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11-11 New Godsmack Single & LP
09-28 New Godsmack Song
03-01 New Godsmack album/single
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The Boston-based alternative metal group Godsmack were originally comprised of vocalist Sully Erna (a devout Wiccan), guitaristTonyRambola,bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer Tommy Stewart. After debuting in 1997 with All Wound Up, Godsmack signed withUniversal, which in1998reissued the LP as a self-titled effort with a handful of new tracks; at that point Stewart -- who'd left the group in mid-1997 and was replacedbydrummer Joe d'Arco -- returned to the lineup on a permanent basis. The band's audience built slowly but surely, andGodsmack was certified goldin1999, the same year the group was i ...read more
The Boston-based alternative metal group Godsmack were originally comprised of vocalist Sully Erna (a devout Wiccan), guitaristTonyRambola,bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer Tommy Stewart. After debuting in 1997 with All Wound Up, Godsmack signed withUniversal, which in1998reissued the LP as a self-titled effort with a handful of new tracks; at that point Stewart -- who'd left the group in mid-1997 and was replacedbydrummer Joe d'Arco -- returned to the lineup on a permanent basis. The band's audience built slowly but surely, andGodsmack was certified goldin1999, the same year the group was invited to join the Ozzfest tour; by the next year, it had sold over threemillion copies, thanks to hit singleslike"Whatever" and "Keep Away." In 2000, the group again played Ozzfest, and released its second properalbum, Awake, that fall. In January2001,Awake earned the band a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance for the song"Vampires," and by March, it had soldtwo millioncopies.Hot on the heels of their continuing success, their single "I Stand Alone" propelled the hype of the movie The Scorpion King in March 2002.Asthesingle maintained Godsmack's strong presence at modern rock radio into the summer, founding member Tommy Stewart left the bandin June.TheDavid Bottrill-produced (Peter Gabriel, Tool, Mudvayne) album Faceless appeared in April 2003. It also marked the debut of ex-AmendrummerShannon Larkin. The all-acoustic Other Side arrived in spring 2004. In 2006, Erna stepped behind the board to helm IV, acollection of newmaterialthat reached number one while both retaining the group's trademark heft and expanding its sonic palette. Agreatest-hits collection, GoodTimes,Bad Times: 10 Years of Godsmack, arrived in 2007, followed by the band’s fifth full-length offering, theOracle, in 2010. the band followed upwiththeir first live album, Live & Inspired, in 2012. « hide |
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