Uh didn't you hear? GODSMACK IS AWESOME AND DUDE CAN WAIL ON THE DRUMS! There for I don't care what his tats say. He was young and dumb like all of us were at 1 time. Get over yourself man
@@jasonsimmons6684 I don’t believe he was young and dumb. In my opinion it’s one of the great things about getting a tattoo. I got my first in Vegas and it’s horrible but also my favorite. Tattoos tell the story of your life. When you’re dead… someone could look at you and see what you experienced in your life. I think it’s pretty neat. Anyway, Shannon is incredible. Perfect fit for the band.
This dude is one of the most technical drummer I've ever seen live. I love Godsmack, the whole band is bad ass, but I think he is the best instrumentist in the band
Shannon Larkin on 'Climbin' the walls' and '3-D' was a big influence back then, I love his playing! Awesome to hear the stories with the tattoos! And that blues sounds really good...
@@tonyalovestostitch Shannon has said Sully oversees the drum tracks in Godsmack. His drumming on everything else besides Godsmack usually goes really hard.
Not a fan of Godsmack or Ugly Kid Joe, but if you wanna hear some of the greatest underrated thrash metal to come out of the late ‘80’s/early ‘90’s, check out Shannon’s drumming as a member of Wrathchild America on the albums “Climbin’ The Walls” and “3-D”. “3-D” is an absolute masterpiece, and is in my top 10 favorite albums of all time. Incredible songwriting with brilliant performances from each band member, particularly Shannon (great for air-drumming!).
Mike Walker I’ve just always found them incredibly generic & uninteresting in every possible way (but I tend to feel that way about most other similar bands of their heyday). No offense to anyone who digs ‘em. Only my opinion. 👍
He's drummed on some really good albums. He was the drummer for almost every song on the "Strait Up" tribute album to the Snot singer. I always loved his work in Another Animal. Check it out if you don't like Godsmack or Ugly Kid Joe. I'm the same way but Shannon and Whitfield Crane are amazing on that record.
Comments like these are irritating. He isn't anymore. Welcome to the future. This is why some people aren't able to grow because some people can't let go of the past.
@@Rattles02 it's still irritating to see. I appreciate all of his work. Even his work in Wrathchild America. But he's in Godsmack now and its time to move on friend
@@GorlicBreadz If you go to Brad Divens FB page, there are a few videoclips from a couple years ago of Shannon rehearsing with WA. I do like to see him doing well in Godsmack though.
@@Rattles02 he's more polished off in Godsmack in his later years after playing for so long. I like WA. I don't think you understand my friend. I get what you're trying to say.
My nephew met the band on some rock cruise and said the lead singer was an arrogant prick. Korn, on the other hand, were super nice, talked to the fans, autographs, pics, etc,etc. Some people just can’t handle fame.
@@pauldeahl3980 funny enough, my friends said Korn was cool af. They also said Nickelback partied harder than any band they toured with lol they told me Godsmack had a "Im better than you" air about them, and they stuck to themselves the whole tour basically. Your comment is corroboration!! Lol
I got to attend a Godsmack (didn’t bother to) meet and greet in 2002. This was around the time Tommy Stewart, the 1st drummer was in the band. He was the only one to come around and hang out with people.
They've got no business looking down on anybody, it's not like they've ever done anything that amazing. I remember them ripping off Alice in Chains and being really unsubtle about it: their old logo, style, even the band name is an Alice song (which Erna lied about and said was a reference to a 'cold sore'... wtf). Doesn't surprise me to hear they're not nice to tour with.
Much respect to Shannon. We grew up through music the same way. I remember seeing the "Straight Out Of Line" and being blown away. I saw him with Wrath Child and Knew he was special.
