All You Need to Know about Staind
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All You Need to Know About Staind
Many bands today play what is known as alternative music. Lyrics showing hate, anger and depression are quite common characteristics that make up this newer genre of music.
Who is Staind?
Staind is a well-known alternative band. This quartet comes from Springfield, Massachusetts. The four men in the band are frontman Aaron Lewis, guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist Johnny April and drummer Jon Wysocki.
Staind was discovered by another alternative band, Limp Bizkit, in October of 1997 when Staind was to open for them at a concert. However, Staind almost did not get their big break. Frontman Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit confronted Lewis in an outrage not twenty minutes before the show, calling his music satanic and tasteless. It wasn't the music that was satanic, though, it was the cover art on Staind's debut album, Tormented, released in 1997...