Sully Erna's dad is a musician, and his great uncle was a famous composer in Sicily in the early 1900s. Music has just always run through his blood lines. Erna started at the tender age of 3-1/2 years old, and just never gave up. He would have to say his earliest drum instructors were Neil Peart, and John Bonham. Over the years he's played in so many bands with so many genres he cant even remember them all. In 1995, Erna decided to start his own band and step out from behind the drums and in front of the mic for the first time. After he recorded Godsmacks first two albums, Erna was lucky enough to be able to recruit one of the most influential rock drummers of all time into his band, Shannon Larkin. The rest is history!
Sully Erna
Godsmack
