![]() In the same year, the band entered New Alliance Studio in Boston to record its debut album, All Wound Up. We were aware of the Alice In Chains song but didn't really think much about it." In 1996, Tony Rombola joined as the guitarist after Richards left upon learning he had a six-year-old child and Stewart left due to personal differences. ![]() "I was making fun of who had a cold sore on his lip and the next day I had one myself and somebody said, 'It's a god smack.' The name stuck. Many people think the band's name stemmed from an Alice in Chains song, but according to Erna, the band's name came from a small and personal incident. Locally popular songs such as " Keep Away" and " Whatever" soon brought them to the top of the hit charts in the Boston/New England area. The newly formed band started playing small bars in their hometown of Boston. The Scam quickly changed its name to Godsmack, after recording one demo. His new band, The Scam, formed with Erna on vocals, Robbie Merrill on bass, local guitarist and friend Lee Richards on guitar, and Tommy Stewart on drums. In February 1995, Sully Erna decided to start a new band as the lead singer after playing the drums for more than 23 years, including more than two years in the now-defunct band Strip Mind. In honor of the band's success and the release of their sixth studio album, 1000hp, Mayor Marty Walsh declared August 6 as "Godsmack Day" in the city of Boston. 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. The band's seventh album, When Legends Rise was released on April 27, 2018. The band also has 25 top ten rock radio hits, including 18 songs in the top five. The band has released three consecutive number-one albums ( Faceless, IV and The Oracle) on the Billboard 200. Ten Years of Godsmack), and one live album ( Live & Inspired). Since its formation, Godsmack has released eight studio albums, one EP ( The Other Side), four DVDs, one compilation album ( Good Times, Bad Times. The band is composed of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Sully Erna, bassist Robbie Merrill, lead guitarist Tony Rombola and drummer Shannon Larkin. Had Roxanne limited their sophomore effort to those first seven songs, it would have likely made the Sleaze Roxx’s Top Ten Albums of 2018 but you take an album as a whole, and those last four tracks just aren’t at the same level as the first magnificent seven.Godsmack is an American rock band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. I think the reason for that is that the album kind of slows down and tails off quite a bit with the last four tracks. My first few listens were enjoyable but nothing really stuck out that much aside that it was quite well produced and sounded great. I also see that Roxanne seem to have continued where they left off with their debut as the attitude, groove and swagger from at least those two songs can definitely be found on Radio Silence.Īfter hearing the first three singles (via videos) from Radio Silence - “Someone To Kill”, “Super Bad” and “Go Fuck Yourself” - I knew that I would be buying the album and made a point of getting it before year’s end. I did listen to a few tracks from the debut (“Cherry Bay” and “Sweet Maria”) for the purposes of my review of Radio Silence and I like what I heard. ![]() I confess that I don’t recall Roxanne from back in the late ’80s but then again, I wasn’t really into AOR back then and from what I can tell from the band’s description of its debut, it was more melodic rock than anything else. Thirty years is one hell of a time to wait and the results are almost worth the wait! There are quite a few real standout tracks on Radio Silenceand had there been a few of that ilk, this album would have definitely found itself in the Sleaze Roxx’s Top Ten Albums of 2018. “Thirty years is a long time between albums but that is exactly what we’re getting with Roxanne‘s sophomore album Radio Silence, which comes 30 years after the release of the band’s debut album. Sleaze Roxx stated the following in its review of Radio Silence: ![]() ![]() Roxanne consisting of frontman Jamie Brown (on lead vocals and guitar), guitarist John Butler, bassist Joe Infante and drummer Dave Landry have unveiled one more video in support of their sophomore album Radio Silence that was released via Rat Pak Records back in late October 2018. Roxanne release video for track “First Mistake” ![]()
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