Godsmack
Godsmack is a hard rock/alternative metal band from Lawrence, Massachusetts… Read Full Bio ↴Godsmack is a hard rock/alternative metal band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States which formed in 1995. The band comprises founder, frontman and songwriter Sully Erna, guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer Shannon Larkin. Since its formation, Godsmack has released seven studio albums, one EP, four DVDs, and one greatest hits collection. The band's latest album, "When Legends Rise", was released on April 27, 2018.
The band has three #1 albums (Faceless, IV, The Oracle) on the Billboard 200, four Grammy nominations, and eight #1 hits on Mainstream Rock Radio. Godsmack has sold over 19 million records worldwide.
Since its inception, Godsmack has toured on Ozzfest on more than one occasion, and have toured with many other large tours and festivals, including supporting its albums with its own arena tours. In the summer of 2009, Godsmack toured as support to Mötley Crüe's Crüe Fest 2 tour.
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. His new band The Scam formed with Erna on vocals, Robbie Merrill on bass, local guitarist and friend Lee Richards on guitar, and Tommy Stewart on drums. The Scam quickly changed its name to Godsmack, after recording one demo. The newly formed band started playing small bars in their hometown of Boston, Mass.. Locally popular songs such as "Keep Away" and "Whatever" soon brought them to the top of the hit charts in the Boston/New England area.
The band's name, according to Merrill in the Smack This! DVD, was taken from the Alice in Chains' song "God Smack". 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.' The name stuck. We were aware of the Alice in Chains song but didn't really think much about it. It's a cool song and the name had meaning for us".
In 1996, Tony Rombola and Joe D'Arco joined Godsmack as the guitarist and drummer, after Richards left after finding out he had a six-year-old child and Stewart left due to personal differences. In the same year the band entered the studio for the first time, recording its first CD titled "All Wound Up". The CD was recorded in just three days for $2,600.
For the next two years, the band played throughout the Boston area. Eventually Godsmack's CD landed in the hands of Rocko, the night-time DJ for Boston radio station WAAF (FM). The radio station put "Keep Away" into heavy rotation and the song rose to the number one spot at the station very quickly. Newbury Comics, a New England record store chain, agreed to sell the CD on consignment. Shortly after the success of "Keep Away", Godsmack went back into the studio and recorded a single titled "Whatever", which became the new local favorite on WAAF (FM).
In an interview Sully Erna stated, "we had been selling maybe 50 copies a month at the time WAAF picked up the album. All of a sudden we started moving over records a week. It was insane. Even crazier, I was doing all this from my bedroom. After years of grinding away, things finally started taking off."
Alice in Chains is believed to be the primary influence to Godsmack. Many believe Godsmack obtained their name from the Alice in Chains song "God Smack" off the album Dirt. In an interview with MTV upon the death of Alice in Chains lead singer Layne Staley, Godsmack frontman Sully Erna stated that Staley "was single-handedly the guy that got me to start singing." Erna went on to later confirm that indeed "God Smack" is the inspiration for the bands name and the reason their sound sounds similar to that of Alice in Chains Other bands cited by Godsmack members as their primary influences typically include Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Black Sabbath, ² and White Zombie. More recently, Godsmack have attempted to distance themselves from the Alice in Chains comparison with Erna stating in an interview with Matt Ashare, "I've just never really heard that in our music." In that same interview, Erna offers an alternative explanation to the origin of their band name by stating, "It happened at rehearsal when our drummer came in with a big cold sore on his lip. I was making fun of him all day because we had a photo shoot coming up. And then the next day when I came in, I had a big cold sore on my lip. So my guitar player said, See, God just smacked you for making fun of him." Nevertheless, the comparison to Alice in Chains is well documented. Sully Erna's style of singing mirrors that of Layne Staley's while the overall sound of the band's first two albums sound incredibly similar to the sound of Dirt. The logo of Godsmack is similar to the sun logo of Alice in Chains. Godsmack also released an album titled "Faceless" which is similar in name to Alice in Chain's first album Facelift. The band even transcended from their heavy sound to a more mellow acoustic sound on their album "The Other Side" in the same manner Alice in Chains did in "Jar of Flies".
In 2002, Godsmack received a Grammy nomination in "Best Rock Instrumental Performance" for the song "Vampires" from the album Awake. In 2004, they opened for Metallica, while headlining with Dropbox in the summer. They did acoustic shows for their newly released album The Other Side in the fall of 2004, while still opening for Metallica. In September 2004, Godsmack issued a live DVD titled "Changes" which the band recorded earlier that year. That same month, the group also released "Batalla de los Tambores", a live cut available only via online services such as Apple's iTunes Music Store, Real and Napster. They released their latest album 'The Oracle' on May 3rd, 2010.
