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Orlando Concert Reviews 3/9/01 and 3/10/01 Godsmack Singer Pens Memoir While Touring 2/7/01 Launch.com on Godsmacks Platinum Christmas 12/26/00 GetSigned.com's Conversation with Sully 12/20/00 Launch.com on the End of the Anger Management Tour 12/18/00 shoutweb.com's Interview with Godsmack - part 1 shoutweb.com's Interview with Godsmack - part 2 Billboards Feature on Godsmack 11/3/00 CDnow.com Features Godsmack 10/30/00 Marsmusic.com and a Conversation with Guitarist Tony Rombola 7/2/00 Hit Parader; Mystical Metal June 2000 Voxonline.com; Talking Smack Guitar.com; From the Cellar to the Stars Launch.com; Godsmack to Wrap Up Recording This Week 4/26/00 Livewire.com on Godsmack at Hammerstein Ballroom NYC April 2000 Drdrew.com and 5 Minutes with Sully Erna Robvolk.com with Godsmack live at Hammerstein NYC 3/8/00 Rolling Stone's Q & A with Sully Erna 2/17/00 Launch.com on the Boston Music Awards 2/4/00 Metal Edge January 2000 Metal Hammer; Godsmack Kissed by Karma January 20000 Hard Radio; Godsmack on a Roll December 1999 NY Rock; 3,000 Happy Godsmack Fans Can't Be Wrong December 1999 Circus Magazine with Godsmack's Sully Erna December 1999 Altrockworld.com October 1999 Launch.com on "Whatever" April 1999 Teenvoice April 1999 The Reader April 1999 Billboard Artist of the Day Section 3/19/99
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Taken from Artist Direct 11/2/00
Godsmack crept like ground fog out of mysterious Methuen, Massachusetts in 1995. Fronted by vocalist Sully Erna and fleshed out by guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill and drummer Tommy Stewart, they worked their way into the musical subconscious of Boston by playing countless club dates and getting the single "Keep Away" from their self produced debut CD "All Wound Up" picked up and played by Boston radio station WAAF.
"We had been selling maybe 50 copies a month at the time WAAF picked up the album," remembers Sully. "All of a sudden we started moving a thousand albums a week. It was insane!"
Insane enough to get the attention of several labels. In 1998 Godsmack signed with Republic Records, who thought the band's original recording was so strong they merely added a few extra tracks and re-released it as "Godsmack."
What drew the label and fans to Godsmack is the band's potent brew of hard edged guitar and straight ahead drive, along with Sully's emotive growl and nerve-and-soul touching lyrics. Those lyrics have caused the band to be pulled from the shelves of certain conservative chain stores, but Sully and the band simply shrug. Their blood-and-bones, down-and-dirty passion is an honest expression according to Sully, and he attributes much of that passion to his religion WICCA, or witchcraft.
"A lot of people are confused about witchcraft," he explains, "but it's simply about worshipping the power of the earth. It's a positive religion that has helped me through a lot of bad times." It's that power the singer uses to convey his feelings of emotional and spiritual highs and lows, and those are feelings listeners obviously relate to.
Now with their new release "Awake," Godsmack takes that intensity a step further. From the freedom demanding sentiment of the title track to the relentless charge of "Bad Magik" and "Vampires," Godsmack demonstrates how willing they are to break down all remaining barriers.
And with the release slated to take place on Halloween, it appears Godsmack is ready to summon all the powers it possibly can. |