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'''Brent Smith''' is the lead singer of the band [[Shinedown]]. Brent is known to have a wide vocal range and has claimed that he has never had any formal lessons or instructions. Brent also claims Otis Redding to be his biggest influence.
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* [[Alternative rock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/shinedown-seether-breaking-benjamin-lead-first-u-s-now-thats-what-i-call-rock-set/|title=Shinedown, Seether + Breaking Benjamin Lead 'NOW That's What I Call Rock!' Compilation|date=January 5, 2016 |publisher=Loudwire}}</ref>
* {{nowrap|[[hard rock]]}}<ref name=crypticrock>{{cite web|url=http://crypticrock.com/interview-brent-smith-of-shinedown/|title=Interview- Brent Smith Of Shinedown|website=Crypticrock.com|date=August 7, 2013|access-date=August 7, 2013}}</ref>
* [[post-grunge]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/leave-a-whisper-mw0000030529|title=Shinedown Leave a Whisper|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
* {{nowrap|[[alternative metal]]}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/soundcheck/content/shinedown-bringing-acoustic-tour-tampas-straz-center/2052128 |title=Shinedown bringing acoustic tour to Tampa's Straz Center |website=Tampabay.com |date=September 14, 2010 |access-date=November 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215095542/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/soundcheck/content/shinedown-bringing-acoustic-tour-tampas-straz-center/2052128 |archive-date=December 15, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{nowrap|[[pop rock]]}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/shinedown/attention_attention/47257/|title=Attention Attention review by Shinedown|date=June 1, 2018|access-date=October 5, 2020}}</ref>
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* [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atlanticrecords.com/posts/songwriting-and-second-chances-brent-smith-shinedown-20376|title = Atlantic Records Songwriting and Second Chances with Brent Smith of Shinedown}}</ref>
* [[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]]
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'''Brent Stephen Smith''' (born January 10, 1978) is an American singer and songwriter best known as the [[lead vocalist]] and one of the main songwriters of the rock band [[Shinedown]].<ref name="Brent Smith Discography">{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/705089-Brent-Smith?filter_anv=0&subtype=Instruments-Performance&type=Credits|title=Brent Smith Discography|website=Discogs.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/shinedown-mn0000028002/biography|title=Shinedown|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Shinedown's Brent Smith, Steven Tyler and Kid Rock featured on Muscle Shoals tribute album |url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2018/8/30/shinedowns-brent-smith-steven-tyler-and-kid-rock-featured-on.html |publisher=ABC Radio |access-date=January 13, 2021 |date=2018 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115145944/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2018/8/30/shinedowns-brent-smith-steven-tyler-and-kid-rock-featured-on.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2004-05-13/entertainment/0405120092_1_rock-band-overnight-success-brent-smith|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409112518/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2004-05-13/entertainment/0405120092_1_rock-band-overnight-success-brent-smith|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 9, 2017|title=Q&A with Shinedown's Brent Smith|website=Baltimoresun|date=May 13, 2004 }}</ref>

== Early life ==
Smith was born in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]]<ref name="Brent Smith Discography" /> and is an only child.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://noisecreep.com/shinedown-singer-reflects-on-being-only-child-and-second-chance/|title=Shinedown Singer Reflects on Being Only Child and 'Second Chance'|website=Noisecreep.com|date=May 4, 2010 }}</ref>

== Career ==
Prior to fronting the rock band Shinedown, Smith had a high school band named Blind Thought and later was the lead singer in a band called Dreve, which Atlantic Records had signed. Atlantic Records forced Brent to either find another band or lose his record deal. He then went to Los Angeles, California to record with well-known producer Desmond Child. Shortly after returning home to Knoxville, Tennessee, Atlantic dropped the band but retained Smith. He put together Shinedown shortly after. He was soon given a developmental contract by [[Atlantic Records]]. Smith moved to [[Jacksonville, Florida]], and began working on the project in 2001.<ref name="originalineup" />

[[File:Brent Smith 2012.jpg|thumb|left|Smith performing with Shinedown in 2012]]

