Godsmack singer Sully Erna said last year that the band’s forthcoming album, “Lighting Up The Sky,” would likely be their last.
“We’re just gonna hit it one more time hard and heavy,” Erna told 101.1 WJRR. “And I’ve gotta tell you, this might be the last one for us — it might be the last record for us.”
Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin shared further details on the band’s future in a new interview with The Rockman Power Hour.
“The whole cycle touring is we’re gonna quit making records and cycle touring,” he said. “But we’re gonna stay together as a band and we’re gonna play shows. So it’s gonna be the same old song and dance except for we won’t be a slave to a product that we have to sell; we don’t need to do that anymore. We’re all in our mid-50s and older. I like to get that out of the way right away, that we’re not breaking up.”
Larkin also clarified that it was Erna’s decision to stop making new albums.
“The beautiful thing about it is after we’ve done this record and we do this cycle tour, which means we have something to sell, we have something to support, we’d let people down if it doesn’t sell. So we will go on tour for two years and work our ass off and sell this record,” Larkin explained. “But after that, he’s, like, ‘We’ll do what we always do. We’ll take a year off. But instead of me calling and saying, ‘All right, guys. Let’s get together and write and record a new record and then [do] a two-year tour,’ I’ll call and say, ‘All right, guys. How long do you all wanna go out for? A couple of weeks?’ We’ll go out for a couple of weeks and do festivals in the summer. We’ll come to Canada and play for a week up there or something.
“These are the kind of things that make me excited, because here it is, man. I’m 55,” Larkin added. “And I’m not that old guy. In fact, I don’t expect to grow old or look old. But it’s life, man, so it’s gonna happen.”
“Lighting Up The Sky” is set to be released on Feb. 24 via BMG. Erna previously told Minnesota radio station 93X: “It’s the most important record, I think, we’ve ever written and recorded.”
“I’ve always loved our records [and] I always knew there would be some good singles on it and hoped it did well, but I was never the guy that said, ‘This is our best f*cking work ever.’ And I’m telling you right now this is our best f*cking work ever. And it’s because it’s emotional, man. This is the last record we’re ever gonna do.”
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