Good guy, good drummer! I would like to pick his brain about anything. I think the tattoo museum he is talking about I believe is actually in the Van Halen video for Amsterdam. If I’m wrong please correct me.👍🍻
Why are you “sorry”? I mean I don’t believe in that stuff nor do I believe in an invisible man in the sky, but I certainly don’t look at people differently if I find out they’re christians or whatever. People are allowed to believe whatever they want, the times I have a problem with it is when it comes to law makers, judges and politicians. They need to keep their personal beliefs to themselves, the problem is they don’t. That’s part of why what’s happening in Texas is happening. I’m a fully disabled combat veteran and part of the reason I fought for a country that doesn’t even want to acknowledge the existence of Atheists is because we have the freedom here to be different and not die for it
@@MAGA4EVA1986 you got all that from "sorry to hear about the occult beliefs". When did I ever say he shouldn't be allowed to practice or speak his mind???? It's his business but he put it out there and I commented. I am a Christian and I have my beliefs and I believe In Jesus as my personal savior. That doesn't mean I'm trying to oppress him. He has the right to believe what he wants, I believe that what he follows is from the dark one. I don't hate him, I don't want him locked up I hope he turns away because I know he will have to answer In the end. So what's wrong with me caring about another humans eternal soul?
Anybody that came from Him and is religious has no right to advise because of Jesus' views of his family and errors of distorting of a mans ways is not human.The same coincidence you are trying to win commenting to side.I think the dark side visibly represents them people that left tats on the person they protect. We are not the same,discover American Heritage for description of you're community.
@@TheMotownPhillyAmen brother. The future on heaven or hell is just a matter of time… I’m really sad to hear about all this rockstar guys that put their lives into demonic hands, hope in some moment of life they will accept Jesus Christ as their saviour.
Well, yeah, people have a right to believe in whatever they choose to. Personally, I chose to just believe in myself, because over the years I've learned that you CAN'T COUNT ON ANYBODY ELSE TO DO A FUCKING THING FOR YOU!!!!! People suck. Real or otherwise
Stephen Blackwell well the occult brings a lot of good ideas such as individualism and Christianity has good ideas too but also shitty ones like premarital sex being bad. The occult, along with witchcraft and satanism, isn't as bad as the media would have you believe.
@@justin2597 Lol okay so you sound to be an expert on how bad Christianity is but don't know about the occult. Yea it's always a great idea to have premarital sex. Never anything bad came out of that except people having babies murdered and catching std's. Also the media is for the individualism stuff and you being your own God etc....
He's not a Satanist, he's an occultism. Magick isn't good or evil. Magick is like nature, it is in the heart of the practitioner, that makes it good or bad. Sully Erna is Wiccan, and I dare you to talk smack about him. Sully and Godsmack are awesome ❤❤❤
I don't care what his tats are. Dude can wail on the drums and godsmack is awesome.
Then why are you watching the video?
Uh didn't you hear? GODSMACK IS AWESOME AND DUDE CAN WAIL ON THE DRUMS! There for I don't care what his tats say. He was young and dumb like all of us were at 1 time. Get over yourself man
@@jasonsimmons6684 I don’t believe he was young and dumb. In my opinion it’s one of the great things about getting a tattoo. I got my first in Vegas and it’s horrible but also my favorite. Tattoos tell the story of your life. When you’re dead… someone could look at you and see what you experienced in your life. I think it’s pretty neat. Anyway, Shannon is incredible. Perfect fit for the band.
Dude, he's just a killer on those druns
This dude is one of the most technical drummer I've ever seen live. I love Godsmack, the whole band is bad ass, but I think he is the best instrumentist in the band
nothing technical about his drumming are you serious here
So happy to hear him mention Ugly Kid Joe. Such and underrated band, and Whitfield Crane is an extremely underrated vocalist!
Agree! I love UKJ, in Special : Menace to sobriety and Motel California ...Whit and Larkin on fire!👌
At the first sight, i thought he was keanu reeves + nicolas cage 😂
He spent all his grocery money on ink
Meth
Lol
His priorities are correct. Each one tells a great story of his life (so far).
Says the guy going nowhere
Shannon Larkin on 'Climbin' the walls' and '3-D' was a big influence back then, I love his playing!
Awesome to hear the stories with the tattoos!
And that blues sounds really good...
I wish Godsmack would let him drum like he did in Wrathchild America!
Sully has admitted Shannon drums down so to speak compared to his potential for Godsmack songs.
