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Encyclopedia > Tony Rombola
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Tony Rombola
Background information
Birth name Tony Rombola
Born November 24, 1964 Norwood, MA
Genre(s) Hard Rock
Instrument(s) Guitar, Backing Vocals
Years active 1995 - present
Label(s) Universal Records
Associated
acts		 Godsmack
Website Official Godsmack website
Members
Sully Erna (vocals), Shannon Larkin (drums), Tony Rombola (guitar), Robbie Merrill (Bass)
Former members
Joe D'arco (drums),Tommy Stewart (drums), Lee Richards (guitar)

Contents

Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Norwood is a town and census-designated place located in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... “Hard Rock” redirects here. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... A backup vocalist is a vocalist that sings in harmony with the lead vocalist, with other backup vocalists, or alone but in the background of a song. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Universal Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. ... Godsmack are an American grammy-nominated heavy metal band from Massachusetts formed in 1996. ... Sully Erna (born Salvatore Paul Erna February 7, 1968 in Lawrence, Massachusetts), is both the vocalist and primary songwriter for the hard rock/heavy metal band, Godsmack. ... Shannon Larkin (born April 24, 1967) is the current drummer for Godsmack. ... Robbie Merrill (born June 13, 1963 in Lawrence, Massachusetts) is a founding member of and bass guitarist for the heavy metal band Godsmack. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Biography

Tony Rombola was born November 24, 1964 in Norwood, Massachusetts. Tony has been the lead guitarist for the Boston-based hard rock band Godsmack since the mid-1990s. Godsmack are an American grammy-nominated heavy metal band from Massachusetts formed in 1996. ...


History

Rombola is a self-taught guitarist. He first picked up a guitar at age 11. According to his father, the first song Tony learned was a song by Black Sabbath. And, he also never took guitar lessons, he learned everything he knows from guitar magazines, like Guitar World. His first guitar was a SG copy -- red like the one he plays now. Before he was in Godsmack, he played cover bands, funk, rock, classic rock, and metal. He was also a carpenter before he joined Godsmack. Tony says if it was not for the band, he would still be working as a carpenter. Tony is married and has three step kids. Two issues of Guitar World featuring Jimmy Page, and Jimi Hendrix on the covers, and the accompanying CDs (May 2005, October 2005) Guitar World is a monthly music magazine devoted to guitarists. ... Godsmack are an American grammy-nominated heavy metal band from Massachusetts formed in 1996. ... Godsmack are an American grammy-nominated heavy metal band from Massachusetts formed in 1996. ...


Gear

  • Les Paul Guitars
  • McNaught Guitars
  • Ovation Acoustic and Electric Guitars
  • Takamine Acoustic Guitars
  • Splawn Amplifiers
  • Diezel Amplifiers
  • Dunlop Picks
  • GHS Strings

The ovation (Latin ovatio) was a less honored form of the familiar Roman Triumph. ... Takamine (高峰 or 高嶺) is a Japanese family name. ... Diezel guitar amplifiers is a small Munich-based firm founded by Peter Diezel. ... People whose family name is or was Dunlop include James Dunlop (1793-1848), Scottish-Australian astronomer John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish inventor and founder of the Dunlop rubber company John Thomas Dunlop, United States administrator Sir Edward Weary Dunlop, Australian war hero Douglas Morton Dunlop, Scottish-American professor of history and... GHS may refer to: The Globally Harmonized System for the classification and labeling of hazardous chemicals. ...

References

External links

  • Gibon Exclusive: Tony Rombola of Godsmack
 v • d • e Godsmack
Sully Erna - Tony Rombola - Robbie Merrill - Shannon Larkin
Lee Richards - Tommy Stewart - Joe D'Arco
Discography
Studio albums: All Wound Up - Godsmack - Awake - Faceless - IV
EPs: The Other Side
DVDs: Smack This! - Godsmack Live - Changes
Singles
Whatever - Keep Away - Voodoo - Bad Religion - Awake - Bad Magick - Greed - I Stand Alone - Straight Out of Line - Serenity - Re-Align - Running Blind - Touché - Speak - Shine Down - The Enemy


 

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