The version I love is the disturbed version

[@linchayes9007]

That glass breaking...would still get an amazing pop

[@AshknFX]

JJ is a genius. Most of the songs fit the wrestlers so well. Austin and taker's to name a few were so fitting

[@InvincibleYoungEmpire]

Jim should be in the HOF. Man is a genius when it comes to music and the themes are endless! One of the greatest themes is Stone Cold’s.

[@fatman9193]

When that glas break you knew somebody was gonna get they ass kick😂😂

[@rashaanmungo]

That’s crazy I always said if I was a wrestler bulls on parade would be my entrance music… now I see this. That’s fucking sick

[@bornfromforeign]

It was me Austin it was me all along Austin 😂

[@nikolabaric1140]

i personally theorise jim johnston thought of the glass breaking, due to how bulls on parade starts with that single snare snap before the DUNDUN, obviously the "stone cold = glass break" thing makes sense, but i feel this was part of it too

[@holymotherofmole]

Greatest theme ever

[@christinewoolley6903]

It's a disturbed song. Love it. Glass shatters

[@mitchhamilton2196]

Jim Johnson has a lot of sick riffs

[@jimipurple123]

Jim Johnston legend

[@johnpestano22]

one of my all time favorite themes

[@nautika1]

Stone Cold Steve Austin is amazing person respect

[@Foodv3]

I love the “ damn right I do “. Love his accent

[@SovereignKing]

He ain't lying either, because if you listen to Bulls on Parade by RATM, you'll notice Brad Wilk's kick pattern during the main riff, is the exact same rhythm as the riff in Austin's entrance music. So essentially Brad wrote the 'dun dun daa daa dun dun' groove.

[@velayudhama6834]

worlds fav intro song of stone cold...rocking

[@Foodv3]

The glass break is so iconic

[@Tchado1000]

As a stone cold fan and a Rage against the machine fan......HELL YEAH !!!!!!

[@alexanderwalker9651]

Jim Johnson and Bruce Faulkner (dbz music) shaped my music taste as a kid

[@mokhan8832]

Venomous was one of my favs

[@Foodv3]

Jim Johnston was the man

[@mosalacommodore6993]

The glass breaking made it so perfect. I honestly don't think he would have been as popular as he was if not for it. It's the perfect announcement that stone cold is here and he's gunna open a can of whoop-ass. What a time to be alive.

[@elchamber]

This is why! This is why!!

[@AR41035]

The song is Disturbed ' Glass shatter

[@SuperSizeMe]

The best theme EVER dont @ me

[@Momo-zz8fl]

Has a bit of Razor Ramon theme to it too.

[@josephegillispie8509]

I'm 39 years old and still to this day. Every time I hear glass break my mind goes to that song. Dude dropped a glass bottle of tea and broke it at a gas station the other day and I immediately wanted to he standing on a turn buckle giving middle fingers to vince

[@ranganathan223]

The Glass Breaking Truly Metaphorically and in Reality is a testament to Steve Shattering The Glass Ceiling to become The Biggest Draw in the history of Pro Wrestling! 💯

[@jaywatts2079]

Best character/persona and song of all time, imo. Inspired by a legendary band 🤘 oh hell yeah

[@valseyer4486]

Disturbed theme back in 2000 was my pre-game lockeroom jam right before kickoff when I was in jay v. Best times of my life, over there in south TEX. 5A FOOTBALL BABY

[@Biscuitdough]

I just learned to play his theme song on bass... its super fun to play

[@BigBoss-zi5ss]

Jaws theme def had a part also in his theme

[@dieselx506]

I knew about RAGTM but not specifically Bulls on Parade, which is one of my favorite songs ever. JJ is a legend

[@Nova-zk5gn]

There are only 2 songs that I would say capture the entire arena every time it played Stone cold Steve Austin's in The Rock

[@loadedrhino2864]

No sir Austin's theme is a rock version of the Razor Ramon theme. The glass break replaces the wheels screeching in the Razor Ramon theme. Listen to both and you'll see.

[@ahoyforsenchou7288]

Now that he says that? Yeah, I hear it.

[@jonathancohoon]

Am I the only one who prefers the Shatter Glass theme to his old one?

[@JMacTheFanatic]

Parade now!!!

[@bayerhead]

That's too cool! I can totally hear the influence now. "Bulls on parade" was the song that inspired me to play the guitar when I was 10. Tom Morello was so different at the time.

[@TheDaoOfRescue]

Dude his song sounds kinda like one of the twisted metal 2 songs from ps1. Maybe it’s the main theme ?

[@JJT209]

"Stunning Steve? Tossed 'im out the window"

[@Bwah04]

Rage against the machine was also the inspiration for triple h and dx theme

[@mvzyuniverse]

My all time fave entrance music followed by The Game

[@captjohnclark]

just watched the documentary man so many memories i wasnt even a wrestling fan but you were so entertaining

[@bvshr]

Austin’s ring intro sounds more like “Guerrilla Radio” by Rage Against the Machine.

[@SNOwyte]

Jim Johnston the mane

[@ronbarok4]

RATM was really big mid 90s

[@Turk_2023]

Bulls on Parade would have had the same effect/pop as Jims song, but having an original made it so much more personal. The glass breaking would have worked with Bulls too.

[@UltimateShadow10]

Jim deserves the Hall of Fame spot.

[@awee5816]

Top Wrestlers' songs that make you turn your head in hype Mode Which catches your Attention in any order: Stone Cold Ultimate Warrior DX Undertaker Kane

[@abrahamklassen308]

It's the sound of his broken beer bottle. There, there you go.

[@tyhilton8126]

Ya damn right I do 😂😂

[@nunyabusiness8527]

It always reminded me of the JAWS music

[@mikel7417]

So cool! Never knew this.

[@nboss968]

Greatest entrance music ever

[@jermainesimpson834]

No disturbed glass shatters

[@PrinxeGaming_]

I honestly hear it now. That’s crazy

[@Realdanschaal]

To bad rage is for the machine now a days

[@BlackTop5ive]

SCSA wouldn’t have been SCSA without the music

[@infoMania07]

Close second would be Jericho

[@jamjoe6314]

Rage Against the Machine played a part in a hell of a lot of great Wrestling themes. Chris Jericho, DX, and now Stone Cold. Respect.

[@waynelarson1576]

Rage against the machine bulls on parade is one of my favorite songs ever but then again I pretty much like every ratm song

[@The_Sage_of_Six_Paths]

Jim Johnston is what

[@MillieMoBuckz]

I always thought the Pillman angle inspired the glass shattering…. When he broke into his house!…. If I’m not mistaken, his music just hit without the glass shattering intro (and throughout) before that angle…