| Staind | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Springfield, Massachusetts, USA |
| Genre(s) | Alternative metal, post-grunge, alternative rock |
| Years active | 1995–Present |
| Label(s) | Flip, Elektra, Atlantic |
| Associated acts | Cold, Limp Bizkit |
| Website | www.staind.com |
| Members | |
| Aaron Lewis Mike Mushok Jon Wysocki Johnny April |
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Staind is an American alternative metal group[1][2] from Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield is a City in and the County seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Alternative metal is an eclectic form of Heavy metal music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside grunge. Post-grunge is a subgenre of Alternative rock that emerged in the early 1990s as a derivative of Grunge music. Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Elektra Records is a now-dormant American Record label owned by Warner Music Group (WMG and from 2004 on operating under WMG's Atlantic Records Atlantic Records ( Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American Record label best known for its many recordings of Rhythm & blues, Rock Cold is a American five-piece Post-grunge / Alternative metal band based in Jacksonville, Florida. Limp Bizkit is an American Nu metal band from Jacksonville, Florida. Aaron Lewis, (born April 13 1972 in Rutland, Vermont) is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Alternative metal group Mike Mushok (born April 10, 1970, Ludlow Massachusetts, US) is a musician best known as the lead guitarist for the Post-grunge band Jon Wysocki (born January 17, 1971) is a United States Musician and the Drummer for Hard rock band Johnny "Old School" April (born March 27, 1968) is the Bass guitarist and backing vocalist for the Alternative metal / Hard rock The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Alternative metal is an eclectic form of Heavy metal music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside grunge. Springfield is a City in and the County seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Over the past nine years the band has had a number of successful singles spanning several albums, selling over 15 million albums worldwide.
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Staind formed on November 24, 1995 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Springfield is a City in and the County seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. After meeting through friends and covering KoRn, Rage Against the Machine, Pearl Jam, and Alice in Chains, among others, in smalltime clubs for a year and a half, Staind self-released their debut album, Tormented, in November 1996, citing influences Pantera and Sepultura. Korn, occasionally typeset as KoЯn or KoRn, is an American Nu metal band from Bakersfield California, and is often credited with popularizing Rage Against the Machine (sometimes shortened to RATM or Rage) is Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990 Alice in Chains is an American rock band formed in Seattle Washington in Tormented is Staind 's first recording self-released in 1996 Previously only available in limited quantities in New England, Tormented has Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, formed by the Abbott brothers Vinnie Paul ( drums) and Sepultura ( Portuguese: Grave) are a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, formed in 1984 Until recently, the album was difficult to obtain, as only four thousand copies were originally sold. Since then, the band's official website has released the album to meet the demand from fans.
During this time, Staind played a show with Limp Bizkit. Limp Bizkit is an American Nu metal band from Jacksonville, Florida. When Fred Durst saw the controversial cover of the group's debut album, he tried to have the band kicked off the bill, but when he saw the band's live show, he changed his tone and befriended them, later singing backup on Aaron Lewis's live, original version of the future Staind song "Outside. William Frederick "Fred" Durst (born August 20, 1970) is an American Actor, director and Musician, known primarily " Durst was one of the executive producers for Dysfunction and Break the Cycle. He also directed a few videos for the band later on.
The band's big break came in October 1997 after Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst witnessed the band open up for them at a Hartford, Connecticut show, eventually signed them to his Flip record label, and co-produced their 1999 breakthrough Dysfunction with Terry Date. Limp Bizkit is an American Nu metal band from Jacksonville, Florida. William Frederick "Fred" Durst (born August 20, 1970) is an American Actor, director and Musician, known primarily Dysfunction is Alternative metal band Staind 's second studio album and their first release under the Flip / Elektra label Terry Date (born January 31 Although it is supposed that the band owe a lot of success to Durst, Aaron Lewis has expressed in interviews that the band never had much of a relationship with either the singer or the band, claiming the band 'only worked on four songs with Durst and recorded the rest of the album themselves. Aaron Lewis, (born April 13 1972 in Rutland, Vermont) is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Alternative metal group ' [3] Staind has not been associated with Durst since he directed several videos from their 2001 follow-up. Dysfunction has sold over two million copies in the U. S. alone. The album was given mediocre reviews by critics for being "indicative of the times", but a large number of the band's fans nonetheless regard it as the group's best work. The nine-track LP (with one hidden track, "Excess Baggage") produced three singles, all of which enjoyed radio play. The most well known, "Mudshovel", (which also appeared on Tormented, spelled as "Mudshuvel"), has since become a staple of the band's live shows. Mudshovel is the second single by Staind from the album Dysfunction.
