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The following are notable alumni of the [[Georgia Governor's Honors Program]], listed with their GHP major, year of attendance, and notable accomplishments: |
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|Origin = [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]], [[Massachusetts]] |
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|Genre = [[Hard rock]], [[alternative rock]]<ref name="musicmight">{{cite web|last=Sharpe-Young|first=Garry|title=MusicMight Biography|url=http://musicmight.com/artist/usa/springfield/staind|accessdate=2008-09-16}}</ref>, [[nu metal]]<ref name="musicmight">{{cite web|last=Sharpe-Young|first=Garry|title=MusicMight Biography|url=http://musicmight.com/artist/usa/springfield/staind|accessdate=2008-09-16}}</ref>, [[post-grunge]], [[alternative metal]] |
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|Years_active = 1995 – present |
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|Label = [[Flip Records|Flip]], [[Elektra Records|Elektra]], [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]], [[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]] |
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|URL = [http://www.staind.com/ Staind.com] |
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| Current_members = [[Aaron Lewis]]<br />[[Mike Mushok]]<br />[[Johnny April]]<br />[[Jon Wysocki]] |
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'''Staind''' is an [[United States|American]] [[alternative metal]] group<ref>Chuck Berry, ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'' (2004), "Genre Classification".</ref><ref>[[Allmusic.com]]. Staind Artist Page (Genre Classification). [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll]</ref> from [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]], [[Massachusetts]], including lead singer/guitarist [[Aaron Lewis]], lead guitarist [[Mike Mushok]], bassist/vocalist [[Johnny April]] and drummer [[Jon Wysocki]]. Over the past nine years the band has recorded six studio albums, had multiple chart topping singles, and sold over 15 million records worldwide.{{Fact|date=September 2008}} |
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==History== |
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* [[Eve Carson]] (Social Studies 2003): Student Body President at UNC-Chapel Hill, murder victim |
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===Early days=== |
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* [[Wycliffe Gordon]] (Music 1983): prolific jazz [[Trombone|trombonist]] |
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Staind formed on [[November 24]], [[1995]] in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]]. The band met through friends and started 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 (Staind album)|Tormented]]'', in November 1996, citing influences [[Pantera]] and [[Sepultura]]. Until recently, the album was difficult to obtain, as only four thousand copies were originally sold. Since then, the band's official [http://www.staind.com website] has released the album to meet the demand from fans. |
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* [[Wayne Knight]] (Theater 1971): stage, film, and TV actor |
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* [[Jack McBrayer]] (Theatre 1990): film and TV actor |
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During this time, Staind played a show with [[Limp Bizkit]]. When [[Fred Durst]] saw the controversial cover of the group's self produced album, [[Tormented]], 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. Durst later sang backup on the live version of [[Outside]], which was recorded at a Family Values Tour concert in Biloxi, MS, in late October 1999. Durst went on to be one of the executive producers for ''Dysfunction'' and ''Break the Cycle''. He also directed a few videos for the band later on, including [[It's Been Awhile]]. |
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* [[Chase Anderson]] (Theatre 2006): Recurring role on the CW's "One Tree Hill," and film, "Van Wilder 3" |
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* Dana Nelson, Communicative Arts 1977: former Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus clown |
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===''Dysfunction''=== |
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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 (album)|Dysfunction]]'' with [[Terry Date]]. Although it is supposed that the band owe a lot of success to Durst, [[Aaron Lewis]] has expressed in interviews that Durst 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.' <ref>FasterLouder.com.au. "Shaved Heads & Revelations: Staind Share Their Secrets", Interview with Staind. [http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/5113/]</ref> 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. |
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===''Break the Cycle''=== |
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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.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 <ref>Chuck Berry, ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'' (2004), "Staind: Alternative-metal rock group".</ref> 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 (Staind song)|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. The album also received mixed critical praise; ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine called them "the grim genre's most song-oriented, downright sensitive band in years" [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/staind/albums/album/259150/rid/6067362/] while ''[[New Musical Express]]'' referred to the album as "14 tracks of parent-friendly grunge-flavoured soft rock that make [[Creed (band)|Creed]] sound like [[GG Allin]]." [http://www.nme.com/reviews/staind/5560]. '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. |
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===''14 Shades of Grey''=== |
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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<ref>{{cite web |url=http://musicmp3.ru/artist_staind.html |title=Staind Bio}}</ref>, 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. The album provided two mainstream hits: the lead single "[[Price To Play|Price to Play]]", and "[[So Far Away (Staind song)|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. Their song "[[Price To Play|Price to Play]]" was the official theme song of [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]'s Vengeance [[pay-per-view]] event in July 2003. 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]]. 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|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 (album)|Chapter V]]'', which came out in late 2005. In 2003, Staind unsuccessfully sued their logo designer Jon Stainbrook in New York Federal Court ([http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=33361 blabbermouth.net]) for attempting to re-use the logo he had sold to the band. They re-opened the case in mid-2005. |
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===''Chapter V''=== |
