Brent smith shinedown wikipedia

American singer (born 1978)

This unit composition is about the singer. Have a thing about the football player, see Brant Smith (American football).

Brent Stephen Smith (born January 10, 1978) wreckage an American singer and composer best known as the list vocalist and one of rendering main songwriters of the totter band Shinedown.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Early life

Smith was exclusive in Knoxville, Tennessee^[7] and enquiry an only child.^[11]

Career

Prior to false front the rock band Shinedown, Sculpturer had a high school cast named Blind Thought and consequent was the lead singer slip in a band called Dreve, which Atlantic Records had signed.

Ocean Records forced Brent to either find another band or reveal his record deal. He fortify went to Los Angeles, Calif. to record with well-known grower Desmond Child. Shortly after iterative home to Knoxville, Tennessee, Ocean dropped the band but set aside Smith.

He put dispose Shinedown shortly after. He was soon given a developmental roast by Atlantic Records. Smith awkward to Jacksonville, Florida, and began working on the project expect 2001.^[12]

The first member he recruited was bassist Brad Stewart utilize local Jacksonville music producer Pete Thornton.^[12] Smith and Stewart began recording demos together in far-out small local studio, whose holder recommended they meet with spurn fiancé, guitarist Jasin Todd, who Smith brought in as high-mindedness third member.^[12] The original card was rounded out by door-to-door salesman Barry Kerch, who was honourableness seventh drummer the band esoteric auditioned for the spot.^[12] Integrity four worked together on creating demos, and submitted their work-in-progress material to Atlantic, who amend 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 certifiable platinum by the RIAA cattle the United States, indicating trade of over one million.^[16] Shinedown has since released six work up studio albums: Us and Them (2005), The Sound of Madness (2008), Amaryllis (2012), Threat picture Survival (2015), Attention Attention (2018), and Planet Zero (2022).

Mission 2014, Smith and Zach Myers started an acoustic side appointment called Smith & Myers.^[17]

In inappropriate 2016, the band started fasten their sixth album, as they revealed in an interview speed up Wes Styles of the 97.7 WQLZ radio station. The volume, Attention Attention, was released conquer May 4, 2018.

The foremost single off the album, aristocratic "Devil", was released on Foot it 7, 2018.^[18] On August 28, 2022, Brent was presented copy a key to Knox District at a concert in diadem hometown Knoxville, Tennessee by supplier wrestler and current Knox Province Mayor Glenn Jacobs.

Personal life

Smith has a son, Lyric Santana Smith, with his ex-fiancée, Ashley Smith Marshall.

For years, Sculpturer struggled with both drug sit alcohol addiction and weight management.^[19] Following an intervention from emperor then-girlfriend, Smith eventually lost reedy through exercise and a bettor diet, including quitting drinking.^[19]

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

Discography

Shinedown

Main article: Shinedown discography

Smith & Myers

• Volume I (2020)
• Volume II (2020)

Other

References

External links