During an appearance on “The Mistress Carrie Podcast,” Godsmack’s Sully Erna confirmed that the band are planning to work on new music. This news comes after he previously dismissed the idea.
Erna said the following:
“I think there was a misunderstanding from the beginning. When I announced that, and people were asking me about, like, ‘What’s the future of Godsmack now?’, my statement was, and maybe I just didn’t phrase it the right way, but it was gonna be that ‘Lighting Up The Sky’, our last full-length album, was gonna be the last new music you would ever hear from the original [Godsmack] members. I knew those guys [drummer Shannon Larkin and guitarist Tony Rombola], were gonna retire, and I was trying to tell people, without giving it up too early in the year, that this is probably the last time you’re ever gonna hear anything new from the original lineup. And I think just people twisted that into, like, there’s gonna be no more new Godsmack. But no, for one, I’m under contract, and I owe another record anyways. And for two, I wanna do a record with these [new] guys, ’cause I’m curious to see where it goes.
I know over the years, being a fan of music myself, it was always interesting to hear that new Alice In Chains record or that new whatever record, when they’re changing members or a member passes away. And I’ll be honest, I’m not always the biggest fan of that, ’cause the core of it and what I was raised with was the original members of Aerosmith or STP or whoever the band was. And once you change some of those dynamics, especially in a singer, the whole sound can change drastically. I mean, Alice In Chains, they didn’t have a choice, and STP, no choice. But in this case, I’m hoping for the best because at least to the audience, to the fans’ point of view, when they come see us now, the sound isn’t really changing for them, because the voice hasn’t changed. I’m still here, and a guitar can sound just like a guitar, and a drum can sound just like a drum. So hopefully, even with the new record and it still being my voice and carrying the sound of Godsmack, hopefully we’ll have some new textures. These guys [guitarist Sam Koltun and drummer Mike Mangini] are different kind of players. I’m very curious myself where it’ll go, but it’s gonna happen, and it’s gonna happen at some point next year.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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