Drowning Pool
Drowning Pool is an indie nu-metal band who first gained prominence while on tour with Ozzfest. Their sound contains all the elements of the genre – heavy guitar, strong rhythms, electronic affects, and a lead singer who screeches and yells while managing to sound lyrical without muddling the words, which is refreshing.
The fact that they’ve had a rocky history has not stopped them from churning out albums and collecting a devoted fan base. In the time they’ve been together, they’ve already had three lead singers. A year after their debut album was released, original lead singer Dave Williams was found dead in his apartment.
Jason Jones was the replacement for Williams and the band released their sophomore album Desensitized in 2004, which went platinum. Jones left in 2005 and was replaced by Ryan McCombs, formerly with SOiL. Despite this, the band has been rocking harder than ever.
Besides releasing their own albums, touring, and appearing in Ozzfest, they also contributed to the Saw III soundtrack with their track “No More”. Their sound has proven to be a nice fit for the movie’s graphic content.
They released a new album in August of 2007 titled “Full Circle” which continues the nu-metal tradition.
Drowning Pool is a long time favorite of mine. I rocked out to Drowning Pool before the first lead singer past away. Drowning Pool was going to play with OzzFest in my state and I was excited to go, yet the lead singer died and my reason for attending OzzFest died as well. I have seen Drowning Pool in concert since then and they still ROCK! Their song “Tear Away” helped me through a dark time in my life and I will always appreciate and enjoy them.
My boyfriend used to be a huge Drowning Pool fan before Dave Williams was found dead. I did not know that they sang for the Saw III sound track, that’s really interesting. The last thing that I really liked from the band was the song “Bodies”, and I think that was before Jason Jones was in the band, so it’s been a while.