Rock On The Net: Shinedown Info Page (original) (raw)

| | artists..... Google Custom Search | | Shinedown consists of Brent Smith on vocals, Eric Bass on bass, piano, and vocals, Zach Myers on guitar, and Barry Kerch on drums and formed in Florida in 2001. In the beginning, Shinedown was formed when Smith put together a group with himself, guitarist Jason Todd, bassist Brad Stewart, and Kerch. Todd and Stewart left the group in 2007 and 2008 and were replaced with Myers and Bass. Nick Perri had joined and left the group within 2008. Shinedown's rock sound gained them notice and a following, but it was their more mellow sounding track "Second Chance" that gave them widespread attention in 2009. Shinedown hit the Top 5 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart with "Fly From The Inside." June Shinedown released their debut LP Leave A Whisper (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3). The group had some success on the Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock charts with the tracks "Fly From The Inside," "45," "Simple Man," and "Burning Bright." Shinedown hit the Top 5 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart with "45." Shinedown hit the Top 5 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart with "Simple Man." Shinedown hit the Top 5 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart with "Burning Bright." August Leave A Whisper was certified gold. October Shinedown released Us And Them (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3). The group hit the Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock charts with the tracks "Save Me," "I Dare You," and "Heroes." Leave A Whisper was certified platinum. November Shinedown topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 12 weeks with "Save Me." # 81 Singles Artist of the Year Shinedown hit the Top 5 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart with "Heroes." June Shinedown released the digital EP Shinedown EP(available for download at iTunes). Shinedown hit the Top 40 with "I Dare You" (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3). November Us And Them was certified gold. June Shinedown released The Sound Of Madness (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3). August Shinedown topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 3 weeks with "Devour." December Shinedown topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 10 weeks with "Second Chance." # 22 Singles Artist of the Year February Shinedown hit the Top 40 with "Second Chance" (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3). Shinedown topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 3 weeks with "Second Chance." May The Sound Of Madness was certified gold. Shinedown hit the Top 10 with "Second Chance." June Shinedown topped the Billboard Adult Top 40 with "Second Chance." Shinedown topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart with "Sound of Madness." October Shinedown hit the Top 40 with "If You Only Knew" (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3). November Shinedown were nominated for an American Music Awardfor Favorite Alternative Artist. December Shinedown topped the Billboard 2009 Year-End Chart Toppers as the Top Hot Heritage Rock Artist, Top Hot Active Rock Artist, Top Mainstream Rock Artist, and with the Top Hot Heritage Rock Song and Top Mainstream Rock Song ("Second Chance"). # 89 Singles Artist of the Year February The Sound Of Madness was certified platinum. March Shinedown could be heard on the compilation LP Almost Alice on the track "Her Name Is Alice." June Shinedown topped the Billboard Rock Songs chart with "The Crow And The Butterfly." May Shinedown released the 2CD/2DVD live collection - Somewhere In The Stratosphere. March Shinedown released Amaryllis. April Shinedown topped the Billboard Rock Albums chart, Hard Rock Albums chart, and Alternative Albums chart with Amaryllis. December Shinedown topped the Billboard 2012 Year-End Chart-Toppers chart with the Top Mainstream Rock Song ("Bully"). October 22: Amaryllis was certified gold. September 18: Shinedown released Threat To Survival. October 10: Shinedown topped the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart with Threat To Survival. The Sound Of Madness was certified 2x platinum. September 18: Threat To Survival was certified gold. March 19: Us And Them was certified platinum. May 4: Shinedown released Attention Attention. May 19: Shinedown topped the Billboard Digital Albums chart, Rock Albums chart, Alternative Albums chart, and Hard Rock Albums chart with Attention Attention. November 24: Attention Attention was certified gold. July 1: Shinedown released Planet Zero. July 16: Shinedown topped the Billboard Album Sales chart, Rock Albums chart, Alternative Albums chart, and Hard Rock Albums chart with Planet Zero. August 20: Shinedown topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart with "Daylight." August 28: The video for "Planet Zero" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video. January 20: Shinedown topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart with "A Symptom Of Being Human." February 24: Shinedown hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "A Symptom Of Being Human." Note: Song title and position links lead you to the song's Top 40 chart run (from the ARC Weekly Top 40) and LP links take you to Amazon.com for that LP (often including track listings and sound samples). | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 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