Aaron Lewis

Aaron Lewis
Lewis performing with Staind at the Greensboro Special Events Centre in Greensboro, North Carolina
Background information
Born	April 13, 1972 (1972-04-13) (age 37)
Genres	Alternative metal (early), Nu metal (early), Post-grunge, Alternative rock, Acoustic
Occupations	Musician, Songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, Guitar
Years active	1990 - present
Labels	Flip, Elektra, Atlantic
Associated acts	Staind
Website	Staind.com

Aaron Lewis, (born April 13, 1972 in Rutland, Vermont), is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the post-grunge group Staind as well as a Grammy nominated songwriter.

Background

Lewis grew up, largely, in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. He is of Jewish-Russian descent. Lewis was, before Staind, in a band known as J-CAT^[1] with Tori Sands, Chris Ballini, and Staind bandmate Jon Wysocki. An album surfaced on the internet with nine of J-CAT's performances at Club Infinity in Springfield, Massachusetts. The performances were recorded while Dysfunction was being recorded. Two of Staind's popular singles—"Outside" and "It's Been Awhile"—were both originally performed by J-CAT with somewhat different lyrics.

Lewis has been nominated for three Grammys.^{[citation needed]} His hobbies include fishing, golf and riding his mini dirt bike. He has worked in landscaping, cleaned hotel rooms, and played solo acoustic sets in bars around Atlanta. He is married to Vanessa Lewis and has three daughters, Zoe Jane, Nyla Rae and Indie Shay. Aaron has two sisters Evyette and Rachel. He was featured on the song No Sex by Limp Bizkit on their sophomore album Significant Other. He was also featured on a remix for the song "Crawling" on Linkin Park's album Reanimation (the remix is titled "Krwlng" on the album), as well as Cold's album 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage. He contributed vocals to the song "Follow" on Sevendust's third album, "Animosity," and to the songs "Bleed" and "Send In the Clowns" by the band Cold. He's also featured on Jimmie's Chicken Shack's song "Falling Out," the only single off their 2004 album re.present.

On November 4, 2006, Aaron performed at his old high school in Longmeadow, MA and gave all the proceeds to the music department to fund the department's expenses to buy new equipment and supplies.^{[citation needed]}

Equipment

Aaron uses Gibson acoustic guitars, and Gibson Les Paul electric guitars as well. He also uses Marshall Amplification amplifiers with Marshall Cabinets.

References

• The Darkness Within by Jenny Eliscu, Rolling Stone, July 19, 2001 (In depth interview, includes birthplace)

External links

• Official website
• ADDICTEDtoStAiND