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Shannon Larkin_Godsmack, Painted Guitar

Shannon Larkin_Godsmack, Painted Guitar This is a rad guitar, featuring a very rock and roll, comic book style, black sun burst, cobra and wicked demon head. Painted and illustrated by Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin. It's a must for true Godsmack fans. James Shannon Larkin was born April 24, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. Shannon Larkin's first major label band was Wrathchild America. Originally the band was named simply "Wrathchild", but unfortunately, there was already a British band with the same name. So they were forced to change the name of the band. To avoid further legal headache, they added "America" to the name, thus, "Wrathchild America" was born. After recording 2 albums for Atlantic Records, the band was dropped by the label, citing lackluster sales. Shannon, along with his bandmates (Brad Divens, Terry Carter, and Jay Abbene) disbanded Wrathchild America only to resurface as Souls At Zero. Shannon recorded 2 albums with Ugly Kid Joe, and the band was no more. Still a struggling musician, Shannon found himself without a band. As luck would have it, Shannon once again was tapped into another band. This time it was Casey Chaos's Amen. Shannon was referred to Amen by producer Ross Robinson of Slipknot fame. Shannon recorded 2 albums for Amen, before he left the band as a touring musician, but still performs on the albums. Shannon also recorded the Hard to Swallow album by Vanilla Ice, and Worship and Tribute by Glassjaw. Shortly after, Shannon got a call from his old friend Sully Erna who wanted him to play drums for his band, Godsmack. Shannon replaced Tommy Stewart and subsequently recorded his first album with Godsmack; Faceless. On July 1, 1997, Shannon played drums for one gig for Black Sabbath; the final one on the Ozzfest 97 tour. This date was actually a makeup gig for a postponed date earlier in the tour. The regular drummer for that tour (Mike Bordin) could not make the gig due to scheduling conflicts, so Shannon stepped in for this lone gig; he was never intended on being a permanent member of Black Sabbath. For Stone Sour, he played the drums on track one "30/30-150" on the record Come What(ever) May. This is a one-of-a-kind full playable and displayable Instrument of Art. Complete with electronics, pick-ups, strings and hardware installed at Dean USA. It is hand-painted or otherwise decorated by the artist who’s name is associated with the guitar. Proceeds from the auction of this guitar go to support LITTLE KIDS ROCK, one of the most exciting music education programs available to public schools in America. This guitar is one of over sixty pieces created for Six-String Masterpieces: The Dimebag Darrell Art Tribute.