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Contemporary country star Eric Church grew up in North Carolina listening to traditional crooners such as Jimmy Buffet and Hank Williams as well as raging 1980s metal bands like Pantera and AC/DC. The contrast helped him crossover to rock audiences and inject new life into an increasingly polished country scene with debut album 'Sinners Like Me' (2006) and early singles 'How 'Bout You' and 'Guys Like Me'. His outlaw image, macho swagger and reputation for raucous live shows led to gigs with Metallica and a place on the Lollopalooza rock festival, while second album 'Carolina' (2009) reached number four in the Country Charts and controversially included the pro-marijuana anthem 'Smoke a Little Smoke'. Follow-up 'Chief' (2011) became his first US number one album and singles 'Drink in My Hand' and 'Springsteen' topped the Country Chart before live album 'Caught in the Act' (2013) reached number five on the Billboard charts and captured the reckless, anarchic, full throttle spirit of Church's stage shows. He followed up with 'The Outsiders' in 2013 and 'Mr. Misunderstood' in 2015 before playing his biggest solo tour with 62 shoes in five months in 2017. In 2018 he released his sixth album 'Desperate Man'.
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