Godsmack has more Top 10 Rock Songs than Foo Fighters or their hometown heroes, Aerosmith. Stretching back to their four-times platinum self-titled debut, initially recorded in 1996 for $2500, the veteran band’s catalog of hits is enough to fill a marathon set without running out. Songs like I Stand Alone, Awake, and Voodoo are certified anthems deeply encoded into hard rock’s DNA.
Godsmack self-released their debut album, All Wound Up…, in 1997. Republic/Universal Records signed the band to a multi-record deal and re-released a remixed version of the debut as 1998’s Godsmack. In 2020, Godsmack tied Van Halen and Shinedown for the second-most top ten singles in the 40-year history of Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs airplay chart, with 26 songs. When Legends Rise produced three No. 1 singles back-to-back, including the title track, Bulletproof, and Under Your Scars.
George Thorogood and The Destroyers have an ongoing legacy unlike any in rock history: by reverently reinventing blues, country and R&B tracks by icons that include Bo Diddley, John Lee Hooker and Hank Williams – via now-classic hits like “Who Do You Love?”, “Boogie Chillun” and “Move it on Over” – the band have kept the music of these American masters alive for the MTV generation and beyond. And with his own smash originals such as “I Drink Alone”, “Gear Jammer”, and the ultimate badass anthem “Bad to The Bone”, Thorogood and band have forged a one-of-a-kind career built on humour, fervor and six-string swagger delivered with equal parts fire and fun.