Some songs from the album "Faceless" are also in the video game soundtrack for "Prince of Persia: Warrior Within".
Current members
* Sully Erna - Vocals, Lyrics, Guitar and Percussion.
* Robbie Merrill - Bass and Backing Vocals
* Tony Rombola - Guitars and Backing Vocals
* Shannon Larkin - Drums/Percussion
The band has three #1 albums (Faceless, IV, The Oracle) on the Billboard 200, four Grammy nominations, and eight #1 hits on Mainstream Rock Radio. Godsmack has sold over 19 million records worldwide.
Since its inception, Godsmack has toured on Ozzfest on more than one occasion, and have toured with many other large tours and festivals, including supporting its albums with its own arena tours. In the summer of 2009, Godsmack toured as support to Mötley Crüe's Crüe Fest 2 tour.
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. His new band The Scam formed with Erna on vocals, Robbie Merrill on bass, local guitarist and friend Lee Richards on guitar, and Tommy Stewart on drums. The Scam quickly changed its name to Godsmack, after recording one demo. The newly formed band started playing small bars in their hometown of Boston, Mass.. Locally popular songs such as "Keep Away" and "Whatever" soon brought them to the top of the hit charts in the Boston/New England area.
The band's name, according to Merrill in the Smack This! DVD, was taken from the Alice in Chains' song "God Smack". 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.' The name stuck. We were aware of the Alice in Chains song but didn't really think much about it. It's a cool song and the name had meaning for us".
In 1996, Tony Rombola and Joe D'Arco joined Godsmack as the guitarist and drummer, after Richards left after finding out he had a six-year-old child and Stewart left due to personal differences. In the same year the band entered the studio for the first time, recording its first CD titled "All Wound Up". The CD was recorded in just three days for $2,600.
For the next two years, the band played throughout the Boston area. Eventually Godsmack's CD landed in the hands of Rocko, the night-time DJ for Boston radio station WAAF (FM). The radio station put "Keep Away" into heavy rotation and the song rose to the number one spot at the station very quickly. Newbury Comics, a New England record store chain, agreed to sell the CD on consignment. Shortly after the success of "Keep Away", Godsmack went back into the studio and recorded a single titled "Whatever", which became the new local favorite on WAAF (FM).
In an interview Sully Erna stated, "we had been selling maybe 50 copies a month at the time WAAF picked up the album. All of a sudden we started moving over records a week. It was insane. Even crazier, I was doing all this from my bedroom. After years of grinding away, things finally started taking off."
Alice in Chains is believed to be the primary influence to Godsmack. Many believe Godsmack obtained their name from the Alice in Chains song "God Smack" off the album Dirt. In an interview with MTV upon the death of Alice in Chains lead singer Layne Staley, Godsmack frontman Sully Erna stated that Staley "was single-handedly the guy that got me to start singing." Erna went on to later confirm that indeed "God Smack" is the inspiration for the bands name and the reason their sound sounds similar to that of Alice in Chains Other bands cited by Godsmack members as their primary influences typically include Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Black Sabbath, ² and White Zombie. More recently, Godsmack have attempted to distance themselves from the Alice in Chains comparison with Erna stating in an interview with Matt Ashare, "I've just never really heard that in our music." In that same interview, Erna offers an alternative explanation to the origin of their band name by stating, "It happened at rehearsal when our drummer came in with a big cold sore on his lip. I was making fun of him all day because we had a photo shoot coming up. And then the next day when I came in, I had a big cold sore on my lip. So my guitar player said, See, God just smacked you for making fun of him." Nevertheless, the comparison to Alice in Chains is well documented. Sully Erna's style of singing mirrors that of Layne Staley's while the overall sound of the band's first two albums sound incredibly similar to the sound of Dirt. The logo of Godsmack is similar to the sun logo of Alice in Chains. Godsmack also released an album titled "Faceless" which is similar in name to Alice in Chain's first album Facelift. The band even transcended from their heavy sound to a more mellow acoustic sound on their album "The Other Side" in the same manner Alice in Chains did in "Jar of Flies".
