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TAKE A LEAK: GODSMACK, GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES… TEN YEARS OF GODSMACK

 Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 at 2:39pm by

image_godsmack.jpgLook: I think I speak for Vince and Kip as well as myself when I say that we could give a flying fuck about Godsuck. I mean, dude, c’mon: they suck. Hard.

That being said, we aim to please (well, not really, but still), and I know that at least one of you (cough, Sammy, cough cough) is probably really stoked about the band’s greatest hits package, which hits stores Tuesday, so: All Kinds of Metal already has the album for download.

I sincerely hope at least some of you get as much enjoyment from the music as I did from that ridiculous photo of Sucky Erna on his “hog.” I swear to God, the fact that Erna thinks this photo is cool means he has got to be one of those people who thinks that Sylvester Stallone is a great actor and a fantastic writer as well (that speech at the end of Rambo II always brings tears to my eyes!).

-AR

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  • Paul D

    “vooooo doooooo, vooooo dooooooooo…vooooo doooooo, vooooo dooooo”

    Christ they’re terrible…

  • Sammy

    Nah, I really hate Best of compilations. But thanks for thinkin’ of me.

  • Sammy

    And I will say I really hate that photo. It’s as jive as jive gets. As much as for the photo itself as much as for having ONE band member on it.

  • http://countshockula.blogspot.com ezra

    Once again, my masshole shame overfloweth.

  • TTquick

    Sorry friends, but releasing a greatest hits disc for Godsmack is similar to releasing a greatest hits package for Britney Fox. It’s insignificant in my world.

  • http://www.contemptmedia.com contempt.media

    Massachusetts has already apologized for Sully Erna on several occasions. Ironically, I work in Boston radio and we won’t touch them.

    Side note, I’m pretty sure I saw that same cover on a Bob Seger record…

  • http://www.metalinjection.net RobInjection

    The greatest part about this post is that when I clicked it, the Google ad on the left of the page had an ad for this new record. Bahahahaha contextual advertising

  • Tom

    I looked it up on amazon and it said customers also purchased the britney spears and nickelback albums. I think it should be called “Good times, Bad Songs”

  • Sheila Nemesis

    Can I get an ALICE IN CHAINS up in dis joint?

  • Mike

    Shelia,

    Thanks for showing that you have a tin ear, and are borderline retarded.
    Godsmack sounds nothing like AIC. The tone, structure, EVERYTHING, sounds nothing like AIC.

    According to Larkin, this package was pushed by the record label, not the band.

  • Sammy

    You mean AIC didn’t tune to drop C and have one singer who was mostly a baritone?

  • Sheila Nemesis

    Mike, shove it, deep and hard. This whole band’s existence is based on copying AIC (even their name and logo, for crying out loud). The original AIC, anyway, not the living dead of today.

  • Sammy

    Sheila, could you point out the two-part harmony (evident in almost every AIC song) in Godsmack please? Paying homage to a band (by sort of taking a song name and calling your band that) is not really the same thing as copying a band. Whether like or despise or somewhere in the middle either or both of these bands, they really are nothing alike. Unless you drink your own douche water, then maybe they sound the same.

  • TTquick

    Mike – don’t be that guy.

  • TTquick

    I remember attempting the AIC/Godsmack argument on another post.

    Observation 1 – Fans dont like the comparison with AIC and will fight it tooth and nail. Non fans hear the similarity and simply point it out.

    My 2 cents – Nobody can deny they did AIC covers prior to getting a record deal. It’s a fact.

    Sammy’s spitting venom. I like the passion but it’s severely misdirected. I hear a similarity between the bands. The Godsmack gestapo tells me I’m wrong. You musician types sicken me at times. Your ears are so finely tuned and no one else knows a fucking thing.

  • Sammy

    No, you got me wrong. I’m not spitting venom. I’m just a ass with a keyboard and smart ass mouth. My actual opinion is just that. People hear what they hear, like what they like, dislike what they dislike.

    What I really hate, however, is people who equate one’s taste (I emphasize, TASTE) in music with intelligence or lack thereof. It’s an unwinnable argument and pointless to boot. I personally think Slayer is a retarded band who write great intros followed mindless noodling solos that show off only speed and terrible scale runs. But I don’t think you’re stupid for liking them or even thinking their solos are brilliant.

    As for Godsmack, I don’t care who likes or dislikes them. But despising someone you’ve never met for some esoteric reason is in and of itself “retarded”.

  • TTquick

    Sammy, you rule bro.

  • Mike

    TT Quick –

    Besides an erroneous Wiki entry that has been disputed by the band since day one, what proof do you have to offer about Godsmack performing AIC cover songs at ANY point in their career?

    Further, the “non-fans” that hear the similarity must not be fans of AIC either, because they sound nothing alike. Godsmack sounds more like Metallica than they do AIC.

  • Sheila Nemesis

    Bitches, please. This AIC/Godsmack thing has been going on since forever. Time changes nothing.

  • TTquick

    In the music industry it’s known as fact. Not being a dick but talk to some connected people and they’ll tell you the same thing. Yeah, I hear a lot of Metallica …and Justice in their music.

  • TTquick

    In the December 3 issue of Westwood One’s The Fax, which is a newsletter sent to music industry subscribers, I found this in the Gamed On section…

    Godsmack, initially known as The Scam, started off as a cover band honoring what music act prior to writing their own material? Answer is Alice in Chains.

  • IbanezJFS

    Godsmack, kicks ass. They have more talent then SoilWork.

  • moonra1n

    Get over it ! GS kicks ass think bout it they are there on top. Now ask your ignorant selves where are you? Sitten here talkin trash!