Godsmack

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Godsmack is an American rock band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band is currently composed of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Sully Erna and bassist Robbie Merrill. Since its formation, Godsmack has released eight studio albums, one EP (The Other Side), four DVDs, one compilation album (Good Times, Bad Times... Ten Years of Godsmack), and one live album (Live & Inspired).

The band has released three consecutive number-one albums (Faceless, IV and The Oracle) on the Billboard 200. The band also has 25 top ten rock radio hits, including 18 songs in the top five, and 12 at #1.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The band's seventh album, When Legends Rise was released on April 27, 2018. Their eighth and final album Lighting Up the Sky was released on February 24, 2023.

Since its inception, Godsmack has toured with 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 honor of the band's success and the release of their sixth studio album, 1000hp, Mayor Marty Walsh declared August 6 as "Godsmack Day" in the city of Boston.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On April 2, 2025, the band announced that Shannon Larkin and Tony Rombola had left the band.

History

Formation and All Wound Up... (1995–1997)

In February 1995, Sully Erna decided to start a new band as the lead singer after playing the drums for more than 23 years, including more than two years in the now-defunct band Strip Mind.<ref name="Godsmack biography">Template:Cite web</ref> His new band, The Scam, formed with Erna on vocals, Robbie Merrill on bass, local guitarist and friend Lee Richards on guitar, and Tommy Stewart on drums. The Scam quickly changed its name to Godsmack, after recording one demo.<ref name="Rolling Stone with Sully">Template:Cite magazine</ref> The newly formed band started playing small bars in their hometown of Boston. Locally popular songs such as "Keep Away" and "Whatever" soon brought them to the top of the hit charts in the Boston/New England area.<ref name="Godsmack biography"/>

Many people think the band's name stemmed from the Alice in Chains song of the same name, but according to Erna, the band's name came from a small and personal incident. "I was making fun of [our drummer at the time]<ref name=":0" /> who had a cold sore on his lip and the next day I had one myself and somebody said, 'It's a god smack.' The name stuck. We were aware of the Alice In Chains song but didn't really think much about it."<ref name=":0" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1996, Tony Rombola joined as the guitarist after Richards left upon learning he had a six-year-old child and Stewart left due to personal differences.<ref name="Richards leaving stuff">Template:Cite web</ref> In the same year, the band entered New Alliance Studio in Boston to record its debut album, All Wound Up....<ref name="Godsmack biography"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The CD was recorded in just three days for $2,600 and was self-released in February 1997 through the band's own record label, E. K. Records Company.<ref name="Godsmack biography"/><ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref> In May 1997, Joe D'Arco joined to replace Stewart on drums.<ref name=":22">Template:Cite web</ref>

Eventually, Godsmack's CD landed in the hands of Rocko, the night-time DJ for Boston radio station WAAF (FM). The radio station put "Keep Away" into heavy rotation and the song rose to the number one spot at the station very quickly.<ref name="Godsmack biography"/> Newbury Comics, a New England record store chain, agreed to sell the CD on consignment. Shortly after the success of "Keep Away", Godsmack went back into the studio and recorded a single titled "Whatever", which became the new local favorite on WAAF (FM).<ref name="Godsmack biography"/><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> In an interview Sully Erna stated, "We had been selling maybe 50 copies a month at the time WAAF picked up the album. All of a sudden we started moving over a thousand records a week. (...) I was doing all this from my bedroom. After years of grinding away, things finally started taking off."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In April 1998, D'Arco was dismissed from the band.<ref name=":2">Template:Cite web</ref> He was replaced by former drummer Tommy Stewart, who returned after expressing a desire to be in the band again.<ref name="Drummer switch">Template:Cite news</ref>

Godsmack (1998–1999)

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Band logotype used from Awake to 1000hp.