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After extensive promotions, including an appearance on Fuse TV's 7th Avenue Drop, Staind's newest album, titled ''[[Chapter V (album)|Chapter V]]'' was released on [[August 9]], [[2005]], and became their third consecutive number one. The album opened to sales of 185,000 and has since been certified platinum in the U.S. The first single "[[Right Here (Staind Song)|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. "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 (band)|Taproot]] and [[Flyleaf]], a solo tour across Europe and a mini-promotional tour in [[Australia]] for the first time. Recent live shows have included a cover of [[Pantera]]'s [[This Love]], a tribute to [[Dimebag Darrell]]. Staind appeared on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'' on [[August 10]], [[2005]], to promote their new album ''Chapter V''. They performed [[Acoustic music|acoustic]] renditions of the single ''Right Here'' and [[The Wack Pack#Beetlejuice|Beetlejuice]]'s song "This is Beetle." 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 Championship|WWE Champion]] [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] featured the band's song "Right Here". 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. |
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===''The Singles: 1996-2006''=== |
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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. They played sixteen songs including three covers: [[Tool (band)|Tool]]'s [[Sober (Tool song)|Sober]], [[Pink Floyd]]'s [[Comfortably Numb]] and [[Alice in Chains]]'s Nutshell. |
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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 (Staind album)|Tormented]]. |
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It was released on November 15, 2006. |
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===''The Illusion Of Progress''=== |
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On August 19, 2008, Staind released their 5th studio album (6th overall), [[The Illusion of Progress]]. A limited edition of the album was also made available to fans, which included 3 bonus tracks and a year membership in the Staind Fan Club, along with other items (the first 200 fans who pre-ordered the album through [[Atlantic Records]] received a signed copy of the album by the band). Prior to the album's release, the track "This Is It" was available for download on the [[iTunes]] store, as well as for [[Rock Band]]. The album debuted at #3 on US Billboard 200, #1 on the Top Modern Rock/Alternative Albums Chart, #1 on the Top Digital Albums Chart, and also #1 on the Top Internet Albums Chart, with first week sales of 91,800 units. The first single on the album, "Believe", topped Billboard's Top 10 Modern Rock Tracks on September 05, 2008. The band has also been supporting [[Nickelback]] on their 2008 European tour. |
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===Trademark infringement=== |
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In November 2003 Staind attempted to sue [[Ohio]] musician [[Jon Stainbrook]] in [[New York]] [[United States district court|Federal Court]] over his 1980 trademark of "The Stain". 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]]. 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyberlawyer.com/stain.html |title=Stain v Staind |author=Anthony DeGidio, Esq., |year=2004 |accessdate=2006-12-13}}</ref> |
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In 2005, guitarist [[Mike Mushok]] claimed during a deposition in [[Toledo]], Ohio that Staind avoided any contact with Stainbrook because they were not made aware of promises a [[Geffen Records]] Executive made to Stainbrook on their behalf during a 1999 licensing negotiation. After several legal confrontations, the parties settled their claims in 2006, partially re-negotiating the 1999 licensing agreement, which allows Stainbrook and Staind the right to use the trademark in certain areas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ipfrontline.com/depts/article.asp?id=12929&deptid=7 |title=The Stain settle lawsuit |author=IPFrontline |year=2006 |accessdate=2008-09-11}}</ref> |
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==Recognition== |
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In 2006, the band's frontman [[Aaron Lewis]] was listed in metal magazine [[Hit Parader]]'s ''Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists'' list, placed at number 49.<ref>[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=63106 Blabbermouth.net Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists - Dec. 1, 2006]</ref> |
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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]].''" <ref>Rolling Stone Magazine, ''The Rolling Stone Enyclopedia of Rock & Roll'' (2004), "Entry: Staind".</ref> |
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==Discography== |
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===Studio albums=== |
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* 1996: ''[[Tormented (Staind album)|Tormented]]'' |
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* 1999: ''[[Dysfunction (album)|Dysfunction]]'' |
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* 2001: ''[[Break the Cycle]]'' |
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* 2003: ''[[14 Shades of Grey]]'' |
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* 2005: ''[[Chapter V (album)|Chapter V]]'' |
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* 2008: ''[[The Illusion of Progress]]'' |
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== DVDs == |
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* ''[[Staind - MTV Unplugged]]'' (2002) |
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* ''[[Staind: The Videos]]'' (2006) |
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==Notes== |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.staind.com/ Official website] |
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* {{myspace|staind|Staind}} |
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*[http://www.dysfunctionalstaind.com/ Dysfunctional Staind- Official Fan Club] |
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* [[lyricwiki:Staind|Staind]] at [[LyricWiki]] |
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* [http://www.addictedtostaind.com/ ADDICTEDtoStAiND] |
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* [http://www.staindbrazil.com/ Staind Brazil] |
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* [http://www.staindobsession.it.gg/ Staind Italy] |
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* [http://www.artistpromo.com/pages/staind-aaron-lewis-photos-pictures.asp Staind Feature photo gallery from Live Acoustic Performance - Philadelphia] |
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Staind is an American alternative metal group[2][3] from Springfield, Massachusetts, including lead singer/guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist/vocalist Johnny April and drummer Jon Wysocki. Over the past nine years the band has recorded six studio albums, had multiple chart topping singles, and sold over 15 million records worldwide.[citation needed]
History
Early days
Staind formed on November 24, 1995 in Springfield, Massachusetts. The band met through friends and started 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. 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. When Fred Durst saw the controversial cover of the group's self produced album, Tormented, 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. Durst later sang backup on the live version of Outside, which was recorded at a Family Values Tour concert in Biloxi, MS, in late October 1999. Durst went on to be one of the executive producers for Dysfunction and Break the Cycle. He also directed a few videos for the band later on, including It's Been Awhile.
