Shannon Larkin

Shannon Larkin at the Sabian Live Show at the Anaheim CA Sheraton Hotel.

Shannon Larkin (born April 24, 1967 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American drummer, best known for his membership in the band Godsmack . He had previously played for Amen , Candlebox , Ugly Kid Joe and Souls at Zero (or their predecessor Wrathchild America ). He also works as a session drummer, for example for Vanilla Ice .

Career

Shannon Larkin began playing drums at the age of ten. His parents were music lovers and introduced him to the music of the Beatles , Johnny Cash , Elvis Presley , Creedence Clearwater Revival , Janis Joplin , Jimi Hendrix and The Who . Through his sister he got to know Rush's album Hemispheres and also heard the music of Led Zeppelin , on which he wanted to play the drums.

With his first major label band Wratchild America, which was initially just called Wrathchild, he released two albums in 1989 and 1991, two more in 1993 and 1994 with Souls at Zero. Larkin subsequently became a member of Ugly Kid Joe. From a side project called MF Pitbulls, the band Snot was formed , whose drummer Jamie Miller later played again in Souls at Zero. Larkin recommended him. Miller later recommended Larkin again at Snot, with whom Larkin later recorded the tribute album Strait Up .

In 2002, Sully Erna of Godsmack called Shannon Larkin. Larkin then replaced Tommy Stewart with the band and has recorded four studio albums with her to date. Shannon Larkin has been a member of the newly formed Ugly Kid Joe again since 2010.

Larkin also worked briefly for Stone Sour . He also played with Black Sabbath on a temporary basis at the 1997 Ozzfest .

equipment

• Yamaha
  • Oak Custom Drums
    • 24 "x18" bass drum
    • 10x8 "Tom
    • 12 "x9" tom
    • 13 "x10" tom
    • 14 "x12" Floor Tom
    • 16 "x16" Floor Tom
    • 14 "x6" snare
• Toca percussion
  • • 14 "6" timbale
• Yamaha Electronic Drums
  • • Yamaha drum pad
• Drum percussion
  • • 20 "and 22" Deccabons
• Yamaha hardware
  • 800 Series
  • Flying Dragon pedals
• Sabian cymbals
  • • 13 "Paragon hi-hat
    • 14 "Paragon hi-hat
    • 8 "Paragon Splash
    • 10 "Paragon Splash
    • 16 "AA crash
    • 19 "AA rock crash
    • 20 "Vault Crash
    • 19 "Paragon Chinese
    • 19 "Paragon Chinese
    • 22 "Hand Hammered Power Bell Ride
• Heads
  • • Remo
• Vic Firth drumsticks
  • • "American Rock Classic" sticks

Discography

Wrathchild America

• Climbing the Walls (1989)
• 3D (1991)

Souls at Zero

• Souls at Zero (1993)
• Six-T-Six EP (1994)

Ugly Kid Joe

• Menace to Sobriety (1995)
• Motel California (1996)
• The Very Best of Ugly Kid Joe: As Ugly as It Gets (1998)
• Stairway to Hell (2012)

Amen

• Amen (1999)
• We Have Come for Your Parents (2001)
• Death Before Musick (2004)

Candle box

• Happy Pills (1998)

Snot

• Strait Up (1999)

Godsmack

• Faceless (2003)
• The Other Side (2004)
• IV (2006)
• Good Times, Bad Times ... 10 Years of Godsmack (2007)
• The Oracle (2010)
• 1000hp (2014)
• When Legends Rise (2018)

Another animal

• Another Animal (2007)

As a session musician

• 30 / 30-150 by Stone Sour
• Hard to Swallow by Vanilla Ice
• Worship and Tribute by Glassjaw
• Massive Grooves from the Electric Church of Psychofunkadelic Grungelism Rock Music by Poundhound (aka Doug Pinnick of King's X ) 1998

Individual evidence

1. ^ Yamaha Corporation: Shannon Larkin
2. ↑ www.godsmack.com ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

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• Shannon Larkin at Discogs (English)
• Shannon Larkin in the Internet Movie Database (English)