I'm interviewing Godsmack - any questions?
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I'm interviewing Godsmack - any questions?
I'm interviewing Godsmack on Friday. Not sure exactly who yet: either Sully or Robbie, maybe both.
Anyone have any questions they'd like me to ask?
Anyone have any questions they'd like me to ask?
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How do they feel about people claiming they are an Alice in Chains rip off despite the fact that they don't sound a like at all.
How do they feel about people claiming they are an Alice in Chains rip off despite the fact that they don't sound a like at all.
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I know that Godsmack turned down a spot on the Summer Sanitarium Tour. Instead they wanted to do a tour on their own playing medium sized venues. They also said that the prices for concerts are out of hand. Maybe work with some of those topics.
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Originally posted by blinkin_winkin
I know that Godsmack turned down a spot on the Summer Sanitarium Tour. Instead they wanted to do a tour on their own playing medium sized venues. They also said that the prices for concerts are out of hand. Maybe work with some of those topics.
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I know that Godsmack turned down a spot on the Summer Sanitarium Tour. Instead they wanted to do a tour on their own playing medium sized venues. They also said that the prices for concerts are out of hand. Maybe work with some of those topics.
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Yes, definatly ask how that went down. Ask if there's a chance of them touring together after their summer tours. What will their next single be? How many of their new songs will we hear on the tour? Who is opening for them on the tour? Ill try to think of some more. Will you post the interview when your done??
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i heard on the radio the main reason that they didn't want to do a summer saniterium is that they didn't like how a kid would have to ask their parents for 200 bucks for a ticket, a bottle of water and a t shirt. They would rather charge a more reasonable price for tickets.
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Originally posted by Ergyu
How do they feel about people claiming they are an Alice in Chains rip off despite the fact that they don't sound a like at all.
How do they feel about people claiming they are an Alice in Chains rip off despite the fact that they don't sound a like at all.
Originally posted by BJacks
Have people actually said that? I concur with you. They don't sound even remotely the same.
Have people actually said that? I concur with you. They don't sound even remotely the same.
Ask them what their favorite band to play/tour with was? I'd be interested in finding that out. Maybe also ask them who they'd most like to tour with again or for the first time.
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Did I notice they'd switched drummers in their most recent video? Or did the formerly bald skinsman just grow some hair?
*If* there was a lineup change, maybe there's a fascinating Behind the Music style reason for it........
*If* there was a lineup change, maybe there's a fascinating Behind the Music style reason for it........
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Originally posted by inVectiVe
Did I notice they'd switched drummers in their most recent video?
Did I notice they'd switched drummers in their most recent video?
As for the Alice In Chains thing, guess I've never seen that in Godsmack, and this is coming from a huge AIC fan. I suppose I can partly realize where it's coming from, but IMO Godsmack stands on their own at this point.
Regarding the tour: yup, definitely plan on covering that angle, as I really gotta give them props for taking that line. I respected Pearl Jam for drawing a line in the sand with ticket prices, and I give the same to Godsmack.
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Godsmack sounds like AIC? I never saw that conection. I somewhat like Godsmack but they are nowhere near AIC musically.
I'm liking him so far!
Yup, they parted ways with their original drummer. The new guy, former Amen drummer Shannon Larkin, is supposed to be spectacular.
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There first album was a Alice"IN"Chains rip-off,it was pretty good but still a rip off but there newer stuff sounds a bit diffrent,I mean come on there name is GodSmack a Alice"IN"Chains song which is on Dirt.
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yeah, ask them why when they were nobodies they were down with all the people they knew back home that they grew up with, and when they made it big, they suddenly forgot everybody that supported them when they were nobodies.
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Godsmack??? Sounds a little too much like "ChristPunch", Moe Sizlak's original name idea for the Springfield motorcycle gang....or was it a name idea for the flash in the pan BE SHARPS? Me fergets. Anyway, ask "Sully" about that one. Sons a bitches.
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hmm, i don't care for these guys but i recall reading in an interview that they chose the name godsmack cuz one guy had a cold sore and was made fun of alot by the singer, then a few days later the singer got a cold sore. someone commented that it was if the hand of god came down and gave him a smack.