In 2002, Godsmack received a Grammy nomination in "Best Rock Instrumental Performance" for the song "Vampires" from the album Awake. In 2004, they opened for Metallica, while headlining with Dropbox in the summer. They did acoustic shows for their newly released album The Other Side in the fall of 2004, while still opening for Metallica. In September 2004, Godsmack issued a live DVD titled "Changes" which the band recorded earlier that year. That same month, the group also released "Batalla de los Tambores", a live cut available only via online services such as Apple's iTunes Music Store, Real and Napster. They released their latest album 'The Oracle' on May 3rd, 2010.
Some songs from the album "Faceless" are also in the video game soundtrack for "Prince of Persia: Warrior Within".
Current members
* Sully Erna - Vocals, Lyrics, Guitar and Percussion.
* Robbie Merrill - Bass and Backing Vocals
* Tony Rombola - Guitars and Backing Vocals
* Shannon Larkin - Drums/Percussion
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Godsmack Lyrics
- Under Your Scars Do we make sense? I think we do In spite of…
02. Saints And Sinners Yeah! Grown from a seed of hope I've never known Been raised…
04.Love-Hate-Sex-Pain In this life I'm me Just sitting here alone By the way…
06 Under Your Scars Do we make sense? I think we do In spite of…
07. Good Day To Die Who really know what rights all the wrongs anyway Who really…
1.Sick of my life Paralyzed. Nothing's getting through to me. Hypnotized from …
1000hp Time to rewind Back to 1995 when we were nothing Walking thr…
4. Under Your Scars Do we make sense? I think we do In spite of…
Asleep Wait a minute Can't you see what this pain has…
Awake Wait another minute Can't you see what this pain has…
Bad Magick Does it feel so bad when you're taking a drag and…
Bad Religion Can you feel I'm not like you anymore I can't see,…
Best Of Times Twenty-seven years gone by Ever changing, growing lives All …
Bleeding Me Way, way down inside there's a hollow soul An emptiness shat…
Bulletproof Contemplating, isolating And it's stressing me out Different…
Changes Oh, yeah Mmm Still don't know what I was waitin'…
Come Together Here come old flattop, he come grooving up slowly He got…
Cryin Strut on by like a king Telling everybody they know nothing …
Cryin like a bitch Strut on by like a king Telling everybody they know nothing,…
Cryin& Strut on by like a king Telling everybody they know nothing …
Cryin' Like a Bitch Strut on by like a king Telling everybody they know nothing,…
Cryin' Like A Bitch!! Strut on by like a king Telling everybody they know nothing …
Dead and Broken Too many things I've never spoken I'm not feeling fine I nev…
Devil One step back from a beat down maniac I'm tired of…
Every Part of Me I'm living incomplete My mind is racing day to day It's blee…
Eye of the Storm Let's go! So down and digging I lost myself But it's the…
Faceless Hate me with everything I'm better off without your animosit…
FML Make me lie when I open (without even knowing) Wasting time…
Forever Shamed When will it ever end and when will my life…
Forgive Me There's nothing to me now. An empty shell unfolded. How, whe…
Generation Day Revelations of the mind Destination changing all the tides H…
Get Up Get Out Why are you laughing as if you're my friend? I'm gonna…
Godsmack Oh man, I'm tired and lonely Again, why must it be? A…
Godsmack Now or Never Can't remember my name, can't remember at all Finding you fr…
Godsmack "Straight Out of Line There's no reason There's no compromise Change in seasons Li…
godsmake-i fucking hate you For everything you do, I'd like to swallow you And everyday…
Goin' Down I see the world it's going 'round. Seems to me it's…
Going Down I see the world it's going 'round. Seems to me it's…
Good Day to Die Who really know what rights all the wrongs anyway Who really…
Good Times Bad Times In the days of my youth I was told what it…
Greed Two faced! I feel you crawling under my skin Sickened by you…
Growing Old You can't see me, not right now Go and be that…
Hell's Not Dead Gotta leave 'cause I never really Never really knew how to…
Hollow One more step and I could fall away If it happened…
I Am I am your spoken truth I am the lies in you I'm…
I Blame You Shifting through the ashes And scratching through my life An…
I Don Secrets buried deep at the bottom of my heart And beaten…
I F****** Hate You For everything you do, I'd like to swallow you And everyday…
I Stand Alone Now I've told you this once before You can't control me If…
Immune We have come here from all over the world Because society…
Just One Time One time is all it takes to want me One…
Keep Away Sickness spilling through your eyes, Craving everything that…
Let It Out I took a little breather of my own I might be…
