The massive success of Godsmack’s 2010 comeback album, The Oracle, kept the band on the road for nearly two years and produced the tour document Live & Inspired, which includes a four-song bonus disc of classic-rock covers. The band members then took some much needed time off, only to reconvene in 2013 for some festival slots—better off for the break, according to drummer Shannon Larkin.

January 2015 Issue