In June 1998, Universal/Republic Records signed the band to their label. The band's first album All Wound Up... was slightly edited to remove unlicensed samples, fully re-mastered and given a new artwork and layout; the finished self-titled album Godsmack was released to the public six weeks later on August 25, 1998.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> This led to the band's first headlining tour, "The Godsmack Tour" with Jim Rose Circus as the opening act.<ref name="Godsmack biography"/> After the album's release the band went on the road playing club shows as well as playing at Ozzfest and Woodstock '99. This was followed by a tour in Europe supporting Black Sabbath.<ref name="Godsmack biography"/> Roxanne Blanford from Allmusic gave the album three out of five stars, stating, "Godsmack confidently brought metal into the technological age".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The album entered the Billboard 200 at number twenty-two,<ref name="Billboard">Template:Cite magazine</ref> and was certified 5× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in 2024<ref name="Godsmack – 10 Years of Godsmack arrives December 4">Template:Cite web</ref> after being initially certified gold in 1999.<ref name="allmusic">Template:Cite web</ref>

The album sold well despite being initially pulled from the shelves in some stores due to concerns over some of its lyrical content.<ref name="MTV">Template:Cite web</ref> The band and its record label later added a Parental Advisory sticker to the album,<ref name="MTV"/> and some stores ordered amended copies of the album. Erna commented in Rolling Stone magazine stating, "Our record has been in the marketplace for more than a year now without a parental advisory sticker and this is the one and only complaint ... Stickers and lyrics are by nature subjective ... We have decided to put a sticker on the record." This controversy did not appear to adversely affect album sales but, according to Erna, helped; "It's almost taunting kids to go out and get the record to see what we're saying on it."<ref name="loudwire-godsmack">Template:Cite web</ref> The album also had four successful singles which were "Whatever", "Keep Away", "Voodoo" and "Bad Religion".<ref name="loudwire-godsmack"/>

Awake (2000–2001)

Template:Listen In 2000, Godsmack returned to the studio after the multi-platinum success of Godsmack to start recording Awake. The album was released on Template:Nowrap, 2000. The album debuted at number five on the Billboard 200, and has been certified 2× platinum by the RIAA.<ref name="Billboard"/> "Vampires", a song on the album, also earned the band a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 2002.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> With the release of Awake, Godsmack toured Europe supporting Limp Bizkit.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Erna said at the time, "We've been touring nonstop since August 1998, So most of Awake was written on tour while we were ping-ponging between America and Europe, building up the band. "Ozzfest" was actually the only big tour where we rode under someone else's wings; we did a lot of work on our own." The band played Ozzfest in 2000 again as they had in 1999.<ref name="allmusic"/> On July 19, 2001, Godsmack released their first live DVD titled Live.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The DVD has since been certified Gold by the RIAA for selling 50,000 copies in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite certification</ref>

Two of the songs on the album were used in United States Navy commercials ("Sick of Life" and "Awake") as background music. Erna stated, "Someone in the military is a fan, and they asked if they could use the music, and we accepted".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However, Erna insisted in an interview that Godsmack does not support any war.<ref name="ArthurMag">Template:Cite web</ref>

The Scorpion King, Faceless and The Other Side (2002–2004)

In 2002, Erna was asked to write and perform a song for the soundtrack to The Scorpion King.<ref name="stone1">Template:Cite web</ref> The song Godsmack wrote and performed was titled "I Stand Alone" and the song became the number 1 single at Rock Radio and the most played Active Rock song in 2002 for 14 weeks straight.<ref name="stone1"/> It was also used in the game Prince of Persia: Warrior Within.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

With Shannon Larkin (ex Ugly Kid Joe, Souls at Zero, Wrathchild America, MF Pitbulls) replacing Tommy Stewart, who left due to personal differences for the second time,<ref name="Godsmack biography"/><ref name="Larkin – interview with moderndrummer.com">Template:Cite web</ref> Godsmack went back into the studio later that year to record a new album that was released in 2003. Faceless debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 269,000 copies in its first week,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the album would go on to sell over one million copies in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Faceless also debuted at number nine on the Top Canadian Albums and at number one on the Top Internet Albums and remained at that position for two weeks.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> A massive Tour of America and Europe supporting Metallica followed.