Staind toured with Limp Bizkit for the Family Values Tour during the fall of 1999, where Aaron Lewis performed their first mainstream hit "Outside" (a song he was working on at the time but had not yet finished—he finished it on the fly while performing) with Fred Durst to hundreds of waving cigarette lighters, and which set them up for their smash hit 2001 album Break the Cycle, which brought them international success (it went number 1 in both the U. The Family Values Tour was created by the band Korn in 1998 to be an annual rock & Rap Tour Break the Cycle is Staind 's third Studio album from 2001 (see 2001 in music) S. and the UK), sold more than 7 million copies, and had first week sales of over 767,000 in the U. S. alone. The album sees the band move away from the nu metal sounds of their previous album and resort to an alternative metal sound [4] which has spawned five hit singles to date, "It's Been Awhile", (which hit the Billboard Top 10) "Fade", (which has been featured on a number of movie soundtracks and television shows), "Outside", "For You", and the acoustic ballad "Epiphany", and included a track called "Waste", devoted to two teenage fans who committed suicide shortly before the album was released. Alternative metal is an eclectic form of Heavy metal music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside grunge. "It's Been Awhile" is the lead single off the album Break the Cycle by the Alternative metal band Staind. "Outside" is a single by the Alternative metal band Staind. The album also received mixed critical praise; Rolling Stone magazine called them "the grim genre's most song-oriented, downright sensitive band in years" [3] while New Musical Express referred to the album as "14 tracks of parent-friendly grunge-flavoured soft rock that make Creed sound like GG Allin. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been Creed was an American Rock band from Tallahassee, Florida that became popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s Kevin Michael "GG" Allin ( 29 August 1956 &ndash 29 June 1993) was a Punk rock Singer-songwriter and Musician " [4] (a statement that proved ironic, since Break the Cycle was later included in Hit Parader's The Top 50 Metal Albums of All Time at number 46 and The Top 10 "New Metal" CDs at #3). 'It's Been Awhile' spent a total of 16 and 14 weeks on top of the modern and mainstream rock charts, respectively, making it one of the highest joint number 1s (30 weeks) of all time.
In early 2003, Staind embarked on a worldwide tour to promote the release of the follow-up to Break The Cycle, 14 Shades Of Grey, which sold two million albums and debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200. The fourteen-track collection was the band's most mainstream yet, and showed Aaron Lewis writing songs about his daughter, as well as moving on with his life and forgetting his past, hence the title representing uncertainty for the future and forgiveness (a tribute to Lewis's idol Layne Staley from Alice in Chains also appeared on the album). Layne Thomas Staley ( August 22, 1967 - April 5, 2002) was the lead singer and co-lyricist of the rock group Alice in Chains and the Alice in Chains is an American rock band formed in Seattle Washington in The album provided two mainstream hits: the lead single "Price to Play", and "So Far Away" (which spent 14 weeks on top of the rock chart); in addition, two other singles failed to crack the Hot 100—"How About You" and "Zoe Jane"— but "How About You" was a fairly popular song on modern rock radio. Price to Play was the first single released off American Alternative metal band Staind 's fourth album 14 Shades of Grey. "So Far Away" was the second single released off American Hard rock band Staind 's fourth album 14 Shades of Grey. Modern rock is a term commonly used to describe a Rock music format found on American commercial Radio. Their song "Price to Play" was the official theme song of WWE's Vengeance pay-per-view event in July 2003. Price to Play was the first single released off American Alternative metal band Staind 's fourth album 14 Shades of Grey. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, Pay-per-view (often abbreviated PPV) is the system in which Television viewers can purchase events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event As well, their song "So Far Away" was featured on an episode of WWE RAW as part of a video tribute to hardcore wrestling legend Mick Foley. Hardcore wrestling is a form of Professional wrestling that eschews traditional concepts of match rules in favor of matches that take place in unusual environments using Michael Francis "Mick" Foley Sr Early life Foley was born in Bloomington Indiana. The band's appearance at Reading Festival during the 2003 tour had another impromptu acoustic set, this time due to equipment failure. The singles "So Far Away" and "Price to Play" came with two unreleased tracks, "Novocaine" and "Let It Out", which were released for the special edition of the group's Chapter V, which came out in late 2005. Price to Play was the first single released off American Alternative metal band Staind 's fourth album 14 Shades of Grey. In 2003, Staind unsuccessfully sued their logo designer Jon Stainbrook in New York Federal Court ( blabbermouth.net) for attempting to re-use the logo he had sold to the band. They re-opened the case in mid-2005.
