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Live And Inspired
''Live & Inspired'' is the first live album by American rock band Godsmack. Released on May 15, 2012, the album features live renditions of songs from each of the band's first four studio albums and includes a bonus disc of four cover version recordings. Disc 1 of the album contains 13 tracks recorded during the band's performance at the Detroit Fox Theatre in 2007, with the band's lead singer, Sully Erna, stating that the venue has a "special kind of fan base". Although released two years after their then-latest studio album, ''The Oracle'', the tracks were performed prior to the release of that album, thus none of its tracks show up on the set list. Disc 2 contains various covers of other rock artists. Track listing Personnel Godsmack * Sully Erna Salvatore Paul Erna Jr. (born February 7, 1968) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter, best known as the vocalist and rhythm guitarist for rock band Godsmack. He is also a harmonica player, drummer, and percussio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godsmack
Godsmack is an American rock band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band is composed of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Sully Erna, bassist Robbie Merrill, lead guitarist Tony Rombola and drummer Shannon Larkin. Since its formation, Godsmack has released seven studio albums, one EP ('' The Other Side''), four DVDs, one compilation album ('' Good Times, Bad Times... Ten Years of Godsmack''), and one live album (''Live & Inspired''). The band has released three consecutive number-one albums ('' Faceless'', '' IV'' and '' The Oracle'') on the ''Billboard'' 200. The band also has 25 top ten rock radio hits, including 18 songs in the top five. The band's seventh album, ''When Legends Rise'' was released on April 27, 2018. Since its inception, Godsmack has toured with Ozzfest on more than one occasion and has toured with many other large tours and festivals, including supporting its albums with its own arena tours. In honor of the band's success and the release of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a time signature using a verse–chorus form, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Over The Mountain
"Over the Mountain" is the opening track of heavy metal musician Ozzy Osbourne's album ''Diary of a Madman (album), Diary of a Madman''. The song debuted at number 42 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks, ''Billboard'' Top Tracks chart and reached number 38. The song was written by Osbourne, Bob Daisley, Lee Kerslake and Randy Rhoads. The song was later included on the Ozzy Osbourne compilation albums, ''The Ozzman Cometh'' on 11 November 1997, ''The Essential Ozzy Osbourne'' on 11 February 2003 and ''Prince of Darkness (Ozzy Osbourne album), Prince of Darkness'' on 22 March 2005. Personnel * Ozzy Osbourne - vocals * Randy Rhoads - guitar * Bob Daisley - bass * Lee Kerslake - drums Songwriting * Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley and Kerslake Charts Cover versions * The song was covered by Fozzy with Butch Walker on vocals and guitar on their debut album, ''Fozzy (album), Fozzy,'' on 24 October 2000. In his review of the album, Steve Huey of AllMusic felt the cover had a "...tendency to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit Rock City
"Detroit Rock City" is a song by the American hard rock group Kiss, released on their 1976 album ''Destroyer''. The song was written by Paul Stanley and producer Bob Ezrin. The song is one of the band's most popular and is a classic rock staple. It is also seen as one of the more technical songs musically in the band's canon. The song has been noted for being a duet between guitarists Stanley and Ace Frehley. Composition and release The song, recorded and released as a single in 1976, was the third single from Kiss's album ''Destroyer'' and was planned to be their last in support of the album. As a single, it did poorly in sales and radio play (other than in Detroit), and failed to chart in the U.S. even though it would prove to be a fan favorite. It came as a surprise that the B-side "Beth", a ballad written and sung by drummer Peter Criss, wound up catching on in different markets in the U.S., so the single was reissued with "Beth" as the A-side and "Detroit Rock City" as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whatever (Godsmack Song)
"Whatever" is the first single by the American rock band Godsmack. Featured on the band's self-titled album, "Whatever" is one of Godsmack's most famous songs. The song first appeared on a promotional bonus CD that came with some copies of '' All Wound Up''. "Whatever" was the longest-running song on the US Active Rock top 10 chart, remaining there for 33 weeks. Godsmack received much exposure when a disc jockey at WAAF, a radio station in Massachusetts, started playing this song on his show. Song meaning Lead singer Sully Erna and guitarist Tony Rombola Tony Rombola (born November 24, 1964) is an American musician who has been the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the Boston-based rock band Godsmack since the mid-1990s. Rombola has been cited as "an extraodinaire" in the guitar world by ' ... wrote the song. Rombola said: Chart positions Singles U.S. ''Billboard'' References External links * 1999 singles Godsmack songs 1998 songs Songs written by Sully E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voodoo (Godsmack Song)
"Voodoo", written by lead singer Sully Erna, is a single by rock band Godsmack from their self-titled album. The song "Voodoo" was best known for its use in the MTV television program ''Fear''. The video, directed by Dean Karr, shows witches performing a ritual with swords. The band is shown throughout the video playing in a corn field. A naked gorgon is shown dancing, which is also part of the ritual. Zombies come out of a lake and wander through the woods. The video features Laurie Cabot and members of her coven at that time. The idea of zombies came from the original inspiration of the song. At the House of Blues, vocalist Sully Erna stated that this inspiration was the film '' The Serpent and the Rainbow''. The song was also used by WWE wrestler Batista during his time as Leviathan in the former WWE developmental territory Ohio Valley The Ohio River is a long river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speak (Godsmack Song)