The lead single "Straight Out of Line" received a Grammy Award nomination for "Best Hard Rock Performance". The award went to Evanescence's single "Bring Me to Life".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The album got its name after a swimming-pool incident.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However, in a later interview Merrill stated otherwise, making it unclear of how the album's title came to be, "It came from the band's feeling that, despite our radio and sales success, we still flew a bit under the radar".<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Dead link</ref>

On March 16, 2004 The Other Side, an acoustic EP, was released. The album debuted at number five on the Billboard 200, a relatively high position for an acoustic EP.<ref name="Billboard"/> It included several previously released songs re-recorded as acoustic versions, as well as three new acoustic tracks. One new song, "Touché", featured Godsmack's first guitar player, Lee Richards, as well as John Kosco, who were at that time in the now defunct band Dropbox,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The other two new acoustic tracks were "Running Blind" and "Voices".<ref name="The Other Side on Godsmack discography">Template:Cite web</ref> The song "Asleep" is actually an acoustic version of "Awake" from the band's second album Awake.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Godsmack shifted from its "heavy" sound to a more mellow acoustic sound on this EP in the same manner Alice in Chains did in the Sap and Jar of Flies EPs, one of many similarities to Alice in Chains for which the band has been criticized.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2004, Godsmack opened for Metallica's "Madly in Anger with the World tour",<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and headlined the tour along with Dropbox. Afterwards, in autumn 2004, the band played several acoustic shows to promote The Other Side, while at the same time continuing to open for Metallica.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

IV and Ten Years of Godsmack (2006–2008)

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Sully Erna performing during Godsmack's IV Tour in 2006

Throughout 2006, The band was in the studio recording and writing material for a new album. On April 25, 2006, Godsmack released its fourth studio album simply titled IV, followed by a tour that would continue until January 2008, titled "The IV tour".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The album was produced by Erna and engineered by the well known producer and engineer Andy Johns, known for engineering Led Zeppelin's Led Zeppelin IV.<ref name="Interview with Larkin">Template:Cite web</ref> The first single from the album, "Speak" was released on Template:Nowrap, 2006. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 211,000 copies in its first week.<ref name="Bands on demand – Godsmack">Template:Cite web</ref>

IV has since been certified gold. The band had written over forty songs for the album, but the final track listing had eleven tracks, Larkin commented, "it's Sully's band and his vision.[...]When it comes time to pick the songs it's all Sully".<ref name="Larkin interview">Template:Cite web</ref> The album's minimalist name "IV" derives not only from its being the band's fourth studio album, but also from a running piece of backstage humor, as related by Larkin and Erna in an interview.<ref name="The music and magic of Godsmack ">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Interview with Shannon">Template:Cite web</ref>

To celebrate ten years as a band, Godsmack released a greatest hits album entitled Good Times, Bad Times... Ten Years of Godsmack on Template:Nowrap, 2007. The album debuted at number thirty-five on the Billboard 200, selling 40,000 copies in the first week of release.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It includes a cover of the Led Zeppelin song "Good Times Bad Times", as well as a DVD of Godsmack's acoustic performance in Las Vegas at House of Blues. The album was originally intended to be a boxed set, but the band scrapped the plans so they could release a best of album. Godsmack will follow the release of the album with an acoustic tour.<ref name="Greatest hits was originally intended to be a boxed set.">Template:Cite news</ref> Despite rumors of the band going on hiatus as a result of releasing a greatest hits album, Erna was quoted as saying, "we're not going away, we are just gonna take a break and enjoy our 10th year anniversary and kind of recharge our batteries. And then Godsmack will be back, and we will come back bigger and badder than ever."<ref name="Greatest hits was originally intended to be a boxed set."/>

The Oracle and break (2008–2013)