Dysfunction
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. Although it is supposed that the band owe a lot of success to Durst, Aaron Lewis has expressed in interviews that Durst 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.' [4] 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.
Break the Cycle
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.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 [5] 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. 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." [4]. '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.
14 Shades of Grey
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[6], 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. 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. Their song "Price to Play" was the official theme song of WWE's Vengeance pay-per-view event in July 2003. 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. 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. 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.
Chapter V
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. 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. "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. Recent live shows have included a cover of Pantera's This Love, a tribute to Dimebag Darrell. Staind appeared on The Howard Stern Show on August 10, 2005, to promote their new album Chapter V. They performed acoustic renditions of the single Right Here and Beetlejuice's song "This is Beetle." 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". 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.
The Singles: 1996-2006
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. They played sixteen songs including three covers: Tool's Sober, Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb and Alice in Chains's Nutshell.
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.
It was released on November 15, 2006.
The Illusion Of Progress
On August 19, 2008, Staind released their 5th studio album (6th overall), The Illusion of Progress. A limited edition of the album was also made available to fans, which included 3 bonus tracks and a year membership in the Staind Fan Club, along with other items (the first 200 fans who pre-ordered the album through Atlantic Records received a signed copy of the album by the band). Prior to the album's release, the track "This Is It" was available for download on the iTunes store, as well as for Rock Band. The album debuted at #3 on US Billboard 200, #1 on the Top Modern Rock/Alternative Albums Chart, #1 on the Top Digital Albums Chart, and also #1 on the Top Internet Albums Chart, with first week sales of 91,800 units. The first single on the album, "Believe", topped Billboard's Top 10 Modern Rock Tracks on September 05, 2008. The band has also been supporting Nickelback on their 2008 European tour.
Trademark infringement
In November 2003 Staind attempted to sue Ohio musician Jon Stainbrook in New York Federal Court over his 1980 trademark of "The Stain". 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. 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.[7]
In 2005, guitarist Mike Mushok claimed during a deposition in Toledo, Ohio that Staind avoided any contact with Stainbrook because they were not made aware of promises a Geffen Records Executive made to Stainbrook on their behalf during a 1999 licensing negotiation. After several legal confrontations, the parties settled their claims in 2006, partially re-negotiating the 1999 licensing agreement, which allows Stainbrook and Staind the right to use the trademark in certain areas.[8]
Recognition
In 2006, the band's frontman Aaron Lewis was listed in metal magazine Hit Parader's Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists list, placed at number 49.[9]
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." [10]
Discography
Studio albums
- 1996: Tormented
- 1999: Dysfunction
- 2001: Break the Cycle
- 2003: 14 Shades of Grey
- 2005: Chapter V
- 2008: The Illusion of Progress
DVDs
- Staind - MTV Unplugged (2002)
- Staind: The Videos (2006)
Notes
- ^ a b Sharpe-Young, Garry. "MusicMight Biography". Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ Chuck Berry, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (2004), "Genre Classification".
- ^ Allmusic.com. Staind Artist Page (Genre Classification). [1]
- ^ FasterLouder.com.au. "Shaved Heads & Revelations: Staind Share Their Secrets", Interview with Staind. [2]
- ^ Chuck Berry, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (2004), "Staind: Alternative-metal rock group".
- ^ "Staind Bio".
- ^ Anthony DeGidio, Esq., (2004). "Stain v Staind". Retrieved 2006-12-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ IPFrontline (2006). "The Stain settle lawsuit". Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ^ Blabbermouth.net Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists - Dec. 1, 2006
- ^ Rolling Stone Magazine, The Rolling Stone Enyclopedia of Rock & Roll (2004), "Entry: Staind".