All the way through an April 23 look on SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Country With Eddie Trunk”, GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna publicly disclosed for the primary time his romantic courting with Dorothy Martin, the lead singer of the rock band DOROTHY. Erna additionally mentioned his musical collaboration with Dorothy on a observe referred to as “Set Me Loose”. He stated (as transcribed by means of BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It is in reality in reality just right. It is a banger. It is popping out quickly.”
Referring to how he first attached with Dorothy at the aforementioned tune, Sully stated: “Me and her attached firstly as a result of we each went via some historical past and with unhealthy relationships. A large number of other people roughly undergo these items, however now we have the chance to roughly voice it and vent it via our artwork. So we each roughly had long gone via a an identical state of affairs that simply felt in reality suitable to roughly write about it and set it loose. And the tune become glaring. And it is only a down-and-dirty just right laborious rock tune. And it is not a ballad, it is not anything sappy. It is in reality the other.”
Dorothy, who celebrated her fortieth birthday previous this month, informed “Trunk Country” host Eddie Trunk that she was once extremely joyful about her new courting. “I really like this guy,” she stated in regards to the 58-year-old Sully. “He is one of these just right, forged guy. I think protected with him. And we had an attractive friendship for months and months. I have by no means laughed such a lot in my lifestyles. My face hurts.”
In a separate interview with Billboard, Erna described “Set Me Loose” as “a surprisingly tough and in reality straight-up, bad-ass, boot-kicking rock tune. [Dorothy] has a hell of a voice; she’s so cool and smokey and bluesy. We have been in reality as much as do a tune along with her, so we jumped within the studio with Scott Stevens and me generating, and it is in reality cool. The voices paintings in reality neatly in combination. I am in reality excited to unencumber that tune and feature that get out at the Web and the airwaves and notice how other people reply.”
Previous this month, Dorothy informed U.Ok.’s Day-to-day Mail that she was once as soon as fascinated about a deeply poisonous courting with a world-renowned musician from some other widespread band. “He was once… well-known and a hit. I may not say his identify as a result of this is not about him,” she stated. “That is about giving survivors the power to depart and get well from abuse.”
Elaborating at the mistreatment she suffered by the hands of the musician in query, she stated: “I knew issues were not proper as a result of his movements and phrases would not line up. He would gaslight and mislead stay me off steadiness. He made guarantees of affection and a long term, however as soon as he received my accept as true with he handled me with contempt and cruelty. The emotional and mental abuse wrecked my anxious machine.”
She added: ‘My ex admitted to doing horrendous issues in his earlier marriage however all the time had an excuse. He additionally labored very laborious to smear his ex, that was once a big pink flag that I did not take critically sufficient.”
On the 2023 Rocklahoma pageant in Pryor, Oklahoma, Erna was once requested for courting recommendation by means of a then-“freshly engaged” Matt “Cuervo” Cuellar of Springfield, Missouri’s Q102 radio station. Erna answered: “Here is the important thing to each courting. I ensure you, that is each courting. Everyone has their shit, proper? Everyone has their luggage. Everyone has their issues that annoy you. A courting is on the subject of opting for any person whose shit you’ll be able to handle probably the most. That is in reality all it’s. Whose shit do you wanna handle?”
Previous in 2023, Erna went public along with his courting with Kelly Fedoni, the ex-wife of Deadmau5, a Canadian singer and DJ whose actual identify is Joel Thomas Zimmerman. That very same yr, Sully showed that he as soon as dated Girl Gaga. He mentioned in regards to the pop celebrity: “I used to be offered to her via a mutual buddy. We clicked and dated for a scorching minute, and there was once not anything however appreciate for every different… There is also a large number of other people on the planet that suppose she’s kooky and loopy as a result of she’s so wild with type and such things as that, however she is aware of precisely what she’s doing. She’s an very smart businesswoman. And she or he’s sort and tremendous proficient. I am proud to mention that I shared some nice moments along with her. I used to be ready to fulfill Elton John via her. She’s a surprisingly nice particular person and the ones are some very fond reminiscences for me. And I’m going to depart it there.”
Sully has a daughter, Skylar Brook, who was once born in December 2001.
Sully Erna picture credit score: Chris Bradshaw / Dorothy picture courtesy of Atom Splitter PR
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Posted by means of Dorothy on Friday, April 24, 2026