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I had read that when they originally got started as a band they were an Alice In Chains cover band. Ask them if that is true.
As far as people thinking they sound like AIC, I totally agree. I am a huge AIC fan and have always liked Godsmack b/c they always sound very similar to AIC. Now that my beloved AIC is dead, they are the next best thing (but don't get me worng...they are nowhere near as good).
Why can't Cantrell make a decent full-length solo album?
As far as people thinking they sound like AIC, I totally agree. I am a huge AIC fan and have always liked Godsmack b/c they always sound very similar to AIC. Now that my beloved AIC is dead, they are the next best thing (but don't get me worng...they are nowhere near as good).
Why can't Cantrell make a decent full-length solo album?
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Originally posted by Josh Hinkle
They got the name from Alice in Chains, one of their favorite bands.
They got the name from Alice in Chains, one of their favorite bands.
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I've heard that story too. That just sounds like a LOAD. There first album was heavily influenced by AIC. Does that mean that they sound alike. No. Similar but not quite. Plus the past two albums are quite differnt from the first.
Yes, AIC is much better.
Ask them to head up an effort for an AIC/Layne Staley tribute CD. They of course have to come clean and admit they used the AIC song title for their band name. And record that song as well. Now that would rock.
Want a band that sounds like AIC... check out Dust for Life. They probably started out as a AIC cover band.
Yes, AIC is much better.
Ask them to head up an effort for an AIC/Layne Staley tribute CD. They of course have to come clean and admit they used the AIC song title for their band name. And record that song as well. Now that would rock.
Want a band that sounds like AIC... check out Dust for Life. They probably started out as a AIC cover band.
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Godsmack??? Sounds a little too much like "ChristPunch"
Godsmack??? Sounds a little too much like "ChristPunch"
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I would like to know how they feel about all this rap/rock crap!
Im being serious.
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Who's the chick with the pierced lip on the cover of their first album?
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I have two questions, and the first is a joke, but the second one is 100% serious. and I mean that.
1. How does it feel to have a musically and lyrically superior band like the Deftones open for you, have 7,000 people show up just to see them and then just leave?
2. Will you be writing any songs soon that don't deal with the following subjects - "I'm alone", "stay away from me", and "you don't understand me"?
1. How does it feel to have a musically and lyrically superior band like the Deftones open for you, have 7,000 people show up just to see them and then just leave?
2. Will you be writing any songs soon that don't deal with the following subjects - "I'm alone", "stay away from me", and "you don't understand me"?
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Originally posted by brianluvdvd
I had read that when they originally got started as a band they were an Alice In Chains cover band. Ask them if that is true.
As far as people thinking they sound like AIC, I totally agree. I am a huge AIC fan and have always liked Godsmack b/c they always sound very similar to AIC. Now that my beloved AIC is dead, they are the next best thing (but don't get me worng...they are nowhere near as good).
Why can't Cantrell make a decent full-length solo album?
I had read that when they originally got started as a band they were an Alice In Chains cover band. Ask them if that is true.
As far as people thinking they sound like AIC, I totally agree. I am a huge AIC fan and have always liked Godsmack b/c they always sound very similar to AIC. Now that my beloved AIC is dead, they are the next best thing (but don't get me worng...they are nowhere near as good).
Why can't Cantrell make a decent full-length solo album?
Hmm, I can't find any correlation between the sounds of Godsmack and AIC, and this is coming from a huge fan as well. Their first album sounded more like watered down Metallica than anything else. I don't know where people get this idea. I mean, it's all in your own interpretation, but it's like one guy says "oh they ripped off the name of this other band, they wanna be just like them lets boycott them!"
The only real thing tying them to AIC's sound is the fact that they are probably the only band out their right now actually TRYING to make Grunge music still hehe.
Damn man, how can you say that about Cantrell? I didn't like either albums much at first, but I have GREAT respect for them now. My question is why does he have to OPEN for ***** like Nickelback?