He was great on that AMEN album too.
@@tonyalovestostitch Shannon has said Sully oversees the drum tracks in Godsmack. His drumming on everything else besides Godsmack usually goes really hard.
LOOKS LIKE HE TURNED A 3 YEAR OLD CHILD LOOSE WITH MAGIC MARKERS ON HIS SKIN
Not a fan of Godsmack or Ugly Kid Joe, but if you wanna hear some of the greatest underrated thrash metal to come out of the late ‘80’s/early ‘90’s, check out Shannon’s drumming as a member of Wrathchild America on the albums “Climbin’ The Walls” and “3-D”. “3-D” is an absolute masterpiece, and is in my top 10 favorite albums of all time. Incredible songwriting with brilliant performances from each band member, particularly Shannon (great for air-drumming!).
Will check out . How do you not like godsmack?
Mike Walker I’ve just always found them incredibly generic & uninteresting in every possible way (but I tend to feel that way about most other similar bands of their heyday). No offense to anyone who digs ‘em. Only my opinion. 👍
I used to see Wrathchild back in the day when they would come to Cincinnati. Obviously not knowing that one day he'd be "SHANNON LARKIN!!"
He's drummed on some really good albums. He was the drummer for almost every song on the "Strait Up" tribute album to the Snot singer.
I always loved his work in Another Animal. Check it out if you don't like Godsmack or Ugly Kid Joe. I'm the same way but Shannon and Whitfield Crane are amazing on that record.
That's one bad mamajama drummer right there! \m/
Greatest drummer of all time!
Not really
He seems so sweet when he smiles
This guy is so chill I love it!
shannon is a literal living legend. love anytime he does an interview.
He is still Wrathchild America's drummer to me.
Comments like these are irritating. He isn't anymore. Welcome to the future. This is why some people aren't able to grow because some people can't let go of the past.
Or just maybe I appreciate WA a little more than Godsmack.
@@Rattles02 it's still irritating to see. I appreciate all of his work. Even his work in Wrathchild America. But he's in Godsmack now and its time to move on friend
@@GorlicBreadz If you go to Brad Divens FB page, there are a few videoclips from a couple years ago of Shannon rehearsing with WA. I do like to see him doing well in Godsmack though.
@@Rattles02 he's more polished off in Godsmack in his later years after playing for so long. I like WA. I don't think you understand my friend. I get what you're trying to say.
I would love to sit down and talk to him about his studies. Especially anything about Viking Occult, because I am part Scandinavian.
Check out Robert Sephyr of Atlantean Gardens for that and more. Real cutting edge shit.
Check out the channel Arith Härger
I'm a Heathen and that channel anc man who runs it is a plethora of information
@@aleccope1320 Thank you for the suggestion.
@@billyt.7306 Thank you for the suggestion. I subscribed to both of them.
Literally almost every rock band has occult album covers.
Wake up. I thought we all knew this by now.
When he said "Occult Symbolism", I just started laughing lol. . .
He was in the Ugly Kids? Fukin loved that band!
and wrathchild America and souls at zero
damn right..
Some friends of mine toured with Godsmack. They said they were the only asshole band they ever toured with.
Don't believe you jk
My nephew met the band on some rock cruise and said the lead singer was an arrogant prick. Korn, on the other hand, were super nice, talked to the fans, autographs, pics, etc,etc.
Some people just can’t handle fame.
@@pauldeahl3980 funny enough, my friends said Korn was cool af. They also said Nickelback partied harder than any band they toured with lol they told me Godsmack had a "Im better than you" air about them, and they stuck to themselves the whole tour basically. Your comment is corroboration!! Lol
I got to attend a Godsmack (didn’t bother to) meet and greet in 2002. This was around the time Tommy Stewart, the 1st drummer was in the band. He was the only one to come around and hang out with people.
They've got no business looking down on anybody, it's not like they've ever done anything that amazing. I remember them ripping off Alice in Chains and being really unsubtle about it: their old logo, style, even the band name is an Alice song (which Erna lied about and said was a reference to a 'cold sore'... wtf). Doesn't surprise me to hear they're not nice to tour with.
