Godsmack is an American rock band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed
in 1995. The band comprises founder, frontman and songwriter Sully
Erna, guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer
Shannon Larkin. Since its formation, Godsmack has released five studio
albums, one EP, four DVDs, and one greatest hits collection. The band
has had three consecutive No. 1 albums (Faceless, IV, and The Oracle)
on the Billboard 200. The band also has parked a ratified 19 top ten
rock radio hits, including 15 songs in the Top Five. Godsmack is one of
the most popular rock acts in the United States, selling almost 15
million records worldwide. Since its inception, Godsmack has toured on
Ozzfest on more than one occasion, and has toured with many other large
tours and festivals, including supporting its albums with its own arena
tours. In the summer of 2009, Godsmack toured as support to Mötley
Crüe's Crüe Fest 2 tour.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1830:
A provisional government in Brussels declared the creation of the
independent and neutral state of Belgium, in revolt against the United
Kingdom of the Netherlands.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Revolution>
1910:
Manuel II, the last King of Portugal, fled to Gibraltar when a
revolution erupted in Lisbon and his palace was shelled. The Portuguese
First Republic was proclaimed the next day.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_II_of_Portugal>
1957:
Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 1 , the first artificial satellite to orbit
the Earth, was launched by an R-7 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome
near Tyuratam, Kazakh SSR.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1>
1985:
Software developer Richard Stallman founded the Free Software
Foundation to support the free software movement.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation>
2003:
A suicide bomber killed 21 people and injured more than 50 others
inside the Maxim restaurant in Haifa, Israel.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_restaurant_suicide_bombing>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
proscenium (n):
1. (in a modern theater) The stage area between the curtain and the
orchestra.
2. (in an ancient theater) The stage area immediately in front of the
scene building
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/proscenium>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The real difficulty is with the vast wealth and power in the hands of
the few and the unscrupulous who represent or control capital. Hundreds
of laws of Congress and the state legislatures are in the interest of
these men and against the interests of workingmen. These need to be
exposed and repealed. All laws on corporations, on taxation, on trusts,
wills, descent, and the like, need examination and extensive change.
This is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people
no longer. It is a government of corporations, by corporations, and for
corporations. — How is this?
--Rutherford B. Hayes
<http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes>
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