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Drowning Pool
Drowning Pool rose to prominence while playing along with Ozzy Osbourne during Ozzfest. Their 2001 debut album, "Sinner," was certified platinum within six months. On August 14, 2002 the lead singer, Dave Williams, passed on after suffering from a form of heart disease. When asked if the band has any unreleased new material, Benton commented that "There are none. All the unreleased songs are out in either some soundtracks or compilations. We didn't get a chance to record any new songs before Dave's death". After Williams' death, the band decided to carry on and began searching for a new singer. In 2003, the band found Williams's replacement in Jason 'Gong' Jones, and released the album Desensitized in 2004. Jones's departure from Drowning Pool was publicly announced on June 14, 2005, due to irreconcilable differences. Almost immediately, rumours started swirling concerning the new singer's identity, ranging from Pat Lachman of Damageplan to Phil Anselmo of Pantera, but the biggest buzz of the rumors was to former SOiL singer Ryan McCombs.[citation needed] Drowning Pool announced that the singer would be formally announced August 25 at the Ozzfest date in Dallas, Texas, where Drowning Pool would do a one off performance on the main stage. On July 20, website SMNNews received word from close sources that McCombs was indeed the new singer, and that fact was confirmed by McCombs and Drowning Pool alike the next week. In spring of 2006, Drowning Pool announced that they had parted ways with Wind-up Records. Wind-up's website confirmed this in June 2006. On February 26, 2007, it was announced that the band has signed a new deal with Eleven Seven Music, after receiving offers from Century Media and Sanctuary Records. It was also confirmed that Drowning Pool will have a new management company, Tenth Street Entertainment, following the group's departure with Paul Bassman of Bass Management. It has been announced that the band's newest album is titled Full Circle and will be released on August 7, 2007 nationwide.[citation needed] Two songs on the album are being produced by Funny Farm Records, owned by Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx and former Beautiful Creatures guitarist DJ Ashba. The remaining tracks have been recorded with producer Ben Schigel at the Dallas-based January Sound Studio.
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