1. Sully Erna is a harmonica player, drummer, and percussionist, performing these on albums and at live shows.
33 Facts About Sully Erna
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Sully Erna was ranked 47th in the Top 100 Heavy Metal Vocalists by Hit Parader.
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Sully Erna began playing drums at the age of three.
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At the age of 11, Sully Erna discovered that it was easier for him to listen to something and play it than read sheet music.
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Sully Erna stopped taking lessons and practiced at home, rehearsing to records by Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Motorhead, and Rush.
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Sully Erna signed his first record deal in 1993 with a band called Strip Mind.
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Some band members and Sully Erna didn't get along, and Sully Erna was booted out.
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In Godsmack concerts, Sully Erna plays the bongos and a large drum set, staging a drumming duel known as "Batalla de los Tambores" with drummer Shannon Larkin.
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Sully Erna is a harmonica player as present on the Godsmack song "Shine Down".
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Sully Erna told The Pulse of Radio that playing some new material live is a good way for him to test out songs that might not work for Godsmack.
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Sully Erna stated at the time that he planned to work on his first solo album.
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Sully Erna stated that he "worked with a percussion session for Dead Can Dance" and that the album will feature Lisa Guyer, who had performed backing vocals for the song "Hollow" on Godsmack's previous album.
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Sully Erna released a live DVD, Avalon Live, in fall of 2012.
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Hometown Life includes a song "Turn It Up", for which Sully Erna invited his father into the recording studio to play trumpet on the track.
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Sully Erna's father performed the song live with Erna at a Sully Erna solo show.
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In 2024, Sully Erna featured on country rock artist Cory Marks's single " Country Rock" with Travis Tritt and Mick Mars.
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Sully Erna is good friends with Criss Angel and has participated in several episodes of the Criss Angel Mindfreak TV show.
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Sully Erna appears in the music video along with Criss Angel and Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin.
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Sully Erna appeared in episode 7 of the 2007 TV series Dirt.
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Sully Erna has been named to the cast of Woodhaven Pictures Army of the Damned.
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Sully Erna has reportedly signed on to appear in the movie Street Level.
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In 2017, Sully Erna appeared in the Bulgarian film Benzin.
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Sully Erna released a memoir entitled The Paths We Choose on his birthday, February 7,2007.
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Sully Erna participated in the 2006 World Series of Poker main event, in which he made a brief appearance on the ESPN broadcast of the event; it was mentioned that he was the last of the celebrity entries.
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Sully Erna finished in 713th out of 8,773 earning him $17,730.
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Sully Erna played in the 2007 World Series of Poker main event.
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Sully Erna placed in 237th out of a field of 6,358, earning $45,422.
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Sully Erna competed in the 2007 VH1 Celebrity Rock and Roll Tournament with Ace Frehley, Vinnie Paul, Scott Ian, and Dusty Hill.
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Sully Erna returned to play in the 2013 World Series of Poker.
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Sully Erna launched a bi-weekly web series on YouTube called Hometown Sessions.
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Sully Erna is a longtime fan of the New England Patriots, having sung the national anthem prior to home games in Foxborough on numerous occasions.
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Sully Erna was involved in a three-car chain-reaction accident in Methuen, Massachusetts, when his Hummer H3 and two others collided at an intersection.
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Sully Erna plays on a signature Sully Erna Les Paul Studio guitar.