Godsmack biography, Godsmack discography
This article is about the band Godsmack.From left to right: Robbie Merrill, Sully Erna, Criss Angel, Shannon Larkin, Tony Rombola.Godsmack is an American Hard rock band from Lawrence, Massachusetts formed in 1996.Since its formation, Godsmack has released four studio albums, one EP, four DVDs, and one greatest hits collection.Godsmack has sold over 10 million albums in the United States with an additional two million worldwide.The band has had two number one albums (Faceless and IV) on the Billboard 200, which ranks the sales of all popular music.Influences and style
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3.History
In February 1995, Sully Erna decided to start a new band as the lead singer after playing the drums for more than 23 years, including over two years in the now defunct band Strip Mind.Later that year, Erna called his friend Robbie Merrill, asking if he wanted to start writing music, and Merrill agreed.The Scam quickly changed its name to Godsmack, after recording one demo.However, Erna stated in a 1999 interview that "I was making fun of somebody who had a cold sore on his lip and the next day I had one myself and somebody said, 'It's a godsmack.It's a cool song and the name had meaning for us".CD Godsmack was released to the public six weeks later, leading to the band's first headlining tour, "The Voodoo Tour".Roxanne Blanford from the All Music Guide gave the album three out of five stars, stating, "Godsmack confidently brought metal into the technological age".The album caused controversy due to its profane lyrics, containing a substantial amount of swearing.We have decided to put a sticker on the record".This controversy did not hurt album sales, but according to Erna helped, stating, "It's almost taunting kids to go out and get the record to see what we're saying on it".Godsmack to start recording Awake.The album debuted at number five on the Billboard 200, and has been certified 2x platinum by the RIAA.With the release of Awake, Godsmack toured Europe supporting Limp Bizkit.Two of the songs on the album were used in U."Sick of Life" and "Awake") as background music.Erna stated, "Someone in the military is a fan, and they asked if they could use the music, and we accepted".In 2002, Erna was asked to write and perform a song for the soundtrack to The Scorpion King.The song Godsmack wrote and performed was titled "I Stand Alone" and became the number 1 single at Rock Radio and the most played Active Rock song in 2002 for 14 weeks straight.Godsmack went back into the studio to record a new album that was released in 2003.CD would go on to sell over one million copies in the United States.Erna added, "She was just waking up, we go, 'Sorry', and then boom, right into the pool.The next thing we know the cops are banging on the door, and that's sort of the point of calling the record Faceless".However in a later interview Merrill stated otherwise, making it unclear of how the album's title came to be, "It came from the band's feeling that, despite our radio and sales success, we still flew a bit under the radar".Sample of "Speak" from IV.Problems listening to the file?On April 25, 2006 Godsmack released its fourth studio album simply titled IV, followed by a tour that would continue until August 2007, titled "The IV tour".The first single from the album, "Speak" was released on February 14, 2006.The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 211,000 copies in its first week.The band had written over forty songs for the album, but the final track listing had eleven tracks, Larkin commented, "it's Sully's band and his vision.We all said 'all right'.He's always had the vision of everything Godsmack from the artwork to the production to the engineer to the studio to what TV shows we play.And in Boston it's "fou."They don't really have the "R."But if it wasn't a 10, there was no one, two, three, or five.And then the funniest one, this guy walked by with a chick on each arm and he goes, "Hey, bub, two fous don't make an eight!"Led Zeppelin IV, Foreigner IV, a million IVs.We just thought it's fitting.Present)
Note: Erna performed drums on Godsmack, and occasionally plays drums at live shows.Sully Erna of Godsmack on Karma, Christians and the Law of Three (NY Rock).Godsmack's Sully Erna Speaks out on drummer switch.Godsmack: 'IV' Hit Charts At Number I.Interview: Shannon Larkin of Godsmack.Conversation with Drummer Shannon Larkin.Livin in Sin' with Godsmack's Shannon Larkin.The music and magic of Godsmack.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.Note: some videos not suitable for minors may still appear in search results.This video has been added to your favorites.The video has been added to your playlist.Please login to add to your playlists.Please login to add to flag a video.Ummm, my favorite band of all time would have to be Pink Floyd.The Almostand i very much like: Thrice, they are sometimes so powerful but they can be soft and beautiful too...Would you like to comment?"YouTube recommends upgrading to a safer, modern browsersuch as Firefox.This video has been added to your favorites.Please login to add to flag a video.Change this to see only comments above a certain value.Change the value of a comment by clicking on a thumb.Wicca has degenerated over time to be a big ball of wound together religions....If you don't like it, don't read my comment.It's so immature and childish if that's all you've got to say.We know that you're sick of girls saying how Hot he is, but it's not our fault.Pepsi Smash
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