“It's Been Awhile” is on the 2001 album, Break the Cycle, and was the lead single. This is Stainds' best-known song and their most successful

The lyrics "I can not blame this on my father, he did the best he could for me" still gets me choked up everytime I hear it.

I enjoyed this song when it came out because I had been sober 10 years by then and it’d been a while since I had to say I was sorry for doing something or saying something dumb or hurtful while I was drunk. Love you guys keep up the great work! BTW still sober..

Their song “Outside” will give you chills. But do the version featuring Fred Durst. It was live, the first time it was preformed and he created half of the lyrics on the spot. I think it’s better then the studio version.

You should check out their song "So Far Away" another slow paced grunge song. Love this guy's voice!

This is one of my favorite Staind songs. Brings back so many memories

Aaron Lewis has some great solo acoustic stuff. Check out "When I'm Gone" "Something to Remind You" He has a few acoustic covers that are killer as well, "Nutshell" "Black" and "What Hurts the Most"....oh can't forget his cover of Tool's "Sober"

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Saw these guys with Three Days Grace and Nickelback. Fun night. With Staind's album production being slick and Aaron needing to be in key all the time as the vocal line is usually a melody or counter-melody I was skeptical they could sound so polished live. They did.

I saw Aaron 5-6 years ago at a casino in Arkansas just him and his guitar and a slide guitar accompanying him.. he’s changed genres and has put out a few country albums… he did a few Staind songs… he has a very unique deep raspy voice that I love..

This is a song about overcoming drug addiction. (BTW this is the edited addition). You may also enjoy Aaron Lewis s solo career. He became a country singer with very good albums.

It's amazing how we feel the regret of loss. This song probably means different things to different people.

I love Staind. Seen them in concert several times. Amazing. Aaron Lewis is awesome solo too. He does country.

Hey j & amber ! Please do this duet -- Seether featuring Amy lee song is called Broken… you will absolutely love it !!!

If you like his voice accompanied by an acoustic guitar, check out Aaron Lewis- Outside (Aaron Lewis is the lead singer of Staind) he did it with Fred Durst (lead singer of limp bizkit) so maybe that can be your intro to them. Although Limp Bizkit as a whole is much harder than that song, but it’s a band that would get Jay out of his seat

This song was a big hit! Staind is so good live. Tons of airplay on the radio when it was out. It wasn't 90s. Early 2000s. Considered post-grunge.

I love Staind! I call this a recovery song. The song is very deep. The band Blue October also sings songs that I call recovery songs. People have a tendency to look down on people who are drug addicts/alcoholics. We're people too. Everyone has their demons. This song delves deep into the feelings of how an addict feels. You can tell he's in recovery because he's accepting responsibility for his actions. One of my favorite lines is "I cannot blame this on my father, he did the best he could for me." I'm so glad that y'all were able to do a reaction to this song.

One of 2001's absolute highlights. The soft, pretty verses crashing into the slow heavy chorus with that wall-of-sound guitar noise, (but it's never gratuitous noise; it serves the song perfectly). This song got me through a rather tumultuous breakup around this time; a lot of soul-searching was done (usually with this song in the background, which helped sometimes).

Staind was formed in Springfield MA in 1995 and I used to see them play in local venues. Great live shows.

My buddy introduced me to Staind on his car radio back in the day. It was an acquired appreciation, but I really have enjoyed this group ever since then. Great choice!

One of their best.. love these guys.. Puddle of Mudd... nickelback..great also

Now we're talkin! Staind loosely fits into the late 90s/early 2000's genre called "nu metal" that also contains bands like Disturbed, Korn, Godsmack, and Sevendust. I HIGHLY recommend "Here to Stay" by Korn, "Voodoo" by Godsmack, and "Black" by Sevendust. They are insanely awesome. As for Staind, this song definitely gave you the more mellow side of Aaron Lewis's voice. Some of their other standouts are "Mudshovel", "Fade", "For You", "So Far Away", "Believe", "Not Again", and my personal favorite, "Outside". (Another category this has been labeled as is "post-grunge". This song was released in 2001. The album it's from, Break the Cycle, was phenomenal.) Great choice!

I remember this so vividly. There were a lot of big songs back then, but this was a phenomenon. My parents who said Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Alice In Chains were good but didn’t really listen that much went absolutely crazy fir this song. It had great crossover appeal. My favorite song by them was “ Mudshovel,” though.

