THE SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS ROCKERS STAIND FORMED ALL THE WAY BACK IN 1995, AND ON THIS DATE IN 2001, THE NU METAL ROCKERS RELEASED THE LEAD SINGLE OFF OF BREAK THE CYCLE, THEIR 3RD STUDIO ALBUM. THE SINGLE IS STAIND’S MOST SUCCESFUL SINGLE HITTING THE #5 SPOT ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART & IS THE BAND’S ONLY SONG TO REACH THE TOP 10, SPENDING 20 WEEKS AT NUMBER ONE ON THE MAINSTREAM ROCK CHART AND THEN A RECORD 16 WEEKS AT NUMBER ONE ON THE MODERN ROCK TRACKS CHART…THE SINGLE ?“IT’S BEEN AWHILE” …I WONDER IF THE BAND INTENTIONALLY RELEASED THE SINGLE ON THIS DATE AS A BIRTHDAY PRESENT TO THEIR BASSIST AND BACKING VOCALIST JOHNNY APRIL…HE WAS BORN IN ENFIELD CONNETICUT ON THIS DATE IN 1968! HAPPY 56TH BIRTHDAY TO YOU JOHNNY APRIL…HE HAS BEEN WITH THE BAND SINCE THE BEGINNING, AND TRULY, IT’S BEEN AWHILE!