The first member he recruited was bassist [[Brad Stewart]] through local Jacksonville music producer Pete Thornton.<ref name="originalineup">{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-rules.com/interviews/shinedown-May2004.htm |title=Interview with Shinedown |publisher=Metal-Rules.com |access-date=December 7, 2011}}</ref> Smith and Stewart began recording demos together in a small local studio, whose owner recommended they meet with her fiancé, guitarist Jasin Todd, who Smith brought in as the third member.<ref name="originalineup" /> The original lineup was rounded out by drummer Barry Kerch, who was the seventh drummer the band had auditioned for the spot.<ref name="originalineup" /> The four worked together on creating demos, and submitted their work-in-progress material to Atlantic, who approved of the material and green-lighted a full-length album.<ref name="originalineup" /><ref name="bijog">{{cite web|url=http://bijog.com/biography/brent-smith|title=Brent Smith|author=bijog|work=bijog|date=April 12, 2016|access-date=August 15, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FyF4MiYzhtwC&q=dreve+atlantic&pg=PA118|title=Rock Scars|first=James|last=Hester|date=November 23, 2016|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=978-1-4401-2773-1|via=Google Books}}</ref> The band's debut album, ''[[Leave a Whisper]]'' was released May 27, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/leave-a-whisper-mw0000030529|title=Leave a Whisper – Shinedown – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=May 16, 2018}}</ref> The album was eventually certified platinum by the [[RIAA]] in the United States, indicating sales of over one million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailytimes.com/entertainment/shinedown-front-man-finds-a-new-way-of-life-during/article_81697d82-05ee-5af9-9444-d65db07108c3.html|title=Shinedown front man finds a new way of life during making of 'Amaryllis'|website=Thedailytimes.com|date=February 6, 2013 }}</ref> Shinedown has since released six more studio albums: ''[[Us and Them (Shinedown album)|Us and Them]]'' (2005), ''[[The Sound of Madness]]'' (2008), ''[[Amaryllis (Shinedown album)|Amaryllis]]'' (2012), ''[[Threat to Survival]]'' (2015), ''[[Attention Attention]]'' (2018), and ''[[Planet Zero]]'' (2022). In 2014, Smith and [[Zach Myers]] started an acoustic side project called Smith & Myers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/smith-myers-mn0003223437|title=Smith & Myers|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>


[[File:2016 RiP Shinedown - Brent Smith - by 2eight - DSC8730.jpg|thumb|Smith performing with Shinedown in 2016]]
==Shinedown==
In early 2016, the band started recording their sixth album, as they revealed in an interview with Wes Styles of the 97.7 WQLZ radio station. The album, ''[[Attention Attention]]'', was released on May 4, 2018. The first single off the album, titled "[[Devil (Shinedown song)|Devil]]", was released on March 7, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/shinedown-to-release-next-album-in-april-2018-first-single-to-arrive-in-january/|title=Shinedown to release next Album in April 2018|date=July 12, 2017}}</ref> On August 28, 2022, Brent was presented with a key to Knox County at a concert in his hometown Knoxville, Tennessee by former wrestler and current Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs.
===History===
On [[July 15]], [[2003]], the bands released their debut album ''[[Leave A Whisper]]''. The album sold the popular singles "Fly From the Inside" and "[[45 (song)|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 [http://www.hob.com/venues/clubvenues/myrtlebeach/ the House Of Blues] in [[Myrtle Beach]], [[South Carolina]].


== Personal life ==
On [[October 4]], [[2005]], the band released their second album called ''[[Us and Them (burrito)|Us and Them]]'', backed by the single "''[[Save Me (Shinedown song)|Save Me]]''". ''Save Me'' maintained a #1 position on active rock charts for twelve weeks. ''I Dare You'' was 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 America]]n Tour.
Smith has a son, Lyric Santana Smith, with his ex-fiancée, Ashley Smith Marshall. For years, Smith struggled with both drug and alcohol addiction and weight management.<ref name="Addiction">{{cite news|first=James|last=Fell|url=https://www.latimes.com/health/la-xpm-2013-jan-12-la-he-five-questions-smith-20130112-story.html|title=Brent Smith of Shinedown cleans up and slims down|newspaper=LA Times|date=January 12, 2013|access-date=August 20, 2018}}</ref> Following an intervention from his then-girlfriend, Smith eventually lost weight through exercise and a healthier diet, including quitting drinking.<ref name="Addiction" />


Smith says that his former girlfriend, Teresa, his son, and his fans inspired him to lose weight and become healthier.<ref name="Addiction" /><ref>{{cite web|first=Ashmita|last=Karki|url=https://frostsnow.com/brent-smith-reveals-how-his-girlfriend-teresa-and-his-son-lyric-santana-smith-changed-his-life|title=Brent Smith reveals how his girlfriend Teresa and his son Lyric Santana Smith changed his life|date=September 11, 2016|access-date=August 20, 2018}}</ref>
As revealed by WWE.com, Brent Smith is featured in the final version of the new ECW theme, "Don't Question My Heart", along with Saliva. Which is scheduled to be release in 3-25-08.
The group's "I Dare You" was used as a secondary theme song for [[WrestleMania_22|WrestleMania 22]] in 2006 and the song "Save Me" was used as the official theme for No Mercy 2005.