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Mark Lanegan just passed away today. Do yourselves a favor and give him a listen he has so much great music not only as a solo artist but with the screaming trees, queens of the stone age, UNKLE and collabs with several other artists. Godspeed Mr. Lanegan

When I lived Vegas there was a yearly Holiday Havoc concert and in 2005 I saw 30 Seconds to Mars, TapRoot, Seether, Staind, and Audioslave. Near the end Aaron Lewis from Staind and Chris Cornell did some Rage Against the Machine songs. It was a great show.

Saw these guys open for Godsmack at a relatively small venue in the late 90s. What a show.

This is early 2000s rock/alternative rock. Came out alongside bands like Disturbed, Seether, Godsmack, etc. Some people refer to them as "post-grunge."

Actually this song was not written from personal experience. Arron Lewis, happily married (his wife is the woman in the video) shortly before the band hit big, would purposefully veer towards darker human emotions/situations whenever he wrote songs for the band. Many of their could relate to the lyrics, some a little too much and one very tragic incident did occur as a result of the pain one fan was feeling

Staind is one of my favorite bands. Been listening to them throughout high school. The lead singer Aaron Lewis also does solo stuff. Check out his song "am I the only one."

This CD was playing in my car non-stop in 2001. Btw, the woman in the video is his wife. They now have 3 daughters. (Check out the Staind song “Zoe Jane”. He wrote it for his first daughter).

Wanna say this song came out 2001, great song, great band. Thank you for your reaction!

There is another "recovery song" that you might enjoy. It is Man In The Middle by Maurice Gibb. He wrote it to his wife after being in rehab and getting away from alcohol. I am a retired substance abuse counselor, and I used to play it for my clients for inspiration.

This song dominated the radio airwaves when it came out, it was a monster hit.

My aunt showed me this song at a very young age. I lost her to cancer 3 years ago and this song still hurts like it did the first time I heard it. But it’s a new kind of hurt. Thanks for the wonderful reaction.

This song reminds me of a particular time for me. Incubus' Drive was from around here, as well as Whatever Tomorrow Brings, by Lifehouse. All felt like a moving on of sorts, acceptance of melancholy progress. Tool, System of a Down, had the same grittiness. There was a rawness, that not everything is OK this time was steeped in. Such deep emotion.

Staind has been categorized as nu metal, alternative metal, heavy metal, hard rock, and post-grunge. In 2001, Rolling Stone outlined the band's relationship to the nu metal label: Staind got their first break in 1998 when [Fred] Durst signed the band to his Flip Records.

Bobby Womack Across 110th Street will be pretty dope for you all. Its funky and soulful.

I AM SO EXCITED YOU BOTH HAVE FOUND THIS SONG!! It's one of my favorite songs of all time!

Appreciate this song for what it is about. For many of us, it is anthemic. And a reminder of what we never want to go back to. Love you two for what you do. Be well always ❤️❤️❤️

Staind was HUGE for a minute in the early 2000's. Haven't heard this in a while - thanks for the reminder; gotta listen to it again all these years later.

I really love this song. Aaron had changed so much when I last saw him. This is one I always crank and sing along with loudly, being edited makes the pauses take away from the flow.

Love this! They had a few great tunes!

Staind's first album Break the Cycle was amazing, there is not one song on it that will disappoint you. You can do reactions to all the songs on it and will be amazed by the story told through his music.

I haven't heard this song in a long time! One of my faves of the 90's.

My youngest and I like pretty much the same music. He turned me on to Staind and this song plus much more! I love it! That was in 2001. I still listen to it today.

That was a great burn by Amber and it having been a while for the Bengals! I'm a Steelers fan but your Bengals are going to rule the AFC North for the next few years. I've suggested before but when you get a chance give Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin a listen. You won't be disappointed!

If it had to put in a category (which I hate doing) it would be post grunge alternative. this music get a bad rap but it’s pretty damn good. The band Live, Staind, Three Days Grace, Fuel, Creed and One Less Reason and so many great bands in this era. A great rabbit hole to dive into

This has been the ultimate day from hell for me....until i came home to discover THIS reaction!!! Thank you so very much!!! You made what's left of my day!!💜💜💜🎶🎼🎵🥁🎧🎹🎤🎙🎙🎸🤘🤘🤘 You both made ME smile!!!💜💜💜

I agree with Amber. This is the cry of a person that has hit rock bottom, and is having a lucid moment. Be it drugs or alcohol, he is realizing all it has cost him. Tremendous song and very meaningful.

