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Boston hardcore/metal group Godsmack have dominated the nu-metal world since 1998. Godsmack started making music in 1996 when they started recording thier debut album. The album was made cheap using only $2,500 for recording.  The bands debut single "Whatever" released was an instant smash. The single holds the record for longest time in the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100.It spent thirt-three weeks in the top ten. It dominated rock charts for over a year! "Godsmack" went platinum. The album has the song that made them famous, to boost them onto radio "Keep Away." Also from the album was the bands third hit "Voodoo." The album "Godsmack" was pulled out of Wall-Mart and K-Mart stores due to it's lyrical content. Godsmack even participated in Ozz-Fest 99. Slipknot, Slayer, hed [pe], Black Sabbath, Fear Factory, System Of A Down, The Deftones, Rob Zombie, Primus, Static-X, Flashpoint, Drain STH, Apartment 26, and Push Monkey particpated with Godsmack. Three years after "Godsmack" came out, Godsmack released "Awake." The album got massive results. Songs were pulled off the album for extreme sports shows and documentries, soundtracks, and more. "It's Going Down" is a Alice In Chains like-tune that wasn't released but picked up results. An insturmental flavour to the album "Vampires" was nominated for a Grammy for Best Instrumental Rock Preformance. The first single from the album was "Awake." The song picked up massive MTV, and rock radio rotations. Godsmack participated in Ozz-Fest for the second time in 2000. Pantara, P.O.D. Soulfly, Disturbed, Kittie, Taproot,  Static-X, Incubus, Slaves On Dope, Methods Of Mayham, Pitchshifter, Qeeens Of The Stone Age, Reivelle, Pumpjack, Shuvel, The Deadlights, and Primer 55 also shared the stage with Godsmack."Greed" was the second single to drop from "Awake." The song again was a hit. Through out the year Godsmack toured with DMX, Limp Bizkit, The Deftones, Disturbed and others. In 2002 Godsmack returned. Not with a new album but on a soundtrack. The follow-up to "The Mummy" was "The Scorpian King." The soundtrack was choosen by Godsmack frontman Sully Erna. System Of A Down, Creed, Nickelback, Injected, Drowning Pool, Coal Chamber, Hoobastank, Sevendust, Flaw, 12 Stones, Lifer, Mushroomhead, Breaking Point, and a duet between Ozzy Osbourne, and Rob Zombie appear on the soundtrack. The lead single off of it was "I Stand Alone" preformed by Godsmack. The song picked up massive rock, and metal rotation. MTV played it a lot and it was feautered on MTV's "Making The Video." The song was the #2 single off the year on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts. It did very well on that and the Billboard Modern Rock chart. It was nominated for Best Hard Rock Preformance, and Best Rock at the Grammys but was shut out. Godsmack then started recording again. During the process long-time drummer Tommy Steward left the band. In 2003 Godsmack returned with thier new album "Faceless." It was originally titled "Releasing The Demons." That was scraped and became a song on the album. "I Stand Alone" also appears on the album. The second single from the album was "Straight Out Of Line." The song is currently climbing rock charts, Billboard Modern Rock, and getting heavy MTV rotation.

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Videos Straight Out Of Line [2003] I Stand Alone [2002] Greed [2001] Awake [2000] Voodoo [1999] Whatever [1998]   Discography Faceless [2003] Smack This [2002] Awake [2000] All Wound Up [1998] Godsmack [1997]   Countdown History "I Stand Alone " made it to 1 for two   weeks.   Members Sully Erna-Vocals Tony Rombola-Guitarist Robbie Merrill-Bassist ???-Drummer   Genre Rock/Alternative/Hard Rock/Metal

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