After extensive promotions, including an appearance on Fuse TV's 7th Avenue Drop, Staind's newest album, titled Chapter V was released on August 9, 2005, and became their third consecutive number one. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The album opened to sales of 185,000 and has since been certified platinum in the U. S. The first single "Right Here" has been the biggest success from the album thus far, garnering much mainstream radio play and peaking at number 1 on the mainstream rock chart. "Right Here" is the first single from Staind 's fifth album Chapter V in 2005 "Falling" (the video of which does not feature the band members at all) was released as the second single, followed by "Everything Changes" and "King of All Excuses. " Staind have been on the road since the album came out doing live shows and promoting it for a full year, including participating in the Fall Brawl tour with P.O.D., Taproot and Flyleaf, a solo tour across Europe and a mini-promotional tour in Australia for the first time. POD, initials standing for Payable On Death, is a rock band from San Diego California. Taproot is a four-piece Nu metal group from Ann Arbor, Michigan, that has toured with bands such as Korn, Deftones, Staind Flyleaf is an American alternative rock band that formed in the Belton Band history Early on Lacey Mosley started playing music For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Recent live shows have included a cover of Pantera's This Love, a tribute to Dimebag Darrell. Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, formed by the Abbott brothers Vinnie Paul ( drums) and Staind appeared on The Howard Stern Show on August 10, 2005, to promote their new album Chapter V. The Howard Stern Show is an American radio show hosted by Howard Stern on Howard 100, one of two channels on the subscription-based Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. They performed acoustic renditions of the single Right Here and Beetlejuice's song "This is Beetle. Acoustic music refers to music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means as opposed to Electronic means The Wack Pack is the name given to a wide assortment of regular guests of The Howard Stern Show. " Their rendition of "Beetle" is immensely popular with fans and listeners alike and became a staple of the show. Staind also performed a version of "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd. Kevin Lofton, who does all the animation for the Howard Stern website, created a black-and-white animated video for the song. During a January 2006 Episode of WWE RAW, a tribute video to then WWE Champion Edge featured the band's song "Right Here". This article is about the championship that is currently defended on the SmackDown brand of WWE Adam Joseph Copeland (born October 30 1973 in Orangeville Ontario, Canada better known by his Ring name Edge, is a Canadian professional wrestler In early November 2005, Staind released the limited edition 2-CD/DVD set of Chapter V. The set included several rarities and fan favorites— music videos; a complete, 36-page booklet with exclusive artwork; an audio disc with an acoustic rendition of "This is Beetle"; the original, melodic rendition of "Reply"; the previously released B-side singles "Novocaine" and "Let It Out"; and live versions of "It's Been Awhile" and "Falling", among many others. A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s
Staind announced that they would be performing an acoustic show in the Hiro Ballroom, New York City on September 6 and the songs played would be recorded for their upcoming "Greatest Hits" album, scheduled for a November 14 release. The City of New York Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca They played sixteen songs including three covers: Tool's Sober, Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb and Alice in Chains's Nutshell. Tool is an American rock band that was formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California. Sober is a song on Tool 's first full-length album Undertow. Tool guitarist Adam Jones has stated in an interview that the song Pink Floyd are " Comfortably Numb " is a song by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd, which was released on the 1979 double album The Wall Alice in Chains is an American rock band formed in Seattle Washington in
The title was later renamed to "The Singles" and finally "The Singles: 1996-2006". The album had most of Staind's singles (including "Everything Changes" which was recorded at the New York show), the three covers performed at the New York show and a remastered version of "Come Again", from Staind's first independent release Tormented. Tormented is Staind 's first recording self-released in 1996 Previously only available in limited quantities in New England, Tormented has
It was released on November 14th, 2006.
Staind's sixth studio album. No tracklisting is available yet. But the band is shooting for a summer release amidst a tour with 3 Doors Down and Hinder. When asked, the bands lead singer, Aaron Lewis has this to say "Staind continues to work on its sixth studio album, which Lewis says is tentatively titled "The Illusion of Progress". He said that only a few guitar and vocal tracks remain to be done. "We are just about finished," he said. "We just wrote a couple more songs to add into the mix of it all, and then, you know, getting it mixed down and stuff, and we go back out on tour this summer with 3 Doors Down, and then when that's over we go to Europe with Nickelback. 3 Doors Down is an American rock band formed in 1994 in by Brad Arnold ( Vocals and drums) Matt Roberts ( Guitar Nickelback is a Canadian rock band formed in Hanna Alberta by Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake and then-drummer "
Lewis says Staind is planning a summer release for the new album, which will follow up 2005's "Chapter V".
According to Staind's final Webisode (Webisode 10, released 05/09/2008) the album "The Illusion of Progress" is now finished and just has to be mixed. Mike Mushok says in the video that he believes it to be the most musical album they have made thus far. Mike continues to say that they will be mixing soon and the new album should be on the shelves early this summer.