Seen him do a country concert, outstanding!

Aaron Lewis, lead singer, performed at a local theater that is pretty well-known, tons of famous people have performed there from Willie Nelson to everybody you can probably think of, called the Zeiterion Theater in New Bedford Massachusetts, in an acoustic performance several years ago now. I was only with my girlfriend for a few years at that point and we went to see him and he was Bloody amazing. He premiered a few of his country songs at that concert and yes Aaron Lewis lead singer of Staind went country! Such a great voice and talent!!! I will have to tweet you some of his country music to react to but in the meantime the song "Mudshovel" is what set them on the path to becoming one of the better rock bands of the late 90s early 2000s!!!

I have heard several takes on the meaning of this song. My favorite is that it is about a man who has lost himself and is coming back to the Catholic faith. If you listen to it from that perspective, it all fits. It’s as if he is talking to Jesus.

Another great song from Staind Is Zoe Jane. It was a song written for his daughter about leaving to go on tour.

Oh dude guys you found a good song for sure 😊

"For You", "Mudshovel", "So Far Away", "Outside"

Staind is one of my favorite bands. My mother sat up one night in 2004 and listen to the whole CD on the porch and when she came into the house she lay down in the bed and moments later, her ex AKA my youngest sister's father who had passed away, sat at the bottom of her bed and told her that that CD was supposed to remind her of him and one of the songs reminded him of his daughter. And then he got up and walked out of the room and was gone. She said it was so real that she felt him sit down on the bottom of the bed and she felt his hand on her leg but he had passed to your prior. She then went outside and listened to the CD and heard it in a new light. Another thing is my mom passed away a year after this and the day she passed away........ My sister was another thing is my mom passed away a year after this and the day she passed away...... His daughter which is my youngest sister was having a dream that morning and he came to her in that dream and told her you need to wake up honey your mother is in trouble....... And in the dream my sister said what's wrong and he said honey your mom isn't here you need to wake up and then all the sudden it was like a TV screen that goes blank and I was banging at the door and that's what woke her up and when she opened the door I was crying and she said what's wrong with Mom and I was surprised but I immediately told her what happened and she told me what happened in her dream.😢

Sends me back to my teenage years 😢

Always loved this song & his voice is so cool, yet kind of grungy!! Yes, the drums take you through the parts of the song! So great to hear & see your reaction! ♥️The old white woman

I think the song is about the mistakes he made when addicted and knowledge of driving the person he loved most away .now sober and reflecting on his past, and taking responsibility, and apologizing to the person he drove away.

I haven’t even watched the video yet but I know that he is going to love Aaron Lewis!!!

This is one of my favorite songs, and it speaks to so many going through difficult times. Another favorite is 3 Doors Down - It's not my time. It just inspires you to stand up and face the world again.

The *blips* take away so much the essence and power of this song. Land of the free.

When this song came out it was played constantly at work on the satellite radio. Played to the point we would yell "IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE HEARD THIS SONG"!! Every time it came on!! It was one of those songs that seemed like it played 2 or 3 times an hour! It's good in moderation... lol

Saw them in the early nineties at an outdoor festival in Bloomington Indiana along with Kid Rock. They were handing out free demo cassetes.Like the song it's been a while.Turned 60 last December. You two are the best, you make me smile.

So glad you guys finally got here. Many good songs, hard or soft they sound great. I like Everything Changes, Fade, and many others. They even have excellent acoustic stuff.

I briefly saw Staind live when they opened up for Korn in like 2001 or 02, I forget, didn't see much though cause my friend I was with wanted to stay in the bar until Korn came out and I didn't know Staind well enough to complain. This band is kinda Nu-Metal, but not as hard as Korn or Sevendust. I've been begging you for about a year now to react to Sevendust, I think they'll easily be your new favorites if you try a song like Live Again, Not Original or Karma, or on their softer side The Wait (live in Denver, just saying!) Sevendust is my Bengals Jay, my Bengals! (Sorry for your loss, obvi this was recorded earlier)

Listen to outside by them as well, I went to go see them last November, they opened for Korn

Love staind, then breaking Benjamin and disturbed got me into metal/hard rock music! The nostalgia is real with this song!

Someone who has a very successful carreer in a hard rock band that branches off into a very successful solo country music carreer should be listened to... the genius of that

Staind is a band with some fire you up songs. This isn't one of them. But it's my favorite by them. I loved the live solo acoustic version that he debuted the song at a festival. I can't remember if the band was taking a rest during their set, of if he was solo.

