| |
Formed in Springfield, Massachusetts USA, this Alternative-Metal band
appeared in the New England area heavy-Rock scene in 1993; consisting
of lead singer Aaron Lewis, guitarist Mike Mushok and drummer Jon Wysocki,
within a short time they were joined by bassist Johnny April, thereby
solidifying the line-up.
The quartet self-financed their debut album, "Tormented" and
released it in November 1996.
Staind's big break came a year later when the band earned a support slot
for Limp Bizkit's Connecticut show;
subsequently, with help of Bizkit singer Fred Durst, they signed for Flip
Records and continued to tour, opening for the likes of Sevendust
and Clutch. The band decamped to a recording
studio in Seattle to cut their second album, "Dysfunction",
which was issued in April of 1999; the disc debuted at #1 on Billboard's
Top Heatseekers, made it into the Billboard 200 peaking at #74 and generated
"Mudshovel" and "Home", which both climbed into the
top 20 of the Mainstream and Modern Rock Tracks charts.
The group next album, "Break The Cycle", became their breakthrough,
both commercially and musically; released in mid-2001, the 13-song set
peaked at #1 in U.S. and Canada while the main single, the masterpiece
"It's Been Awhile", spent 16 weeks at the top of The Modern
Rock chart and even crossed over into The Mainstream Rock Tracks and The
Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #1 and #5, respectively. Their third album
yielded two further Modern and Mainstream top 3 hits "Fade"
and "For You", plus "Outside" which reached #11 on
the Active Rock chart and the final single, "Epiphany" which
nearly made the Mainstream Rock top 20, helped to push the album into
platinum territory five times over.
In spring 2003, Staind, returned with "14 Shades Of Grey" which
immediately rose to #1 on The Billboard 200 chart, peaked at #8 in Canada
and reached the #14 spot in Great Britain; the record included The Mainstream
and Modern Rock #1 smash "So Far Away" which also reached #24
on The Billboard Hot 100; the follow-up single, "Price To Play",
hit #2 on the Active Rock chart and #6 on The Modern Rock Tracks; one
more single, "How About You", was heavily played on both alternative
and album rock stations, confirming their broad-based appeal.
The Massachusetts quartet released its fifth studio album, the aptly
titled "Chapter V", in August 2005. Once again, they entered
The Billboard 200 at #1 and the first single, "Right Here",
shot to #1 on The Mainstream Rock chart and crawled up to #3 on The Modern
Rock Tracks; the next single, "Falling", peaked at #7 on the
Billboard's Album Rock Airplay list; "Everything Changes" and
"King Of All Excuses" followed, reaching the #22 and #27 spots,
respectively, on the same chart.
Staind's latest album, "The Illusion Of Progress", was issued
in August 2008, the set features the Hot Modern Rock #1 single "Believe".
Staind biography is an exclusive of 100xr.com
|
![requires Winamp 5.1 or higher [aacPlus]](../_images_/aacplus-listen.gif)