Shinedown

Shinedown is an American hard rock founded vocalist Brent Smith, bassist Brad Stewart, guitarist Jasin Todd, and drummer Barry Kerch. The band havs released four albums and 16 singles as well they have sold more than 10 million albums worldwide.

Their debut album, Leave a Whisper, was released in July 2003 and featured "Fly from the Inside", "Burning Bright", "45" and a cover of the Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Simple Man". In 2004, the band released a live DVD of the album entitled Live from the Inside which also contained a documentary.

In October 2005, the band released Us and Them, which featured the singles "Save Me", "I Dare You", and "Heroes". The lead single, "Save Me", maintained the No. 1 position of the Active Rock Charts for twelve weeks straight, setting a record for the band. "I Dare You" was performed on American Idol by Chris Daughtry and was the secondary theme song for the WWE pay-per-view Wrestlemania 22.

The band's third album, The Sound of Madness, was released in June 2008. A deluxe edition was released as well including three extra digital tracks. Their first single, "Devour", was their second No. 1 on the active rock chart. "Devour" was used as the theme song for the WWE pay-per-view Night of Champions 2008, as well as the soundtrack to the 2009 film, The Final Destination.

"Second Chance", the second single off The Sound of Madness, became their first top 10 song on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number 7 on the chart. "Second Chance" has since gone double platinum.

Shinedown re-released their albums, Leave a Whisper and Us and Them as deluxe digital editions in July 2009. Four months later, the band's first digital video album, The Sight of Madness, was released.

Shinedown recorded "Her Name is Alice" for the 2009 movie Alice in Wonderland and "Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom)" for The Expendables.

Shinedown released a deluxe CD/DVD edition of The Sound of Madness, on November 23, 2010. It featured nine bonus songs along with all the music videos filmed for The Sound of Madness, an interview with the band, and five live clips previously available only on iTunes.

The live CD/DVD Somewhere in the Stratosphere was released in May 2011. The album includes footage from the "Carnival of Madness" and "Anything and Everything" tours, as well as backstage footage, and interviews.

In January 2012, the band's new single "Bully" was released and the the new album, Amaryllis, was released in March 2012. Also, the band contributed "I'm Alive" to the Avengers film soundtrack.

A new album from the band is currently in production.