Glad to see someone react to late 90s and early 2000's music. "So Far Away" is my favorite song by Staind.

Just saw an acoustic Aaron Lewis show in Fort Worth in November and he did this song. So good, one of my favorites. Great reaction Rob and Amber!

Think the only words to classify Staind are "music from the heart". The dude was always speaking from his heart and soul, didnt matter what the sound was.

This reminds me so much of Blue October. I would highly recommend Blue October as an alternative rock band that I think you would like.

Staind has been categorized as nu metal, alternative metal, heavy metal, hard rock, and post-grunge. In 2001, Rolling Stone outlined the band's relationship to the nu metal label: Staind got their first break in 1998 when [Fred] Durst signed the band to his Flip Records... Wikipedia

In the same era, the band saliva “click click boom”. Definitely give it a listen.

And this is my favorite reason why I listen to reaction channels of people reacting to to the music of my early twenties that nu metal scene cuz this is a way to transport me back to when I first heard these songs and I mean I continue to listen to them but through the reaction channels I can actually feel how I felt before through you it's it's amazing feeling you transport me back through time and I thank you for that

Was wondering when this group came out… now I know why I’ve never heard of it…way different stage of life than most of the responders I’ve read. Comfortable… and I am glad I can hear him over the loud playing when they play.

This is an incredible song from when I was young. This is real music. Great reaction

Suggestions: Trace Adkins - ‘Arlington’ (Country,) Chris Janson - ‘Drunk Girl’ (Country,) Kayne Brown - ‘Worship You’ (Country,) Bette Midler - ‘From a Distance’ (Fm Fri,) Christopher Cross - ‘Sailing’ (Yacht Rock,) Los Lonely Boys - ‘Heaven’ (Pop/Latin(?),) Toni Braxton - ‘Un-Break My Heart’ (Fm Fri,) Whitney Houston - ‘I Have Nothing’ (Fm Fri,) Jason Aldean - ‘Dirt Road Anthem’ (Country,) Dan Fogelberg - ‘Same Old Lang Syne’ (Folk,) Luther Vandross - ‘Dance With My Father’ (Pop,) Toby Keith - ‘I Ain’t As Good As I Once Was’ (Country,) Danielle Bradbery - ‘Stop Dragging Your Boots’ (Country,) Roberta Flack - ‘First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ (Fm Fri)

One of the greatest lines in Rock "But i can still remember just the way you taste"

I fell in love with Staind with their first album, Dysfunction. The very day Break The Cycle was released, I was in line to buy the CD and couldn’t wait to get home to play it. I was NOT disappointed!

Saw them at the Hard Rock in Tulsa last month and they were incredible. Every song sounded great. Took me back to some good times when their music was coming out. Definitely check them out live.

Love the Bengals gear..WHO DEY!

Love this song so much! 🧡

”...I know it's me...I can't blame this on my father...He did the best he could for me..." It gets me every time...So fckng true...

Oh, now you're bringing me back to my early days in the Air Force! Love this!

I never heard this song, but reminds Seether and Creed Suggestions: Seether - Broken ft Amy Lee Creed - With Arms Wide Open System Of A Down - Chop Suey System Of A Down - Aerials System Of A Down - Protect Land System Of A Down - B.Y.O.B System Of A Down - Hypnotize Slipknot - Snuff Slipknot - Duality Slipknot - Psychosocial Nickelback - Far Away Nickelback - Rockstar Nickelback - How You Remind Me

You need to do Warrant Uncle Toms Cabin. It’s got banjos in it Rob

One of my faves. And it ALWAYS gives me chills!

You two are great. Depression is what he is referencing..it is just thinking negatively.about our selves. God bless you all.

I first heard this as I was getting ready to go down range to Boznia in 2001. This song reminded me of my wife. AMAZING!!!

Love Staind their songs Fade and For You are my anthems

Why is it I've been subscribed to your channel for a while and just find out you all are Bengals fans?!? Born and raised in Cincinnati! I'm older than you guys so I remember watching the SB back in '89 (I was 10) and just being crushed. I never thought I'd see them in the SB ever again!! Who Dey!

There are days when I just type "Stained songs" and go. Didn't expect this today. Thank you!

Big hit👍

They headlined the last concert I went to. Openers were hinder, black stone cherry, three days grace, and breaking Benjamin. Awesome show

Love this song

I've always loved this song, but never knew who did it. Thanks for reacting to it! 😄