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STEMM disambiguation required

STEMM is also an extension of the acronym STEM and is in common usage (the additional M is medicine).

This is my first contribution so I don't yet know how to create a disambiguation, but I think it's warranted?

EOu-ajb (talk) 21:04, 22 January 2018 (UTC) 2018-01-22[reply]

STEMM's UFC connection

Full disclosure - I'm a reporter who wrote a piece about STEMM in 2017. My piece focused on how it came about that they wrote Face The Pain and how it became the UFC's anthem. I think there is information in that piece that is not available elsewhere on the internet, so there may be some things in there that could improve this Wikipedia article on the band.

Specifically, I have this from Joe Cafarella on how the opportunity to write a song for the UFC came about:

That place was a rock show in Niagara Falls. The time was 2002. It was there that Cafarella bumped into Klear band member and friend Bruce Wojick. Wojick had a connection with a Vegas-based music producer who had been working with the UFC. The producer reached out to Wojick, hoping he had some tracks the UFC could use both in the arena and on-air; for pay-per-views and television content.

“The producer asked Bruce for his demo, so he sent it and they told him it wasn’t heavy enough,” remembered Cafarella. “So Bruce said, ‘Well wait a minute, I know a band you guys might like.’” Wojick filled Cafarella in on the details and encouraged his friend to send a promo-package to Las Vegas. Fortunately for STEMM, the band had a bevvy of new tracks they were demoing so the package came together quickly.

The response from ZUFFA was just as quick.

“Five days later, after we sent in the package, they called and wanted to talk,” said Cafarella. Over the phone Cafarella was introduced to both Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta. White and Fertitta explained to him that they were, “looking for independent music to start changing the shape and sound of the UFC.”

“They just asked if they could use our music!” said Cafarella. “And of course we allowed it, we were really excited.” On June 22nd, 2002, after the deal was signed, Cafarella sat back and watched UFC 37.5: As Real As It Gets, headlined by Chuck Liddell versus Vitor Belfort. Along with the cheers, and commentary from the debuting Joe Rogan, Cafarella got to hear STEMM pumping out of his TV.

Here is the full article: https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2016/11/7/13260198/how-face-the-pain-became-sound-of-ufc-stemm-mma-interview-history-music-zuffa-dana-ortiz-shamrock Timob85 (talk) 18:54, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]