Shinedown

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Shinedown
Origin Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Genre(s) Hard rock
Post-grunge
Alternative metal
Southern rock
Years active 2001-Present
Label(s) Atlantic Records
Members
Brent Smith
Barry Kerch
Zach Myers
Nick Perri
Eric Bass
Former members
Jasin Todd
Brad Stewart

Shinedown is a hard rock/post-grunge band that originates from Jacksonville, Florida. Shinedown was formed in late 2001 / early 2002 by Brent Smith, Jasin Todd, Brad Stewart, and Barry Kerch and was signed by Atlantic Records in the same year.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Leave A Whisper

On July 15, 2003, the band released their debut album Leave A Whisper. The album sold the popular singles "Fly From the Inside" and "45." Leave A Whisper was re-released on June 15, 2004, to capitalize on the strength of a new single: A cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Simple Man". This song is often dedicated to their friend Dimebag Darrell who died in 2004. The re-release also featured an acoustic version of "45", and a new mix of "Burning Bright", which was to be the fourth single from the album. During 2004, the band notably opened for Van Halen. On September 21, 2005, Leave A Whisper was certified as gold. On August 23, 2005, the band released a live DVD called Live From The Inside that contained a full-length Shinedown concert held at the House Of Blues in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

[edit] Us and Them

On October 4, 2005, the band released their second album called Us and Them, backed by the single "Save Me". Save Me maintained a #1 position on active rock charts for twelve weeks. I Dare You was also performed on American Idol by Chris Daughtry. There are currently three versions of Us and Them: the regular thirteen-track version, a limited edition with three bonus acoustic tracks, and a store-specific edition with two bonus tracks: "Break" and "Carried Away". In 2006, the band co-headlined the SnoCore Tour with Seether, Flyleaf, and Halestorm, which was followed by the Equinox Tour in which Shinedown co-headlined with Trapt. Shinedown played their first overseas concert at the London Astoria on June 6, 2006, supporting Alter Bridge. In the late summer of 2006, the band opened for Godsmack and Rob Zombie on their North American Tour.

On December 12, 2006, Shinedown played in Knoxville, Tennessee at The Tennessee Theatre which was filmed for an upcoming DVD the band was expected to be releasing later this year (2007). However, after a recent show, Waukesha, WI, July 21, 2007, the band made it known that the DVD was scrapped by Atlantic Records. "We don't want to put anything out if the band is gonna be presented in the wrong way," Smith says. "I might be able to bootleg it later on ... but as of now I don't see it coming out."

[edit] The Sound of Madness

Shinedown are now promoting the upcoming release of their 3rd album: The Sound of Madness. The band began recording in Los Angeles on September 20th, 2007. Audio mixing for the new album has since been completed. The first single, "Devour" was released on May 2nd. Shinedown got the song Devour from the help of an 17 year old in a small town in Nebraska. The supporting tour for the album began with shows like 'Band Camp', 'Earthday Birthday', 'Rock on the Range' and 'PointFest' (all in May), and will likely continue with the band playing several festival shows before the release on June 24th, 2008.

Regarding the upcoming album, lead singer Brent Smith was quoted in an interview with Billboard.com as saying; "It's time to just go over the top, literally go above and beyond what a human being thinks they're capable of recording. We want to do a huge hard rock record that has a lot of crossover potential, but also some of the most insanely intense and heavy material that this band has ever tried - and see if we can pull it off." Smith noted that the group had more than forty songs to consider after writing sessions in Atlanta, Nashville and Los Angeles, but that they have narrowed the number down to a rumored eleven songs, which will appear on the album.

The band played five "potential singles" from the new batch - "Sound of Madness", "Junkies for Fame", "The Crow and the Butterfly", "Second Chance", and "Devour" - on a short run of shows in the summer months of 2007. Other songs on the album include the band's first love ballad "If You Only Knew", a song that Smith said he had never intended to write, but was inspired to pen after discovering that his girlfriend was expecting their first child.

On May 2, Shinedown released their new single "Devour" in its full entirety after having previously played only "snippets" of the song. The song was released to radio on May 5, 2008. On May 18, 2008, lead singer Brent Smith announced at Pointfest 22 in Saint Louis, Missouri that they would be filming the video for their new single "Devour" the next day on May 19.

Shinedown just finished playing at Rock on the Range on May 17th, 2008, at the Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, the 2008 Pointfest at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on May 18th, 2008, in St. Louis, Missouri, and at WJJO Band Camp 2008 with other various bands. They have also announced an upcoming tour with alternative rock band 12 Stones.

On June 10th Shinedown will be performing in Burlington IA for the Steamboat days festival.

[edit] Members

[edit] Current

[edit] Former

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio Albums

Album Release date Chart positions US sales RIAA Certification International Sales
US
Albums
Leave a Whisper July 15, 2003 53 1,000,000+ Platinum 1,500,000+
Us and Them October 4, 2005 23 500,000+ Gold -
The Sound of Madness June 24, 2008 - - - -
  • There are limited edition Us and Them CDs that have two outtakes and three bonus acoustic tracks:
  1. Carried Away - Outtake
  2. Break - Outtake
  3. Save Me (acoustic)
  4. I Dare You (acoustic)
  5. Some Day (acoustic)

[edit] Live Albums

[edit] Singles

Year Title Chart Positions [# weeks at spot] Album
US Hot 100 US Modern Rock US Mainstream Rock
2003 "Fly From the Inside" - 34 5 Leave a Whisper
"45" - 12 3
2004 "Simple Man" - 40 5
"Burning Bright" 107* 22 2
2005 "Save Me" 72 2 1* (12) Us and Them
2006 "I Dare You" 88 8 2
"Heroes" - 28 4
2008 "Devour" - 17 4 The Sound of Madness
  • "Burning Bright reached #7 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.

[edit] Music Videos

[edit] Official

  1. 45
  2. Simple Man
  3. Save Me
  4. Devour


[edit] Other Material

  1. Dirthouse (Live Acoustic) - Masters Of Horror II Soundtrack
  2. One (U2 cover) - See Here
  3. Tie Your Mother Down (Queen cover) - Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen
  4. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon cover
  5. Nutshell (Alice In Chains cover) - Live with Seether) - The 97X Green Room: Volume 2
  6. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding cover) (live) See Here

[edit] Features in other Media

  • I Dare You was used as one of the secondary theme songs for WWE WrestleMania 22, and was also performed by Chris Daughtry on the fifth season of American Idol.[1]
  • Save Me was used as the official theme song for WWE No Mercy 2005.
  • Shinedown's upcoming single of their new CD The Sound of Madness, Devour, will be featured on WWE's 2008 Night of Champions. The single will also be featured on ESPN throughout the current major league baseball season, and will be included on the soundtrack to EA Sports' "Madden NFL 09" video game.
  • Fly from the Inside was used in the movie Grind, and was also featured in the EA Sports game MVP Baseball 2003 and in MX Vs. ATV UNLEASHED.
  • 45 has been used by Bronson Arroyo of the Cincinnati Reds as his entrance music.

[edit] Collaborations

[edit] Trivia

  • Simple Man has been used as a tribute to Dimebag Darrell.[3]
  • In 2005 Shinedown played the Station Family Fund show in Providence, RI, with Tesla to benefit the vicitims of the Station Night Club Fire.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.americanidol.com/contestants/season5/chris_daughtry/"
  2. ^ BMI | Repertoire Search
  3. ^ YouTube - Shinedown-Simple Man(Live)

[edit] External links