"Speak" is a single by the rock band Godsmack from their fourth album '' IV''. It reached number one on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart and number ten on the Modern Rock chart. Song origin Tony Rombola wrote the music for "Speak". He recalled: "While on tour with Metallica, Robbie, Shannon and I were jamming in the dressing room. Sully Erna popped his head in the room 'cause he really liked the riff we were playin' and he pretty much wrote the melody and finished the song right then and there." "The chorus opened up in a way that I would never have thought to write", said Erna. Music video The music video for the song (directed by Wayne Isham) shows people performing stunts on cars, motorcycles, etc. with clips of the band playing. The video also features Danny Koker from Count's Kustoms, who would later go on to star in '' Counting Cars''. Sully Erna told MTV.com that he wanted to keep things simple when it came to the video: "No bank-breaking special-effects wizardry — ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keep Away (song)
"Keep Away" is a song by American rock band Godsmack. It was released as the second single from the band's album ''Godsmack''. An acoustic version was included on '' The Other Side''. A live version is included on the album from ''Woodstock 1999 Woodstock '99 (also called Woodstock 1999) was a music festival held from July 22 to July 25, 1999, in Rome, New York. After Woodstock '94, it was the second large-scale music festival that attempted to emulate the original 1969 Woodstock fes ...''. The song brought early attention to the band: "With driving guitars, a sinister sounding vocal and aggressive chorus, the song connected with listeners and the Godsmack ascension was starting to take place. The song would impact radio in June 1999 and followed a more direct trajectory up the charts". The song's writer, band member Sully Erna, described the song as being "about hope -- hope to get the bitch out of my life". Chart positions Singles U.S. ''Billboard'' References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Enemy (Godsmack Song)
"The Enemy" is a song by American Rock music, rock band Godsmack and the last single from their album ''IV (Godsmack album), IV''. After its release in October 2006, the song landed at number four on the Mainstream Rock Tracks, just like Godsmack's previous single "Shine Down (song), Shine Down". "The Enemy" is performed at almost every show on the band's "IV Tour", and was also the official theme song for WWE's 2006 SummerSlam (2006), SummerSlam PPV. This song was also included in the video game ''WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007''. "The Enemy" is Jason MacDonald's most recent entrance theme in Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC Championship. Song meaning According to lead singer Sully Erna, the song is about a guy who was his friend. When Godsmack became popular, the guy was going with Erna to clubs and parties. They quit hanging out as much but the guy continued to go out to places where people knew that he knew the band. He would hang out in the VIP rooms and tell people that Godsm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Changes (Godsmack Song)
''Faceless'' is the third studio album by American rock band Godsmack. The album introduced drummer Shannon Larkin, former drummer for Ugly Kid Joe. The album was released on April 8, 2003. The songs " I Stand Alone" and " Straight Out of Line" had Grammy nominations for ' Best Rock Song' and ' Best Hard Rock Performance' respectively. Recording and lyrical themes The writing and recording process, according to Erna, was a self-contained one in which the band holed up in a rented home in Miami, Florida and wrote without distraction or influence from the rock music scene going on around them. On the subject of the album, Erna told LAUNCH Media: "It's a bit more musical at times, it's a bit more melodic, but it's still raw," Erna said. "It's still tough. It's still got that Godsmack edge to it, but it's not quite as angry, maybe, as the past stuff has been. But it's still got its rawness...Well, I shouldn't say that. There's a couple of nasty fuckin' songs on this record. Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godsmack (album)
''Godsmack'' is the major label debut album by American rock band Godsmack. It was released by Republic Records and Universal Records on August 25, 1998. The album's recording was initially paid for by the band, at a cost of $2,600, at New Alliance Studios in Boston, Massachusetts, and released through the band's own record label E. K. Records Company, under the title '' All Wound Up...'', in February 1997.'''' When the band was signed to Republic/Universal in June 1998, ''All Wound Up...'' was partly edited and remixed, fully remastered at Sterling Sound in New York City, and given a new artwork and layout before being re-released as the eponymous album.'''' The album was certified Gold on April 13, 1999, and Platinum on June 15, 1999, the latter only nine days after it was controversially banned from several leading chain stores due to questionable lyrics and imagery. A parental advisory sticker was quickly added before the album resumed distribution, ultimately reaching 4× Plat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awake (Godsmack Song)
"Awake" is the lead single and title track from Godsmack's second studio album. "Awake" is best known for its use in the 2000's US Navy advertisements "Accelerate Your Life", with voiceover by Keith David. Background In an MTV online chat, Godsmack vocalist Sully Erna said that "Awake" is Godsmack "getting some closure, on a past relationship". Erna then said: "That's me getting closure on a relationship. I'm just saying that now I'm awake, and I'm able to deal with everything I have to deal with. Where before I felt like I was going to lose control without this person in my life. I'm saying that I'm okay now without that person". Release and commercial performance "Awake" was released to radio on June 3, 2000. "Awake" achieved mainstream success. The song was on the Mainstream Rock chart for 53 weeks and peaked at number one. "Awake" also was on the Alternative Songs chart for 28 weeks and peaked at number 12. "Awake" was on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart for 24 week ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
