Aaron Lewis

Aaron Francis Lewis born April 13 1972 in Springfield Vermont is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the postgrunge group Staind as well as a Grammy nominated songwriter Since 2010 he has pursued a solo career in country music with his debut EP Town Line which was released in 2011 Lewis grew up largely in Longmeadow Massachusetts Aaron Lewis was before Staind in a band known as JCAT with Tori Sands Chris Ballini and Staind bandmate Jon Wysocki An album surfaced on the Internet with 9 of JCATs performances at Club Infinity in Springfield Massachusetts The performances were recorded while Dysfunction was being recorded Two of Stainds popular singlesOutside and Its Been Awhilewere both originally performed by JCAT with somewhat different lyrics He has been nominated for three Grammys His hobbies include fishing golf and riding his mini dirt bike He has worked in landscaping cleaned hotel rooms and played solo acoustic sets in bars around Atlanta He is married to Vanessa Lewis and has three daughters Zoe Jane Nyla Rae and Indie Shay Aaron has two sisters Evyette and Rachel He was featured on the song No Sex by Limp Bizkit on their album Significant Other He was also featured on a remix for the song Crawling on Linkin Parks album Reanimation the remix is titled Krwlng on the album as well as Colds album 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage Lewis contributed vocals to the song Follow on Sevendusts third album Animosity and to the songs Bleed and Send In the Clowns by the band Cold