Question: Godsmack is an American rock band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in which year, The band is composed of founder, frontman and songwriter Sully Erna, Salvatore Paul "Sully" Erna Jr. (born February 7, 1968) is the American vocalist and guitarist , for the American hard rock band Godsmack?
Context: Salvatore Paul "Sully" Erna Jr. (born February 7, 1968) is the American vocalist and guitarist for the American hard rock band Godsmack.  He is also a harmonica player, percussionist and pianist, performing these on albums and at live shows.  He was ranked 47th in the Top 100 Heavy Metal Vocalists by "Hit Parader". Godsmack is an American rock band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995.  The band is composed of founder, frontman and songwriter Sully Erna, guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer Shannon Larkin.  Since its formation, Godsmack has released six studio albums, one EP ("The Other Side"), four DVDs, one compilation album ("Good Times, Bad Times... Ten Years of Godsmack"), and one live album ("Live and Inspired"). Lisa Guyer is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter.  She was born into a musical family that put on shows in their community, and Guyer learned to sing and dance by age four.  Guyer's vocal skills are completely self-taught.  Godsmack's Sully Erna describes Guyer as having "a phenomenal voice and a four-octave range.  Guyer is an associate professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston. "Someone in London" is a song by the rock band Godsmack from their self-titled debut album and this is an instrumental interlude.  It's the only music on the album that lead singer Sully Erna had no part in writing.  It was written by guitarist Tony Rombola. "Whiskey Hangover" is a song by American Hard Rock/Metal band Godsmack.  Released as a promotional single in 2009, it marked the band's first in the almost two years since the release of "Good Times, Bad Times."  The song became a live staple in Godsmack's shows during Crüe Fest 2 and was released in promotion of their appearance on the tour.  "Whiskey Hangover" reached number one on the "Billboard" Mainstream Rock chart. "Hollow" is an acoustic song by the heavy metal band Godsmack from their fourth studio album, "IV".  Frontman Sully Erna and Lisa Guyer are on the song vocals.  "Hollow" is the only acoustic song that appeared in the album, and Erna has played it frequently on his solo tour. Godsmack is an American alternative metal band founded in 1995 by singer Sully Erna and bassist Robbie Merrill.  The band has released six studio albums, one EP, one compilation, three video albums, and twenty-three singles.  Erna and Merrill recruited local friend and guitarist Lee Richards and drummer Tommy Stewart to complete the band's lineup.  In 1996, Tony Rombola replaced Richards, as the band's guitarist.  In 1998, Godsmack released their self-titled debut album, a remastered version of the "All Wound Up" demo.  The album was distributed by Universal/Republic Records and shipped four million copies in the United States.  In 2001, the band contributed the track "Why" to the Any Given Sunday soundtrack.  After two years of touring, the band released "Awake".  Although the album was a commercial success, it failed to match the sales of "Godsmack".  In 2002, Stewart left the band due to personal differences, and was replaced by Shannon Larkin. Tony Rombola (born November 24, 1964) is an American musician who has been the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the Boston-based Hard Rock band Godsmack since the mid-1990s.  Tony Rombola has been cited as 'an extraodinaire' in the guitar world, by Guitar World magazine, and is cited to be the only guitarist to keep an 'original soloing style' during the nu metal period, earning him the respect of the guitar industry.  Rombola is also a guitarist for the side-project band Another Animal, formed at the beginning of 2007, the band released their self-titled debut album in October 2007, and played shows, whilst frontman Sully Erna did a small solo tour. Meliah Rage are an American power metal band from Boston, formed in 1987 by guitarist/songwriter Anthony Nichols.  They are characterized primarily as thrash metal with more classical metal melodies.  The band has released seven albums.  Its current members includes Anthony Nichols, Jim Koury, Darren Lourie, Marc Lopes and Stu Dowie.  They at one time featured Godsmack front man Sully Erna on drums, who appeared on the Unfinished Business LP. "Releasing the Demons" is a song by the rock band Godsmack from their third studio album "Faceless" and was written by frontman Sully Erna.
Answer: 1995