Let's Go When did I come undone? Am I the only one? How can…
Lighting Up the Sky It's too damn late now to hear those cries It's too…
Livin In Sin Once again my friends, storm clouds are rolling in Broken in…
Living in the Gray You got something to say? Should I wait and listen? Sounds u…
Locked & Loaded You run around your little town preaching and hiding from fa…
Love-Hate-Sex-Pain In this life I'm me Just sitting here alone By the way…
Make Me Believe Throw away my dreams This fight for my life isn't getting…
Mama Oh mama what have I gone and done? With all these…
Mistakes No, I don't feel a thing. Life's going by me. And…
Moon Baby Moonlight is about to transform some people into strange cre…
Moonbaby Let's take a blast to the moon baby I sit around…
No Rest For The Wicked Walked a fine line, slipped the edge under me Rise above…
Nothing Comes Easy Beat down and questioned, don't tell me wrong from right You…
Nothing Else Matters So close no matter how far Couldn't be much more from…
Now or Never Can't remember my name, can't remember at all Finding you fr…
One Rainy Day Oh man, I'm tired and lonely Again, why must it be A…
Re Decisions made from desperation No way to go Internal instin…
Re-Align Desicions made from desperation No way to go Internal instin…
Realign Decisions made from desperation No way to go Internal instin…
Red White Take a look all around me In a world going black And…
Releasing the Demons What do you see in the dark When the demons come…
Rocky Mountain Way Spent the last year, Rocky Mountain way I couldn't get much…
Running Blind Can't find the answers I've been crawling on my knees Lookin…
Safe And Sound I realize how you've been broken To bear the guilt of…
Saints and Sinners Yeah! Grown from a seed of hope I've never known Been raised…
Say My Name You let the poison running through your veins You're addicte…
Serenity As I sit here and slowly close my eyes I take…
Shadow Of A Soul Anywhere I go, anything I try Anyone I love is…
Shine Down So tired sleeping through the day Bloodshot eyes and sweat f…
Sick of Life Paralyzed. Nothing's getting through to me. Hypnotized from …
Situation Lying in my sweat, drying my tears Waiting for you, I…
Someday Living with these shadows Separating what I've done And chas…
Something Different Something wrong, something right, something missing Somethin…
Soul on Fire In the end there will come a time my friend I'm…
Speak Free, you better love me. In time, you'll run away, from…
Spiral Sometimes we only live for the here and now. Sometimes we're…
Straight Out of Line There's no reason, there's no compromise Change in seasons, …
Straight Outta Line There's no reason There's no compromise Changing seasons Liv…
Straight Outta Lone There's no reason There's no compromise Changing seasons …
Stress You think your head's achin', I'm not finished yet I won't…
Surrender You've always told me that you know me But you don't…
Sweet Leaf Alright Now! Won't you listen? When I first met you,…
Take It to the Edge Driving my fist down deep inside it, oh yeah Gonna take…
Temptation It crawls down deep inside without a pulse or a…
The Enemy Hey (hey), oh, Mister backstabbing son of a bitch You're liv…
The Journey Ah-Ahhh-Ahhh I will....I will....I will.... I will....I will…
The Spiral Sometimes we only live for the here and now. Sometimes we'r…
Time In the days of my youth I was told what it…
Time Bomb I am in a living hell, makes me wonder if…
Touch Find a way A way to be You're looking down again Just let…
TRIPPIN Living a different way. You can't expect Me to be the same. …
Truth You can tell me that you try But you told me…
Turning to Stone Leave me bleeding, leave me dying on my own Leave me…
Under Your Scars Do we make sense? I think we do In spite of…
Unforgettable (Whoa) it's unforgettable (Whoa) Another change is coming A…
Vampires "Few creatures of the night have captured our imagination li…
Voices Listen to the rain fallin' day by day Listen to the…
Voodoo I'm not the one who's so far away When I feel…
Voodoo Too Open your eyes A chill passes you by A premonition coming st…
War and Peace Here we go! Dance with the devil inside of me I'm longing…
What About Me Inundated Overwhelming personalities But not for me The last…
what if Been disconnected for so long And left my mark here along…
What's Next Freezing me, take me by my hand Show me things I…
Whatever And I wonder day to day I don't like you anyway I…
What’s Next? Freezing me, take me by my hand Show me things I…
When Legends Rise Legs are tied, these hands are broken Alone I try with…
Whiskey Hangover O what if I never wanna be sober? So what if…
Why How in my head can I forget you make me…
You and I Captivating woman Yeah, you got me losing my mind, yeah Shoo…