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Shinedown is a hard rock/post-grunge band that originated in Jacksonville, Florida. Shinedown was formed in early 2002 by Brent Smith, Jasin Todd, Brad Stewart, and Barry Kerch. They were signed by Atlantic Records in 2002.

Biography

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." 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.

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 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.

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 in 2006 and the song "Save Me" was used as the official theme for No Mercy 2005.

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."

New 2008 Untitled Album

Shinedown has begun working on their third album, after playing several off-date shows in the Summer of 2007. The band began recording in LA on September 20th, 2007. Mixing should finish up close to the end of January and into the early part of February with a new single hitting the airwaves near the first week of March. The new tour should start with the band playing a few festival shows before the big release of the new album sometime in 2008.

Shinedown will also be playing at Rock on the Range this summer of 2008, May,17 in Columbus, Ohio

Shinedown will play at the 2008 Pointfest in the Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre on May 18, 2008, in St. Louis, MO.

And also Brent Smith said to Billboard.com "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 says the group has more than 40 songs to consider after writing sessions in Atlanta, Nashville and Los Angeles, and is "still writing." Shinedown plans to road test four "potential singles" from the new batch -- "Sound of Madness," "The Crow and the Butterfly," "Second Chance" and "Devour" -- on a short run of dates it's currently on. More songs on the 11 track album include the band's first love ballad "If You Only Knew" and the melody rocker "Junkies For Fame".

The Crows and The Butterfly- (New song on the upcoming album) See Here

Members

Brent Smith – Vocals
Jasin Todd – Guitar
Barry Kerch – Drums
Zach Myers - Bassist

Discography

Albums

Album information
Leave A Whisper Released: July 15, 2003 Label: Atlantic Records Chart Positions: #53 (Billboard 200) RIAA Certification: 1x Platinum US Sales: 1,000,000+ International Sales: 1,500,000+ 1x Platinum Singles: 1. "Fly From the Inside" 2. "45" 3. "Simple Man" 4. "Burning Bright"

Album information
Us and Them Released: October 4, 2005 Label: Atlantic Records Chart Positions: #23 (Billboard 200) RIAA Certification: Gold US Sales: 500,000+ Gold International Sales: Singles: 1. "Save Me" 2. "I Dare You" 3. "Heroes"

There are limited edition Us and Them Cds that have 3 bonus acoustic tracks:

Save Me
I Dare You
Some Day

Album cover	Album information
	Shinedown's Untitled 3rd Album Released: April/May, 2008 Label: Atlantic Records Chart Positions: (N/A) RIAA Certification: N/A US Sales: N/A International Sales: N/A Singles: 1. Unknown, to be released in March 2008

DVDs

Live From The Inside. August 23, 2005

Other Tracks

One (U2 Cover) - See Here
Tie Your Mother Down (Queen Cover) - Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen
Break - Us And Them b-side
Carried Away - Us And Them b-side
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon Cover
Dirthouse (Live Acoustic) - Masters Of Horror II
Nutshell (Alice In Chains Cover - Live with Seether) - The 97X Green Room: Volume 2
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding Cover) (live) See Here
The Crow and the Butterfly (New song on the upcoming album) See Here

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions			Album
Year	Title	US Hot 100	US Modern Rock	US Mainstream Rock	Album
2003	"Fly From the Inside"	-	#34	#5	Leave a Whisper
2003	"45"	-	#12	#3	Leave a Whisper
2004	"Simple Man"	_	#40	#5	Leave a Whisper
2004	"Burning Bright"	-	#22	#2	Leave a Whisper
2005	"Save Me"	#72	#2	#1 (12 weeks)	Us and Them
2006	"I Dare You"	#88	#8	#2	Us and Them
2006	"Heroes"	-	#28	#4	Us and Them

Music videos

2003: 45
2004: Simple Man (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
2005: Save Me
2006: Lady So Divine

Trivia

Lead Vocalist Brent Smith is featured on the final version of WWE's new ECW Theme song with Saliva called "Don't Question My Heart".
The song "I Dare You" was used as one of the secondary theme songs for WWE WrestleMania 22

The song "Save Me" was used as the official theme song for WWE No Mercy 2005

The song "Simple Man" has been used as a tribute to Dimebag Darrell.

In 2005 Shinedown played the Station Family Fund show in Providence, RI, with Tesla to benefit the vicitims of the Station Night Club Fire

The song "I Dare You" was performed by Chris Daughtry on American Idol.

The song "45" has been used by Bronson Arroyo of the Cincinnati Reds as his entrance music.

The song "Fly From The Inside" was used on the EA Sports game MVP Baseball 2003 and for MX Vs. ATV UNLEASHED

The songs "Save Me" and "Nutshell" with Seether are featured on the album The 97X Green Room: Volume 2

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 [[Shinedown]] will also be playing at [[Rock on the Range]] this summer of 2008, May,17 in Columbus, Ohio
-[[Shinedown]] will play at [[Pointfest]] this year the [[Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre]] on May 18, 2008, in St. Louis, MO.
+[[Shinedown]] will play at the 2008 [[Pointfest]] in the [[Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre]] on May 18, 2008, in St. Louis, MO.
 And also Brent Smith said to Billboard.com "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 says the group has more than 40 songs to consider after writing sessions in Atlanta, Nashville and Los Angeles, and is "still writing." Shinedown plans to road test four "potential singles" from the new batch -- "Sound of Madness," "The Crow and the Butterfly," "Second Chance" and "Devour" -- on a short run of dates it's currently on.  More songs on the 11 track album include the band's first love ballad "If You Only Knew" and the melody rocker "Junkies For Fame".