After playing the Boston area over the following two years, local radio stations WAAF, WBCN WFNX began playing the singles "Keep Away" and "Whatever", both of which helped the band to sell copies of their self-financed album All Wound Up. After the demand for their album became too high, Republic Records/Universal Records stepped in and signed the band to their label in 1998. The band replaced drummer Joe D'Arco with Tommy Stewart and All Wound Up was remastered and released six weeks later as Godsmack.
On November 20, 2024, the album was certified 5× Platinum by the RIAA.
In 1999, the album won a Boston Music Award for Debut Album of the Year.
Controversy
The album caused controversy due to its profane lyrics, and liner notes containing a Wiccan pentagram and reference to "Salem witches", minus a Parental Advisory warning label.
- Dale May – photography
Charts
Album
{|class="wikitable"
!Year
!Chart
!Peak<br>position
|-
|rowspan="2"|1999
|Heatseekers
|align="center"|2
|-
|Billboard 200
|align="center"|22
|-
|2000
|Catalog Albums Chart
|align="center"|19
|-
|rowspan="2"|"Keep Away"
|Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks
|align="center"|5
|-
|Alternative Songs