Q103 Interview With Shinedown Frontman Brent Smith

We recently had the chance to speak to Shinedown frontman Brent Smith. The band will be appearing at the Rock’n Derby festival this weekend as headliners on Sunday. Check out the full interview below.

Shinedown was formed out of Jacksonville, Florida in 2001 by singer Brent Smith, Brad Stewart on bass, Jasin Todd on guitar, and Barry Kerch on drums. The band went through various lineup changes with the current lineup consisting of Smith and Kerch as the two remaining original members, along with guitarist Zach Myers, and bassist Eric Bass.  The band has released a total of five studio albums including Leave a Whisper, Us and Them, The Sound of Madness, Amaryllis, and their latest, Threat to Survival. Threat to Survival was released in 2015 featuring the singles "Cut the Cord" and "State of My Head"

Shinedown's music has been described as both hard rock and alternative metal, and also post grunge.