I'm into the Occult Sciences is just a nice way of saying I'm a devil worshiper. 😂
So he's Satanic?
He’s been one of my favorite drummers of all time...I’m so shocked and disgusted to learn he’s a satanist...
Raise a fund raising to feed this guy.
Much respect to Shannon. We grew up through music the same way. I remember seeing the "Straight Out Of Line" and being blown away. I saw him with Wrath Child and Knew he was special.
Shannon is my favorite drummer
@Billy Bodyslam funny shit bro!!!!
Damn good drummer. One of my faves
🤣 the information you guys get is hilarious
“A slave guy or something” Jesus.
Wrathchild America reunion at Shiley Acres please. We love you brother 🤘😎🤘
*Godsmack's Drummer* When you're a rockstar, but nobody knows your name.🤣
Thanks to Shannon I have the band logo on my hand!!
I love their music called voodoo
Darin Spellwell me too!
@@cindyfitzgerald4500 right
ONE OF THE BEST EVER
Shannon is awesome. Nobody better.
RIP Neal Peart👍👍
he is one of my favorite drummers
Body of Christian Bale (the mechanic) face of Nic Cage
Yo i’ve only ever listened to godsmack, i knew one of them would look like this
We love you Heavy Metal Nick Cage🫶🏻
WowThis is a headline,? Lol
Two words: Wrathchild America
One word, Wrathchild....before they got signed. Best band that never made it.
Amazing player. Sad that he is into the wrong faith. God gave him the incredible talent that he has.
This is not news.
Wait when did Nicholas Cage join a band?!
I'm super curious to browse his library
I want to party with this guy!!!
Dude needs to eat a sandwich he has arms like my little sister
my god...he's fucking huge!!
Lmao cause I tripped a lot.
Good guy, good drummer! I would like to pick his brain about anything. I think the tattoo museum he is talking about I believe is actually in the Van Halen video for Amsterdam. If I’m wrong please correct me.👍🍻
Wait ...... That dude has tripped acid ! ? lol
If he grows out a beard he'll look like Baldur from God of War
Beat me to it😎🤘
I remember him wearing a 666 shirt while playing
Yeah I believe the one I saw was a jersey with it on the back
Shannon Larkin is a bad ass f****** drummer
Wow this man is too skinny.
The occult version of Shaggy from scooby doo
Yo the dude got really skinny arms like my arms lol. But anyway epic looking tattoos.
Paul the 2 mikolaj DuPont Sørensen Yeah he probably can’t even fit a microchip in there...
Ouroboros ouroboros? I love that band.
God you think his tattoos with bad you should see mine.
That's great cuz I still do LSD all the time
MY 2 favorite bands
UGLY KID JOE AND GODSMACK
I thought Nicolas Cage was the drummer of godsmack
Idol to me! Love you Shann!
Hey this was great ,, cool dude great drummer ,, I know what he's saying you get older and your skin isn't the same ,, Thanks for Sharing 🤙
Cool and all but what IS occult?
Think like Wiccans, Pagans or Satanists. Occult is a broad term for stuff having to do with magic.
Is Wrathchild America every coming back?
" occult sciences" AHAH AHAHHAHAHAHA . I'd rather have Mr Ice Cool's tattoo's than these abortions... but he seems like nice guy.
You have to remember he is very old
Do you hate the tattoos because of the occult imagery?
@@justin2597 abstain from all appearance of evil
Matt R no, evil is subjective
An ugly tattoo that literally spells out "UGLY". WTF?
Stupid is what stupid does.
huh...I guess Namaste really does mean F*** You, I Have Anxiety.
Sorry to hear about the occult beliefs but damn good drumming. Dudes so skinny though I'm pretty sure all those tats are engraved on his bones also.