In November 2008, Larkin announced that the band would be reforming and recording a new album.<ref name="Godsmack Updates From Shannon">Template:Cite web</ref> The following summer, the band toured as support to Mötley Crüe's Crüe Fest 2 tour<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and released a non-album single, "Whiskey Hangover". After the tour, Godsmack started production for their new album. The album, titled The Oracle was released on Template:Nowrap, 2010.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Arriving to popular reception, The Oracle was Godsmack's third straight full-length studio album to debut at No. 1 with 117,000 sold in the first week of release.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Erna had this to say about the early sound album, "It's gonna be really heavy. I mean, it's very aggressive. I'm not really sure; it's very premature right now. Right now we just finished one track for the Crüe Fest this Summer. But as far as the whole record goes, I think it's going to be a lot more in your face. I don't think there's going to be any 'Voodoo's or 'Serenity's on this one. We decided to go balls out!".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Godsmack headlined the fourth annual Mayhem Festival alongside Disturbed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The band entered the studio in January 2012 to mix a live album plus record several covers for an upcoming release.<ref name="rockaccess">Template:Cite web</ref> They then went on tour in the spring with Staind.<ref name="rockaccess"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In February 2012, Godsmack finished an EP of cover songs.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Godsmack released their new live album Live & Inspired on May 15, 2012. The set included a bonus EP of cover tracks.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In December of the same year, Sully said in an interview that Godsmack would take a break during 2013, stating "We're going to take some time away now because we just ran for the last two years."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> A month after, Erna announced a short solo tour through America.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1000hp (2014–2016)

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Godsmack performing in 2015

In February 2014, Erna tweeted that the band had made progress in the songwriting process for its next studio album, tentatively scheduled for a late 2014 release. He also mentioned that the band finished 11 songs for the new record in two weeks.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In April, the band announced that they had recorded 15 songs, ten of which would make the final cut.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In May, Erna announced that the album would be titled 1000hp (1000 Horsepower).<ref name="1000 Horsepower Blabbermouth">Template:Cite news</ref> The album's title track was released as a single the following month.<ref name="1000 Horsepower Blabbermouth"/> The album was released on August 5, 2014, and sold around 58,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 3 on The Billboard 200 chart.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Since release the album has spawned the singles Something Different<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and What's Next.<ref name="What's Next Blabbermouth">Template:Cite news</ref> The band have unified a campaign to aid military veterans with their latest single What's Next.<ref name="What's Next Blabbermouth"/>

Godsmack also headlined the 2014 Uproar Festival.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> They were announced on August 20, 2014, to be part of the Soundwave Festival in Australia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In July 2015, the band revealed dates for an upcoming North American fall headline tour. The run included dates with Sevendust.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Also in August 2015 Godsmack announced a new leg of North American dates that would keep the band busy through mid-November.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On October 14, 2015, Godsmack released a digital single called "Inside Yourself" available for a limited free download.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The song was released on iTunes on November 20, 2015.<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Cbignore</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On September 9, 2016, Erna confirmed that the band had officially left Universal/Republic, and signed a deal with BMG.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

When Legends Rise (2017–2020)

The band began work on a seventh studio album in 2017. The album, When Legends Rise, was released on April 27, 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Blabbermouth When Legends Rise">Template:Cite web</ref> The album's first single, "Bulletproof", was released ahead of the album on February 28, 2018.<ref name="Blabbermouth When Legends Rise"/> The band toured across North America from May through October 2018. They played at several festivals before embarking on a co-headlining summer tour with Shinedown.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The band then toured Europe in October and November 2018 in support of their new album.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However, On October 17, 2018, it was announced that the band postponed their fall 2018 Europe tour, following death of Tony Rombola's son and plan to reschedule in early 2019.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

On July 25, 2019, the song "Under Your Scars" hit number 1 for two weeks for the first time on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On April 8, 2020, the band released a music video for the song "Unforgettable". The band invited 400 aspiring musicians from middle school students across New England to take part in the video. The video, directed by Noah Berlow, again sent the song to the top of the charts for five weeks, setting a new record most constitutive at number 1 in its category.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Lighting Up the Sky (2021–2024)

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Godsmack performing in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 2022

News of a follow-up to the album began circulating as early as August 2019 when frontman Sully Erna revealed in an interview with Canada's iHeartRadio that the band has been preparing to begin the songwriting process for the album.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

It was later revealed that Godsmack would be working on two new releases for 2021: an acoustic EP and a full length album.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> That plan has since been scrapped with Sully admitting that the band was being "a little bit more ambitious" at the time.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

With just one album to focus on, Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin said on "The Metal Teddy Bear Experience" podcast that the band intended for the album to be released in 2022.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In an April 23, 2022, interview with WJRR, frontman Sully Erna said that the band has finished recording the new album with a new single expected to hit the airwaves in mid-to-late summer and that the album could be the band's last.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On September 28, 2022, the band released the single titled "Surrender".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Shortly after the release of the new single, Sully Erna revealed in an interview with 93X Radio's Pablo that the title of the album would be Lighting Up the Sky and that it would indeed be the band's last record.<ref name="93x">Template:Cite web</ref> A second single for the album "You and I" was released on November 11, 2022. The album was released on February 24, 2023.

