So much for their break, the band thought. The confrontation finally ended when Durst threw the copy of Tormented across the table, making it clear that he wanted nothing to do with Staind.
"He was freaked out by our first CD cover, which was a bleeding Bible with a knife in it." Although Durst assumed incorrectly, he proceeded to try and kick Staind off the bill, leading to an exchange of words with Mushok. "Fred thought we were devil worshippers," Lewis recalled to Ghorbani. That night Staind was set to open for Limp Bizkit at the Webster Theater in Hartford, Connecticut, when just 20 minutes before they were supposed to take the stage, Limp Bizkit lead singer Fred Durst approached Lewis, obviously angered, with a copy of Staind's Tormented CD in hand. Their big break, however, arrived on October 23, 1997.
From the end of the year and throughout most of 1997, Staind traveled all over England, performing with bands like Honeyball, Shed, Kilgore, GWAR, Far, and God Lives Underwater, steadily gaining a strong following.
Tormented, expected to be reissued in 2001 but made available via Staind's official website, sold 2,000 copies within a year, thanks to the band members' efforts with distributing to local record stores and at concerts. In November of 1996, Staind released their self-recorded, self-promoted debut album. "So we got real creative and added a d," explained Lewis. "There was a time when Johnny was working three jobs and playing with us also." In those days, the band went by the name Stain, but then learned that the moniker had already been claimed by another group. "I've done many dishes in my day," Lewis recalled to Rolling Stone's Liza Ghorbani. Band members did everything from flipping burgers at McDonald's to mowing lawns to finance their first record and independent tour. However, establishing themselves took both time and effort. The duo, along with Wysocki, a friend of Mushok, and another bassist (who would leave the band) began rehearsing and performing the following year, and in November of 1995, after recruiting April, the current lineup was complete. Based in Springfield, Massachusetts, and comprised of Aaron Lewis on vocals, Mike Mushok on guitars, Johnny April on bass guitar, and Jon Wysocki on drums, the band's roots date back to 1993 when Lewis and Mushok met at a Christmas party. Thus, the climate was perfect for a band like Staind, one specializing in fuzzy, loud guitars and hammering drum beats. "With Tom Morello and all his guitar craziness, you've got people who wouldn't normally be interested. "One of the bands that I think started to open the door for other heavy bands is Rage Against The Machine, because, as heavy as they are, they're all over modern-rock radio," said Kimberly Zide of Concrete Management, providing one explanation why new metal not only attracted pop fans, but alternative music listeners as well. By the late 1990s, new metal music was an integral part of all active rock and most modern rock radio stations. Because you have bands like Static-X or Pitchshifter bringing in techno and electronic elements, and you have bands like the Deftones or Coal Chamber that are playing with different influences in terms of lyrical input and vocal melodies, they're finally injecting this with some new blood and some new energy."Īlthough most old school metal fans bemoan the younger bands' formula-an increased use of dissonance and a decreased use of melody-teens around the world latched on to the harsher sound immediately. "Obviously, what we're seeing flies in the face of that theory. "There has always been this misconception that metal, as a genre, is very narrow and doesn't leave a lot of room for experimentation," remarked senior writer for MTV News online Robert Mancini, as quoted by Bryan Reesman in Billboard. Crashing the mainstream party bands, groups like Staind, Sevendust, Static X, System Of A Down, Incubus, Coal Chamber, P.O.D., and music press favorites Slipknot cashed in with gold and platinum albums. But in the late 1990s and into the new millennium, the heavy hitters-from rap-metal platinum-selling bands to brutal rockers previously reserved to the underground-made a comeback, proving that metal was still alive and well. Addresses: Record company-Flip Records, 8733 Sunset Blvd., Suite 205, West Hollywood, CA 90069 Phone: (310) 360-8556.ĭuring much of the 1980s and 1990s, metal and hard rock bands fell out of fashion, making way for such styles as grunge and hip-hop on the pop charts.
Members include Johnny April, bass guitar Aaron Lewis, vocals Mike Mushok, guitars Jon Wysocki, drums.
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