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Staind

The following from rollingstone.com:

New England's Staind formed in November 1995, but didn't get their break until two years later when Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst, blown away by a live performance and a demo tape, invited Staind down to his Jacksonville, Fla., home for a jam session. With Durst's help, the band recorded a 3-song sampler and landed a recording deal with Jordan Schur and Flip Records, who signed the band in the spring of 1998.

After a stint on the Vans Warped Tour, Staind entered the studio to record their full-length debut. Dysfunctional, released on Flip/Elektra, hit record store shelves in April 1999.

Staind's second and most recent effort, Break The Cycle, was released in May 2001. The album was a huge commerical success, selling over a million copies in its first two weeks of release and spending weeks at number one on the Billboard album charts.