Aaron Lewis

[IMG]http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1327/6242324/12145184/177866239.jpg[/IMG]Aaron Lewis, born April 13 1972 in Rutland, Vermont, USA, is the lead vocalist and acoustic guitarist of the alternative metal group Staind. Lewis grew up, largely, in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Aaron Lewis was, before Staind, in a band known as J-CAT with Tori Sands, Chris Ballini, and Staind bandmate Jon Wysocki. An album surfaced on the internet with 9 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 is renowned for his songwriting skills and has been nominated for 3 Grammys. 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 two daughters, Zoe Jane and Nyla Rae, as well as two sisters Yvette and Rachel, and two brothers Justin and Ian.

He was also featured on Crawling Remix on Linkin Park's album Reanimation.

Aaron Lewis is currently planning a tour at the end 2006. He also has plans for a solo album soon and already has some material for it. [1]

On November 4, 2006, Aaron performed at his old high school of Longmeadow and gave all the proceeds to the music department to fund the department's expenses to buy new equipment and supplies.

External links

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