MM Vol 1 - 025 - Godsmack

MM Vol 1 #025

Godsmack

"Awake"

(2000)
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Genre:Hard Rock

art by SickOfLife90

As you can tell by the other songs in MM Volume 1, I tend to lean on the alternative rock side of things. I include poppy "popular" & hip hop etc songs to mould the whole volume. Plus, its also a convenient way to capture a time period. So in 2000 when i heard Godsmack, man, what a relief, especially of all the pop songs coming through at this particular time. Godsmack are "Hell Hounding Wiccan Merchants" in the same vein as Dream Theater (when they get going) and when they go off, they do just exactly that. So when I'm in a foul mood or there is a lightning storm .... this plays ...... and it plays LOUD!

art by RooJaWa
The Boston-based alternative metal group Godsmack originally comprised vocalist Sully Erna (a devout Wiccan), guitarist Tony Rambola, bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer Tommy Stewart. After debuting in 1997 with All Wound Up, Godsmack signed with Universal, which in 1998 reissued 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 replaced by drummer Joe d'Arco -- returned to the lineup on a permanent basis. The band's audience built slowly but surely, and Godsmack was certified gold in 1999, the same year the group was invited to join the Ozzfest tour; by the next year, it had sold over three million copies, thanks to hit singles like "Whatever" and "Keep Away." In 2000, the group again played Ozzfest, and released their second proper album, Awake, that fall.

Godsmack

In January 2001, Awake earned the band a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance for the song "Vampires," and by March, it had sold two million copies. 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. As the single maintained Godsmack's strong presence at modern rock radio into the summer, founding member Tommy Stewart left the band in June. The David Bottrill-produced (Peter Gabriel, Tool, Mudvayne) album Faceless appeared in April 2003. It also marked the debut of ex-Amen drummer Shannon Larkin. The all-acoustic Other Side arrived in spring 2004. In 2006, Erna stepped behind the board to helm IV, a collection of new material that reached number one while both retaining the group's trademark heft and expanding their sonic palette. ~ [Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide]

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