GODSMACK Crew Member Saves Drowning Woman

June 14, 2007

A quick-thinking GODSMACK crew member saved the life of a woman who appeared to be drowning in the Milwaukee River.

John Jagielski was outside of The Riverside Theater Tuesday morning (June 12) when he heard people yelling and pointing into the water. The theater's security and other bystanders were pointing at a woman floating in the water who didn't appear to be swimming. John, who has some previous lifeguard experience, jumped into the Milwaukee River and swam to her. He said when he reached her the unidentified woman she told him she couldn't swim, so he calmed her down and kept her afloat. A passing boat picked up the two up and returned them to the shore.

John is the head carpenter for GODSMACK, who were in town for a show at The Riverside Theater.

A three-minute audio interview with GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin, conducted earlier this month by Anne Carlini of Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM, has been posted online at this location (Windows Media).

GODSMACK will release a 10th anniversary box set later this year. The Boston band — currently on a theater run continuing to promote its 2006 release "IV" — plans to commemorate the 10-year celebration of their first album with a package that gathers together its four studio albums, the acoustic EP "The Other Side" and a DVD featuring mini-documentaries about the making of each album. There will also be some live footage and possibly the group's 2004 acoustic performance in Las Vegas.

"We're just gonna try to make it really special," Larkin recently told Billboard.com. "Basically Universal, who we've been with since day one, said to us, 'You tell us what you need and we'll write the check. We want this to be special, too.' We wanted to make it a road case, but as we were doing some research we saw that METALLICA made one of their box sets look like a road case, so that's out. If anyone has any suggestions, we're open..."

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