During an April 23 look on SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk”, GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna publicly disclosed for the primary time his romantic relationship with Dorothy Martin, the lead singer of the rock band DOROTHY. Erna additionally talked about his musical collaboration with Dorothy on a observe referred to as “Set Me Free”. He mentioned (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It’s actually really good. It’s a banger. It’s coming out soon.”
Regarding how he first connected with Dorothy on the aforementioned tune, Sully mentioned: “Me and her connected originally because we both went through some history and with bad relationships. A lot of people kind of go through these things, but we have the opportunity to kind of voice it and vent it through our art. So we both kind of had gone through a similar situation that just felt really appropriate to kind of write about it and set it free. And the song became obvious. And it’s just a down-and-dirty good hard rock song. And it’s not a ballad, it’s nothing sappy. It’s actually the opposite.”
Dorothy, who celebrated her fortieth birthday earlier this month, advised “Trunk Nation” host Eddie Trunk that she was thrilled about her new relationship. “I love this man,” she mentioned concerning the 58-year-old Sully. “He’s such a good, solid man. I feel safe with him. And we had a wonderful friendship for months and months. I’ve never laughed so much in my life. My face hurts.”
In a separate interview with Billboard, Erna described “Set Me Free” as “an incredibly powerful and really straight-up, bad-ass, boot-kicking rock song. [Dorothy] has a hell of a voice; she’s so cool and smokey and bluesy. We were really up to do a song with her, so we jumped in the studio with Scott Stevens and me producing, and it’s really cool. The voices work really well together. I’m really excited to release that song and have that get out on the Internet and the airwaves and see how people respond.”
Earlier this month, Dorothy advised U.Ok.’s Daily Mail that she was as soon as concerned in a deeply poisonous relationship with a world-renowned musician from one other common band. “He was… famous and successful. I won’t say his name because this isn’t about him,” she mentioned. “This is about giving survivors the strength to leave and recover from abuse.”
Elaborating on the mistreatment she suffered by the hands of the musician in query, she mentioned: “I knew things weren’t right because his actions and words wouldn’t line up. He would gaslight and lie to keep me off balance. He made promises of love and a future, but once he gained my trust he treated me with contempt and cruelty. The emotional and psychological abuse wrecked my nervous system.”
She added: ‘My ex admitted to doing horrendous issues in his earlier marriage however all the time had an excuse. He additionally labored very onerous to smear his ex, that was a serious purple flag that I did not take significantly sufficient.”
At the 2023 Rocklahoma festival in Pryor, Oklahoma, Erna was asked for relationship advice by a then-“freshly engaged” Matt “Cuervo” Cuellar of Springfield, Missouri’s Q102 radio station. Erna responded: “Here’s the important thing to each relationship. I assure you, that is each relationship. Everybody has their shit, proper? Everybody has their baggage. Everybody has their issues that annoy you. A relationship is nearly selecting somebody whose shit you’ll be able to take care of essentially the most. That’s actually all it’s. Whose shit do you wanna take care of?”
Earlier in 2023, Erna went public with his relationship with Kelly Fedoni, the ex-wife of Deadmau5, a Canadian singer and DJ whose real name is Joel Thomas Zimmerman. That same year, Sully confirmed that he once dated Lady Gaga. He stated about the pop superstar: “I used to be launched to her by a mutual pal. We clicked and dated for a scorching minute, and there was nothing however respect for one another… There could also be lots of people on this planet that suppose she’s kooky and loopy as a result of she’s so wild with vogue and issues like that, however she is aware of precisely what she’s doing. She’s a particularly good businesswoman. And she’s type and tremendous gifted. I’m proud to say that I shared some nice moments along with her. I used to be capable of meet Elton John by her. She’s an extremely nice individual and people are some very fond reminiscences for me. And I’ll go away it there.”
Sully has a daughter, Skylar Brook, who was born in December 2001.
Sully Erna photo credit: Chris Bradshaw / Dorothy photo courtesy of Atom Splitter PR
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