== Discography ==
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."
=== Shinedown ===
{{Main|Shinedown discography}}
* ''[[Leave a Whisper]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Us and Them (Shinedown album)|Us and Them]]'' (2005)
* ''[[The Sound of Madness]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Amaryllis (Shinedown album)|Amaryllis]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Threat to Survival]]'' (2015)
* ''[[Attention Attention]]'' (2018)
* ''[[Planet Zero]]'' (2022)


===Sounds Of Madness - 2008 Album===
=== Smith & Myers ===
* ''Volume I'' (2020)
* ''Volume II'' (2020)


=== Other ===
Shinedown has begun working on their third album, after playing several off-date shows in the Summer of 2007. 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 is now set to be released on May 6th. The supporting tour for the album will likely begin with the band playing several festival shows before the release of the new album (Confirmed to be titled "Sounds of Madness") on June 24th, 2008.
* [[Halestorm]]
** "Here's to Us (Guest Version) (feat. [[Slash (musician)|Slash]], Brent Smith, [[Wolfgang Van Halen]], [[Myles Kennedy]], [[James Michael]], Tyler Connolly, [[David Draiman]] & [[Maria Brink]])" (''[[The Strange Case Of...]] (Reissue Version)'')
* [[In This Moment]]
** "Sexual Hallucination (feat. Brent Smith)" (''[[Black Widow (In This Moment album)|Black Widow]]'')
* [[Apocalyptica]]
** "Not Strong Enough (feat. Brent Smith)" (''[[7th Symphony (album)|7th Symphony]]'')
* Dreve (Brent's previous band)
* [[Saliva (band)|Saliva]]
** "Don't Question My Heart (feat. Brent Smith)" (''[[WWE The Music, Vol. 8]]'')
** "My Own Worst Enemy (feat. Brent Smith)" (''[[Cinco Diablo]]'')
* [[Theory of a Deadman]] "[[So Happy (Theory of a Deadman song)|So Happy]]"
* [[Theory of a Deadman]] "[[By the way (Theory of a Deadman song)|By the way]]"
* One Less Reason "Seasons (feat. Brent Smith)" (''Faces & Four Letter Words'')
* [[Daughtry (band)|Daughtry]] "There and Back Again"


== References ==
[[Shinedown]] will be playing at [[Rock on the Range]] on May 17th, 2008, at the Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. The band will also play at the 2008 [[Pointfest]] in the [[Verizon Wireless Amphitheater]] on May 18th, 2008, in St. Louis, Missouri.
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
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.
* [http://www.shinedown.com/ Official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071029012713/http://www.smnnews.com/2005/09/01/shinedown-brent-smith-vocals/ Interview @ smnews.com]


{{Shinedown}}
He is featured on a song with hard rock band [[Saliva]] called "Don't Question My Heart", which is the [[Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE)|ECW]] theme song.


{{Authority control}}
==External links==


*[http://www.shinedown.com Official website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/shinedown Shinedown's Myspace Profile]
*[http://www.smnnews.com/2005/09/01/shinedown-brent-smith-vocals/ Interview @ smnews.com]
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[[Category:21st-century American singers]]

Latest revision as of 00:10, 19 October 2024

This article is about the singer. For the football player, see Brent Smith (American football).
Brent Smith
Smith performing with Shinedown in 2022
Born
Brent Stephen Smith

(1978-01-10) January 10, 1978 (age 46)
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Children1
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Years active2001–present
Labels
Member of
Websiteshinedown.com

Brent Stephen Smith (born January 10, 1978) is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and one of the main songwriters of the rock band Shinedown.[7][8][9][10]

Early life

[edit]

Smith was born in Knoxville, Tennessee[7] and is an only child.[11]

Career

[edit]