Why are you “sorry”? I mean I don’t believe in that stuff nor do I believe in an invisible man in the sky, but I certainly don’t look at people differently if I find out they’re christians or whatever. People are allowed to believe whatever they want, the times I have a problem with it is when it comes to law makers, judges and politicians. They need to keep their personal beliefs to themselves, the problem is they don’t. That’s part of why what’s happening in Texas is happening. I’m a fully disabled combat veteran and part of the reason I fought for a country that doesn’t even want to acknowledge the existence of Atheists is because we have the freedom here to be different and not die for it
@@MAGA4EVA1986 you got all that from "sorry to hear about the occult beliefs". When did I ever say he shouldn't be allowed to practice or speak his mind???? It's his business but he put it out there and I commented. I am a Christian and I have my beliefs and I believe In Jesus as my personal savior. That doesn't mean I'm trying to oppress him. He has the right to believe what he wants, I believe that what he follows is from the dark one. I don't hate him, I don't want him locked up I hope he turns away because I know he will have to answer In the end. So what's wrong with me caring about another humans eternal soul?
Anybody that came from Him and is religious has no right to advise because of Jesus' views of his family and errors of distorting of a mans ways is not human.The same coincidence you are trying to win commenting to side.I think the dark side visibly represents them people that left tats on the person they protect. We are not the same,discover American Heritage for description of you're community.
@@TheMotownPhillyAmen brother. The future on heaven or hell is just a matter of time… I’m really sad to hear about all this rockstar guys that put their lives into demonic hands, hope in some moment of life they will accept Jesus Christ as their saviour.
Thank you
his socks match
They have done stated they don't believe in Jesus CHRIST
Yeah, they don't believe in mythology.
Well, yeah, people have a right to believe in whatever they choose to. Personally, I chose to just believe in myself, because over the years I've learned that you CAN'T COUNT ON ANYBODY ELSE TO DO A FUCKING THING FOR YOU!!!!! People suck. Real or otherwise
@@heatwad1017 Well said...
Very cool!!🖤🤟
Woooo Godsmack !!!
🏴💙🐧
No Regrets !!!
/Cheers
/Bow
LMFAO Library Book story 🐧😻
R.I.P. to our past Loved ones.
/Bow
Seems like a cool guy and is a good drummer for a great band but the occult? Why??? What do people think this will do for them? Not a thing....
@@nataliesimmons8831 Again not sure why that would lift you up where is the hope in the occult? Is it just a thing of rebellion possibly?
Stephen Blackwell well the occult brings a lot of good ideas such as individualism and Christianity has good ideas too but also shitty ones like premarital sex being bad. The occult, along with witchcraft and satanism, isn't as bad as the media would have you believe.
@@justin2597 you're decieved
@@justin2597 Lol okay so you sound to be an expert on how bad Christianity is but don't know about the occult. Yea it's always a great idea to have premarital sex. Never anything bad came out of that except people having babies murdered and catching std's. Also the media is for the individualism stuff and you being your own God etc....
Stephen Blackwell you can catch STD's even after marriage
woah neat
Cool dude
Pharaoh knows best...
Might as well get 666 tatted to your head dude
He's not a Satanist, he's an occultism. Magick isn't good or evil. Magick is like nature, it is in the heart of the practitioner, that makes it good or bad. Sully Erna is Wiccan, and I dare you to talk smack about him. Sully and Godsmack are awesome ❤❤❤
@@Jeremy0509it’s all the same bro…that stuff is all antichrist spirited.
Shannon you should come get a tattoo from my girl Sara Eide at Dan's Tattoo shop in Wallace idaho.
Though this guy is a great drummer, I still like the original drummer better
WrathChild America 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤟🏼
I was a fan...Until now.
Eric Joiner why arent u now?!? Theyre awesome imo
🤣
He's had open heart surgery, just back it up.
O the Alice in Chains wanna-be singer.
Someone get Shannon a meal !!! 🤣
He's always been skinny.
Cool! 😁🤩😁
Finally, I found Nicholas Cage's doppelganger!
no wrathchild america ink? shame
Fryheads, yay!
So what he's great
So he's a demonized weirdo
Dill Hole pretty much
Man. U look so thin. Wot happen??
So?
What kind of drugs are they doing the hole band it's like really skinny
He always was skinny. Small boned guy.
He is a great drummer, But a knucklehead
Drugs are bad mkay.
Random
wow he is skinny