Godsmack just lately split with drummer Shannon Larkin and guitarist Tony Rombola, and recruited bassist Sam Bam Koltun and drummer Will Hunt for future stay reveals. Although it would not sound like there will likely be many extra of these within the close to future. In keeping with frontman Sully Erna in an interview with Hammer World, Godsmack is probably going happening a year-long hiatus now that their tour dates are all wrapped up.
“After this European tour, we’re taking a full 12 months off. I will in all probability begin one thing new throughout that point — I simply do not know what but. I normally work on Godsmack for a sure period of time, after which after we take a break, I shift to solo stuff. I feel I’d do this once more.
“This 12 months is a little bit of a thriller, however I’ve began getting some gives to concentrate on TV and movie. I am getting increasingly concerned in it, so I feel I’ll pursue that a little bit bit and see the place it goes. I’d find yourself writing music for motion pictures and even appearing once more. I’ve accomplished that earlier than and I actually loved it, so I would love to do extra. I am undoubtedly exploring different issues apart from Godsmack to maintain me occupied whereas we work out what’s subsequent for the band. Proper now, I actually do not know.”
Erna went on so as to add: “What I do know is there’s been a resurgence of Godsmack. After we come out now, we’re enjoying to greater and larger audiences. We did Sofia, Bulgaria — offered out in two days, over 13,000 individuals. Romania was large and so was Poland. There’s this new curiosity within the band once more, and we’re seeing a youthful technology rising up listening to us. A number of younger youngsters are coming to our reveals now, together with their mother and father. It is wild.
“We have survived a lot through the years, gone by way of powerful instances, and we’re nonetheless right here. We’re nonetheless related and writing good music. Individuals maintain coming to the reveals, the band hasn’t stopped rising, and I could not be happier. It is good to only get again to enjoying once more with none obligations.
“We’re not selling a brand new document or something proper now. We’re simply selling the model, the legacy. We’re doing these best hits reveals and enjoying music just because we adore it. We’re again in management once more — not the document labels, not the administration firm. Godsmack is again in management, and that, to me, is the best reward.”
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