Everything about Drowning Pool totally explained
Drowning Pool is a four-piece
alternative metal band that starts in 2001 with making music and is formed in
Dallas,
Texas,
United States. They are currently signed to
Eleven Seven Music and have released three albums, their most recent being
Full Circle which was released on
August 7,
2007.
History
Drowning Pool rose to fame while playing along with
Ozzy Osbourne during an
Ozzfest tour. Their 2001 debut album,
Sinner, was certified platinum within six months and the video for its first single "
Bodies" was frequently aired on various music video channels. After the
September 11th attacks, "Bodies" was infrequently heard on many radio stations as there were concerns regarding its appropriateness in light of the 9/11 victims who had jumped from the towers. On
August 14,
2002, the band's lead singer
Dave Williams was found dead inside his tour bus. The autopsy concluded that he suffered from a form of
heart disease.
When asked if the band has any unreleased new material, Benton commented that "There are none. All the unreleased songs are out in either some soundtracks or compilations. We didn't get a chance to record any new songs before Dave's death". After Williams' death, the band decided to carry on and begin searching for a new singer. In 2003, the band found Williams' replacement in
Jason 'Gong' Jones, and released the album
Desensitized in 2004. The album wasn't as successful as
Sinner, and most fans complained about the absence of Willams' vocal style, which apparently wasn't present with Jones'.
Jones' departure from Drowning Pool was publicly announced on
June 14,
2005, due to irreconcilable differences. Jones would later join the
Alternative Metal band
AM Conspiracy. Almost immediately, rumours started swirling concerning the new singer's identity, ranging from
Pat Lachman of
Damageplan to
Phil Anselmo of
Pantera, but the biggest buzz of the rumors was to former
SOiL singer
Ryan McCombs. Drowning Pool announced that the singer would be formally announced
August 25 at the
Ozzfest date in
Dallas,
Texas, where Drowning Pool would do a one off performance on the main stage. On
July 20, website
SMNNews
received word from close sources that McCombs was indeed the new singer, and that fact was confirmed by McCombs and Drowning Pool alike the next week. According to their manager, McCombs was the band's top, if not only, choice to be the lead singer.
In spring of 2006, Drowning Pool announced that they'd parted ways with
Wind-up Records. Wind-up's website confirmed this in June 2006. In October 2006, a new track titled "No More" was announced to be released on the
Saw III soundtrack, their first track (besides the second version of "Rise Up") with McCombs on vocals.
On
February 26,
2007, it was announced that the band has signed a new deal with
Eleven Seven Music. It was also confirmed that Drowning Pool will have a new management company, Tenth Street Entertainment, following the group's departure with Paul Bassman of Bass Management.
The band's newest album
Full Circle was released on
August 7,
2007 nationwide and was met with little success, though some fans pointed out that they favored McCombs' vocals over previous vocalist Jason Jones'. Two songs on the album were produced by Funny Farm Records, owned by
Mötley Crüe bassist
Nikki Sixx and former
Beautiful Creatures guitarist
DJ Ashba. The remaining tracks have been recorded with producer
Ben Schigel at the Dallas-based January Sound Studio.
In January 2008, the band announced that they'd be heading out on a
North American tour as special guests of
Saliva.
Members
Former members
Dave Williams - Vocals
Jason Jones - Vocals
Discography
Albums/EPs
| Album Name |
Released |
No. of
tracks |
Length |
Peak |
Chart |
| Pieces of Nothing EP |
2000 |
6 |
24:34 |
|
|
| Sinner |
June 5, 2001 |
11 |
37:29 |
14 |
The Billboard 200 |
| Desensitized |
April 20, 2004 |
11 |
38:33 |
17 |
The Billboard 200 |
| Full Circle |
August 7, 2007 |
13 |
48:58 |
64
|
The Billboard 200
Top Independent Albums |
Singles
Other song appearances
Video Discography
Sinema, released 2002Further Information
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