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Sick Of Life
"Sick of Life" is a song by American rock band Godsmack. It is the opening track of the band's second studio album, ''Awake''. "Accelerate Your Life" commercials In one of the recruitment advertisements, the beginning of "Sick of Life" plays in the background while scenes showing men dropping out of helicopters and scuba diving are juxtaposed with the image of a civilian's mundane life. The voice goes "And to think, somewhere, some poor guy is buying a mini van". Godsmack frontman Sully Erna told ArthurMag.com about the use of "Sick of Life" in U.S. Navy commercials: War support However, Erna insists that Godsmack does not support any war: Some critics say that the band's young audience will now be influenced to join the military because of the popular tunes. However, Erna doubts very seriously that a kid is going to join the Marines or the US Navy because he heard Godsmack Godsmack is an American Rock music, rock band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godsmack
Godsmack is an American Rock music, rock band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band is currently composed of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Sully Erna and bassist Robbie Merrill. Since its formation, Godsmack has released eight studio albums, one EP (''The Other Side (Godsmack 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 (Godsmack album), Faceless'', ''IV (Godsmack album), IV'' and ''The Oracle (Godsmack album), The Oracle'') on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. The band also has 25 top ten Mainstream Rock (chart), rock radio hits, including 18 songs in the top five, and 12 at #1. The band's seventh album, ''When Legends Rise'' was released on April 27, 2018. Their eighth and final album ''Lighting Up the Sky'' was released on February 24, 2023. Since its inception, Godsmack has t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awake (Godsmack Album)
''Awake'' is the second studio album by American rock band Godsmack, released on October 31, 2000. It features the song "Goin' Down", which first appeared on the band's first studio recording, '' All Wound Up''. It is the final Godsmack album to fully include drummer Tommy Stewart, who would be replaced by former drummer Shannon Larkin afterwards. During the 2000s, the songs " Sick of Life" and "Awake" were used for the United States Navy's "Accelerate Your Life" recruiting advertisements. Recording The band opted to convert a warehouse in Haverhill, Massachusetts into a makeshift studio, rather than use a more traditional studio setting. According to Sully Erna, the band just did not want to move into any luxurious studio, because they wanted to keep the edge on for writing and "not get too far away from what we're all about". So they just stayed in the slums rather than moving into luxury. Erna says the results show in the music's "tougher" sound; "however, it has a very r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nu Metal
Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nü-metal, with a metal umlaut) is a subgenre of that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop music, hip hop, funk, industrial music, industrial, and grunge. Nu metal rarely features guitar solos or other displays of musical technique and emphasizes rhythm with instrumentation that is heavily Syncopation, syncopated. Nu metal guitarists typically use seven-string guitars that are guitar tunings, down-tuned to produce a heavier sound. Vocal styles are often rhythmic and influenced by hip hop, and include singing, rapping, screaming (music), screaming and sometimes death growl, growling. Turntablism, DJs are occasionally featured to provide instrumentation such as Sampling (music), sampling, turntable scratching and electronic musical instrument, electronic background music. Nu metal is one of the key genres of the new wave of American heavy metal. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, bands like Pan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books by decree in 1586. It is the second-oldest university press after Cambridge University Press, which was founded in 1534. It is a department of the University of Oxford. It is governed by a group of 15 academics, the Delegates of the Press, appointed by the Vice Chancellor, vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford. The Delegates of the Press are led by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as OUP's chief executive and as its major representative on other university bodies. Oxford University Press has had a similar governance structure since the 17th century. The press is located on Walton Street, Oxford, Walton Street, Oxford, opposite Somerville College, Oxford, Somerville College, in the inner suburb of Jericho, Oxford, Jericho. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Records
Republic Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). Based in New York City, it was founded by Avery Lipman and Monte Lipman as an independent label in 1995, and was acquired by UMG in 2000. Republic was initially an imprint of the Universal Motown Republic Group, and was renamed Universal Republic Records after a reorganization in 2006 before going back to its original name in 2012. History Foundation and Universal Records: 1994–2005 According to Avery Lipman, he and his brother Monte conceived the idea for Republic Records at their apartment in New York. Lipman stated that both had previously been employed by record companies and were in between jobs at the time. They began putting records out as a hobby, the first of which was the Bloodhound Gang's '' Dingleberry Haze''. Republic Records was formed in 1995 as a subsidiary of MCA's Geffen Records, but soon after its foundation, the distribution changed to the newly established Universa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 percussionist, performing these on albums and at live shows. He was ranked 47th in the Top 100 Heavy Metal Vocalists by ''Hit Parader''. Early life Sully Erna was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He began playing drums at the age of three. His father, Salvatore Erna Sr., was a trumpet player from Sicily and would rehearse in the basement where Sully would watch. His great-uncle was a famous composer in Sicily. At the age of 11, Erna discovered that it was easier for him to listen to something and play it than read sheet music. He stopped taking lessons and practiced at home, rehearsing to records by Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Motörhead, and Rush (band), Rush. Musical career At 14, Dave Vose became Erna's new instructor. He signed his first record deal in 1993 with a ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock is a Music genre, genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of styles from the mid-1960s, primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. It has its roots in rock and roll, a style that drew from the black musical genres of blues and rhythm and blues, as well as from country music. Rock also drew strongly from genres such as electric blues and folk music, folk, and incorporated influences from jazz and other styles. Rock is typically centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drum kit, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a Time signature, time signature and using a verse–chorus form; however, the genre has become extremely diverse. Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political. Rock was the most p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 million tons in 2021. It has the world's largest aircraft carrier fleet, with List of aircraft carriers in service, eleven in service, one undergoing trials, two new carriers under construction, and six other carriers planned as of 2024. With 336,978 personnel on active duty and 101,583 in the Ready Reserve, the U.S. Navy is the third largest of the United States military service branches in terms of personnel. It has 299 deployable combat vessels and about 4,012 operational aircraft as of 18 July 2023. The U.S. Navy is one of six United States Armed Forces, armed forces of the United States and one of eight uniformed services of the United States. The United States Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which was established during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godsmack Songs
Godsmack is an American Rock music, rock band founded in 1995 by singer Sully Erna and bassist Robbie Merrill. The band has released nine studio albums, one Extended play, EP, two Compilation albums, compilations, three Music video, video albums, and thirty-four Single (music), singles. Erna and Merrill recruited local friend and guitarist Lee Richards and drummer Tommy Stewart to complete the band's lineup. In 1996, Tony Rombola replaced Richards, as the band's guitarist. In 1998, Godsmack released their Godsmack (album), self-titled debut album, a remastered version of the band's self-released debut, ''All Wound Up... (album), All Wound Up...''. The album was distributed by Universal Records, Universal/Republic Records and shipped four million copies in the United States. In 2001, the band contributed the track "Why" to the ''Any Given Sunday'' soundtrack. After two years of touring, the band released ''Awake (Godsmack album), Awake''. Although the album was a commercial success, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
