Biography
The American Metal Group Godsmack was formed in the late 1990s, and the real popularity came to it only at the beginning of the XXI century, after the victory in the Billboard chart in the nomination "Best Rock Group of the Year". The most recognizable songs make the unusual voice of the vocalist's voice, which many resembles the singing of Lane Steila from the Alice In Chains team. Thousands of fans admire the work of artists and are looking forward to the release of new albums.The history of creation and composition
The Godsmack team creation history began with a 23-year-old drummer Sally Erna in 1995. From his youth, he tried to perform in different teams, but it did not work popular. And then Erna is adjacent to the Strip Mind group, with which later recorded the album turned out to be failed. After 2 years, Strip Mind breaks down, Sally decides to change the role of the drummer on the vocalist and in a short time collects musicians.
His choice falls on Basist Robbie Merrill, Li Richards guitarist and drummer Tommy Stewart. Initially, the group was dubbed as the SCAM, but after recording the first demo, its name changes at which the whole world learned about the team after a while.
Because of the problems in personal life, Richards left the guys, and after him, the striker Stewart left from the group, explaining it by disagreements with the rest of the team musicians. A talented guitarist Tony Rombol came to replace, and Schannon Larkin took free space for the drummed installation in 1996.
Music
After writing a few songs, the group begins to perform in Boston in bars. Then the guys record the songs "Whatever" and "Keep Away", which later led the musicians to the first places of the charts of the native city, so more and more people recognize them, and their works are interested in producers.In 1996, the team decides that it is time to produce a debut album. It took only 3 days, and there was no more than $ 3 thousand. True, fans then did not see the disc on sale. Only two years later the album "Godsmack" appeared on the shelves of music stores. Critics appreciated the efforts of the guys, it was confirmed by the 22nd line of Chart Billboard 200.
2000 The group marks the output of the second disk "Awake", which burst into American charts with incredible swiftness, immediately settling on the first lines. And after a year, Godsmack learn about the first nomination for the Grammy Prize. At that time, the guys were not lucky, and the desired statuette was in the hands of other musicians, but with Boston Music Awards they never left empty hands.
In 2003, the participants are already with a new drummer represent the third Studio Album "Faceless". By the beginning of next year, he diverges with a million circulation and very quickly falls on the 1st place in the American pop chart. The song "Straight Out Of Line" became a hit and hit the 1st line of the US Rock Chart.
In 2006 released the fourth full-format disk "IV", and the SPEAK single became a real hit. After a 3-year-old pause, the musicians start working on a new album. Part of the material was already ready, so they managed to burn the plate "The Oracle" quickly, and her release was passed in May. In the first week, 117 thousand copies were sold. Special praise received a calm and gloomy song "Love-Hate-Sex-Pain".
And then the fans are waiting for an unexpected news - Sally declares about the array of the team's work and promises to return to the stage by 2014. The soloist did not lie down, in February 2014, Erna announced the preparation for the record of another 1000hp record, and in August, she joined the godsmack biography. Fans have long been waiting for this day and 58 thousand copies at the first week were repaid. Critics met the album with positive responses, calling it a new and fresh material.
But the next disk fans had to wait as much as 4 years. His presentation took place only in the spring of 2018. For "WHEN LEGENDS RISE", the artists selected the 11 best songs. These include the compositions "Bulletproof" and "Under Your Scars", which became new hits.
Godsmack now
Despite the many years of history, Godsmack did not move away from the genre of music, in which they performed initially, in their songs only slightly changed the sound. The team and now continues to delight fans with creativity, including Russian fans.
In June 2019, the musicians were in Moscow and sang new songs from the album "When Legends Rise", and also pleased with old hits.
The photo of the group in full presented on the page in "Instagram", mostly men lay out pictures from concerts, in the circle of fans. Also, Godsmack participants publish announcements for upcoming performances.
Discography
- 1998 - "Godsmack"
- 2000 - "Awake"
- 2003 - "Faceless"
- 2004 - "The Other Side"
- 2006 - "IV"
- 2010 - "The Oracle"
- 2012 - "LIVE and INSPIRED"
- 2014 - "1000hp"
- 2018 - "WHEN LEGENDS RISE"
Clips
- 2002 - "Keep Away"
- 2009 - "Straight Out of Line"
- 2010 - "I Stand Alone"
- 2014 - "1000hp"
- 2016 - "Cryin 'Like a Bitch"