GODSMACK ACHIEVEMENTS
* Triple platinum Republic/Universal debut album GODSMACK has spent 86 weeks (as of 9/4/00) in the Billboard Top 200 album chart (released 8/98)
* Radio Impact:
“Whatever”
#1 active rock track for the year 1999, per BDS
#5 BDS (Broadcast Data Systems) active rock
#19 BDS modern rock
Holds BDS record for most weeks on the active rock chart (59 weeks)
Holds BDS record for most weeks in the Top 10 on active rock (33 weeks)
“Keep Away”
#3 BDS active rock
#5 Billboard mainstream rock
Was on BDS active rock chart for 53 weeks
“Voodoo”
#2 BDS active rock
#5 Billboard mainstream rock
#6 Billboard modern rock
Was on both BDS active and mainstream rock charts for 39 weeks
“Bad Religion” (current)
#6 BDS active rock
#9 BDS mainstream rock
* Electrifying performances at Ozzfest ’99 and Woodstock ’99 amid sold-out headlining club dates, followed by a tour opening for the legendary Black Sabbath. Just completed on Ozzfest ’00.
* 1999 Boston Music Awards winner for:
Act of the Year
Outstanding Rock Band-Major Label
Outstanding Male Vocalist-Major Label
Outstanding Song/Songwriter-Major Label (SULLY for “Keep Away”)
* Critical Endorsements: Rolling Stone described GODSMACK as “hard as nails and cranked to eleven,” while Alternative Press praised the band for its “churning, riff-driven hybrid of all that is heavy, past and present.” Of the album, Guitar World wrote, “Godsmack’s debut is a no-frills, no-nonsense dose of hard, brooding rock which, despite its low budget, sounds totally awesome and champions substance over flash.”