On June 30, 2008, Staind's new single "Believe" will be released to radio. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
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In November 2003 Staind attempted to sue Ohio musician Jon Stainbrook in New York Federal Court over his 1980 trademark of "The Stain". John Michael Stipe (born January 4 1960 in Decatur Georgia) is an American singer who is the lead vocalist for the Alternative rock band R Nasir Jones, nɑːˈsiər (born September 14 1973 better known by his Stage name Nas, nɑːz formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper Jeffrey Atkins (born February 29 1976 Music career Atkins began his rap career in 1994 with the group Cash Money Click Alicia J Augello-Cook (born January 25 1981 professionally known as Alicia Keys, is an American R&B, soul, and Neo soul Mary Jane Blige (surname pronounced /blaɪʒ/) (born January 11, 1971) is an American Singer-songwriter, Rapper Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July Christina María Aguilera (born December 18 1980 is an American pop / R&B Singer and Songwriter. Amy Lynn Hartzler ( née Lee; born December 13, 1981) best known as Amy Lee, is an American Singer-songwriter Evanescence is an American Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States district courts are the general Trial courts of the United States federal court system. Staind was unsuccessful in their suit prompting Stainbrook to pursue litigation against the band for including false statements in their application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The United States Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that issues Patents to If Stainbrook's suit is successful, Staind may have to change their band name and forfeit all trademark claims or come to a licensing agreement with Stainbrook. [5]
The band's lead singer Aaron Lewis is married to Vanessa Lewis, and is a father of three girls: Zoe Jane (b. 2002), Nyla Rae (b. 2005), and Indie Shay (b. 2007).
During the break between releases, Aaron Lewis performed backing vocals for good friends Jimmie's Chicken Shack for their single "Fallin' Out", taken from that band's LP Re. Jimmie's Chicken Shack is an American Alternative rock band from Annapolis, Maryland. Present (released in 2004). He also worked with the popular nu metal group Linkin Park in making a remix of their song "Crawling" (spelled as "Krwling") for the band's 2002 album Reanimation. Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Lewis also performed background vocals on Sevendust's song "Follow" off the 2001 album Animosity and on the tracks "Bleed" and "Send in the Clowns" from Cold's 2000 release 13 Ways to Bleed Onstage
There is speculation that the band's title could be a reference to this line from Paradise Lost by John Milton, directly after Adam's recognition of the error of his and Eve's eating from the Tree of Knowledge (9. Sevendust is an American Alternative metal band from Atlanta Georgia. Cold is a American five-piece Post-grunge / Alternative metal band based in Jacksonville, Florida. Paradise Lost is an Epic poem in Blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. John Milton ( 9 December, 1608 – 8 November, 1674) was an English Poet, Prose Polemicist and 1076-9. 1080): "Our wonted Ornaments now solid and staind,/ And in our Faces evident the signes/ Of foul concupiscence; whence evil store;/ Evil shame, the last of evils; of the first/ Be sure then. "
In 2006, Staind were listed in metal magazine 'Hit Parader's Top 100 Metal Stars of All Time List, in which lead singer Aaron Lewis was placed at number 49. Aaron Lewis, (born April 13 1972 in Rutland, Vermont) is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Alternative metal group [6] Notably, this was a list of frontmen, not musicians.
The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll notes; "Aaron Lewis is a key figure in metal's shift from the constipated sincerity of Eddie Vedder to the chilly modalities of Layne Staley. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published Eddie Vedder (born December 23 1964 in Evanston, Illinois) is an American singer, Songwriter, Composer, and Guitarist Layne Thomas Staley ( August 22, 1967 - April 5, 2002) was the lead singer and co-lyricist of the rock group Alice in Chains and the " [7]
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Tormented
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Break the Cycle
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14 Shades of Grey
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Chapter V
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The Singles: 1996-2006
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| The Illusion of Progress |
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| U.S. Hot 100 |
U.S. Mod. Rock |
U.S. Main. Rock |
U.S. Pop 100 |
U.S. AC Tracks |
U.S. Adult 40 |
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| 1999 | "Just Go" | - | - | 24 | - | - | - | - | Dysfunction |
| 1999 | "Mudshovel" | - | 14 | 10 | - | - | - | - | |
| 1999 | "Home" | - | 17 | 11 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2001 | "It's Been Awhile" | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 6 | - | Break the Cycle |
| 2001 | "Outside" | 56 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2001 | "Fade" | 62 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2002 | "For You" | 63 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2002 | "Epiphany" | - | 28 | 22 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2003 | "Price to Play" | 66 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 14 Shades of Grey |
| 2003 | "So Far Away" | 24 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 16 | - | |
| 2004 | "How About You" | 119 | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2004 | "Zoe Jane" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2005 | "Right Here" | 55 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 40 | 6 | 39 | Chapter V |
| 2005 | "Falling" | - | 19 | 7 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2006 | "Everything Changes" | - | 32 | 22 | - | - | 30 | - | |
| 2006 | "King of All Excuses" | - | - | 27 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2008 | "Believe" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | The Illusion of Progress |