Departures of Tony Rombola and Shannon Larkin (2025–present)

On April 2, 2025, it was announced that guitarist Tony Rombola and drummer Shannon Larkin had both left Godsmack in 2024, citing exhaustion after years of touring.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Musical style and influences

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Sully Erna playing a drum solo

Godsmack has been described as post-grunge,<ref name="Godsmack">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Wade">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> hard rock,<ref name="Godsmack"/><ref name="Blanford, Roxanne"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> nu metal,<ref name="Godsmack"/><ref name="Blanford, Roxanne">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> alternative metal,<ref name="Godsmack"/><ref name="Wade"/><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and heavy metal.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The band's primary influences include Aerosmith, Alice in Chains, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Pantera and Rush according to Erna, Larkin, and Rombola.<ref name="Interview with Larkin"/><ref name="Interview with Rombola">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Erna credits Layne Staley with inspiring him to start singing,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and considers James Hetfield as a primary influence.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The overall sound of the band's first two albums have been compared to Alice in Chains' album Dirt.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However, Godsmack has attempted to distance themselves from the Alice in Chains comparison with Erna stating in an interview with Matt Ashare, "I've just never really heard that in our music."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The band's music is often compared to Alice in Chains which the band cites as an influence.<ref name="Pop matters review">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Adrien Begrand of PopMatters states, "Erna perfectly mimics the late Layne Staley's low, guttural, sinister singing and snarly, metal-inspired growls" and, "The band's music is a faithful retread of Jerry Cantrell's churning, tuned-down hard rock".<ref name="Pop matters review"/>

Erna's singing style has been stated as "the snarl of James Hetfield", and "composed of dark harmony that sounds a lot like Alice in Chains".<ref name="The Other Side – MTV">Template:Cite web</ref> Merrill's bass style has been described as "bulldozer bottom with occasional slap-bass reverb".<ref name="Awake – Rolling Stone">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Larkin's drumming is thought to "worship at the twin altars of Neil Peart and John Bonham".<ref name="Larkin – interview with moderndrummer.com"/> And Rombola's guitar playing style has been praised as "guitars that sound like percussion instruments".<ref name="Awake – Rolling Stone"/>

Band members

Godsmack at Rock im Park 2015
Sully Erna

Sully Erna
Robbie Merrill

Robbie Merrill

Current members

Sully Erna – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1995–present); drums (studio; 1996–2003, 2022–2023, 2024–present); lead guitar (studio; 2024–present)
Robbie Merrill – bass (1995–present); backing vocals (2010–present)

Touring members

Chris Decato – keyboards (2024)<ref name="2024 Tour">Template:Cite web</ref>
Tim Theriault – rhythm guitar (2024)<ref name="2024 Tour"/>
Will Hunt – drums (2025–present)<ref name="Will Hunt">Template:Cite web</ref>
Sam Koltun – lead guitar (2025–present)<ref name="Will Hunt"/>

Former members

Tommy Stewart – drums (1995–1997, 1998–2002)
Lee Richards – lead guitar (1995–1996)
Tony Rombola – lead guitar, backing vocals (1996–2025)
Joe D'Arco – drums (1997–1998)
Shannon Larkin – drums, percussion (2002–2025)

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Discography

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Studio albums

Godsmack (1998)
Awake (2000)
Faceless (2003)
IV (2006)
The Oracle (2010)
1000hp (2014)
When Legends Rise (2018)
Lighting Up the Sky (2023)

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

Billboard Awards

Boston Music Awards

References

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External links

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