Eventually, Godsmack’s CD landed in the hands of Rocko, the night-time DJ for Boston radio station WAAF (FM) . The radio station put “Keep Away” into heavy rotation and the song rose to the number one spot at the station very quickly. Newbury Comics, a New England record store chain, agreed to sell the CD on consignment. Shortly after the success of “Keep Away”, Godsmack went back into the studio and recorded a single titled “Whatever”, which became the new local favorite on WAAF (FM). In an interview Sully Erna stated, “We had been selling maybe 50 copies a month at the time WAAF picked up the album. All of a sudden we started moving over a thousand records a week. (…) I was doing all this from my bedroom. After years of grinding away, things finally started taking off.” In April 1998, D’Arco was dismissed from the band. He was replaced by former drummer Tommy Stewart , who returned after expressing a desire to be in the band again.
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