Prior to fronting the rock band Shinedown, Smith had a high school band named Blind Thought and later was the lead singer in a band called Dreve, which Atlantic Records had signed. Atlantic Records forced Brent to either find another band or lose his record deal. He then went to Los Angeles, California to record with well-known producer Desmond Child. Shortly after returning home to Knoxville, Tennessee, Atlantic dropped the band but retained Smith. He put together Shinedown shortly after. He was soon given a developmental contract by Atlantic Records. Smith moved to Jacksonville, Florida, and began working on the project in 2001.[12]

Smith performing with Shinedown in 2012

The first member he recruited was bassist Brad Stewart through local Jacksonville music producer Pete Thornton.[12] Smith and Stewart began recording demos together in a small local studio, whose owner recommended they meet with her fiancé, guitarist Jasin Todd, who Smith brought in as the third member.[12] The original lineup was rounded out by drummer Barry Kerch, who was the seventh drummer the band had auditioned for the spot.[12] The four worked together on creating demos, and submitted their work-in-progress material to Atlantic, who approved of the material and green-lighted a full-length album.[12][13][14] The band's debut album, Leave a Whisper was released May 27, 2003.[15] The album was eventually certified platinum by the RIAA in the United States, indicating sales of over one million.[16] Shinedown has since released six more studio albums: Us and Them (2005), The Sound of Madness (2008), Amaryllis (2012), Threat to Survival (2015), Attention Attention (2018), and Planet Zero (2022). In 2014, Smith and Zach Myers started an acoustic side project called Smith & Myers.[17]

Smith performing with Shinedown in 2016

In early 2016, the band started recording their sixth album, as they revealed in an interview with Wes Styles of the 97.7 WQLZ radio station. The album, Attention Attention, was released on May 4, 2018. The first single off the album, titled "Devil", was released on March 7, 2018.[18] On August 28, 2022, Brent was presented with a key to Knox County at a concert in his hometown Knoxville, Tennessee by former wrestler and current Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs.

Personal life

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Smith has a son, Lyric Santana Smith, with his ex-fiancée, Ashley Smith Marshall. For years, Smith struggled with both drug and alcohol addiction and weight management.[19] Following an intervention from his then-girlfriend, Smith eventually lost weight through exercise and a healthier diet, including quitting drinking.[19]

Smith says that his former girlfriend, Teresa, his son, and his fans inspired him to lose weight and become healthier.[19][20]

Discography

[edit]

Shinedown

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Main article: Shinedown discography

Smith & Myers

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  • Volume I (2020)
  • Volume II (2020)

Other

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ "Shinedown, Seether + Breaking Benjamin Lead 'NOW That's What I Call Rock!' Compilation". Loudwire. January 5, 2016.
  2. ^ "Interview- Brent Smith Of Shinedown". Crypticrock.com. August 7, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  3. ^ "Shinedown Leave a Whisper". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "Shinedown bringing acoustic tour to Tampa's Straz Center". Tampabay.com. September 14, 2010. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  5. ^ "Attention Attention review by Shinedown". June 1, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  6. ^ "Atlantic Records Songwriting and Second Chances with Brent Smith of Shinedown".
  7. ^ a b "Brent Smith Discography". Discogs.com.
  8. ^ "Shinedown". AllMusic.
  9. ^ "Shinedown's Brent Smith, Steven Tyler and Kid Rock featured on Muscle Shoals tribute album". ABC Radio. 2018. Archived from the original on January 15, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  10. ^ "Q&A with Shinedown's Brent Smith". Baltimoresun. May 13, 2004. Archived from the original on April 9, 2017.
  11. ^ "Shinedown Singer Reflects on Being Only Child and 'Second Chance'". Noisecreep.com. May 4, 2010.
  12. ^ a b c d e "Interview with Shinedown". Metal-Rules.com. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
  13. ^ bijog (April 12, 2016). "Brent Smith". bijog. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  14. ^ Hester, James (November 23, 2016). Rock Scars. iUniverse. ISBN 978-1-4401-2773-1 – via Google Books.
  15. ^ "Leave a Whisper – Shinedown – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  16. ^ "Shinedown front man finds a new way of life during making of 'Amaryllis'". Thedailytimes.com. February 6, 2013.
  17. ^ "Smith & Myers". AllMusic.
  18. ^ "Shinedown to release next Album in April 2018". July 12, 2017.
  19. ^ a b c Fell, James (January 12, 2013). "Brent Smith of Shinedown cleans up and slims down". LA Times. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  20. ^ Karki, Ashmita (September 11, 2016). "Brent Smith reveals how his girlfriend Teresa and his son Lyric Santana Smith changed his life". Retrieved August 20, 2018.
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