Biography
Shinedown stands among music’s most dynamic and influential forces, a multi-platinum ensemble whose boundary-defying creativity has generated more than 8.3 billion streams worldwide, fifteen platinum and gold singles, platinum or gold status for every album, and ten million albums sold globally, all while earning widespread critical praise. Their chart-topping tracks deliver candid, culturally resonant messages that connect deeply with listeners everywhere, the broader rock audience, and society itself.
The band occupies the top spot on Billboard’s Greatest Of All Time Mainstream Rock Artists Chart, having accumulated a record twenty-one number-one hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs Chart. Mediabase likewise recognized them as the foremost rock act ever, honoring their unmatched twenty-three number-one singles along with the highest totals of Top 5 and Top 10 placements in Active Rock Chart history. In the past year “Three Six Five” reached number one at Alternative Radio, entered the Top 10 at both Hot AC and AC, and reached the Top 20 at Top 40, while “Dance, Kid, Dance” and “Killing Fields” also claimed the top position.
Celebrated for their explosive stage energy, raw rock ’n’ roll drive, incisive songwriting, and keen melodic craft, Shinedown has cultivated an intensely loyal worldwide following through relentless touring and major festival appearances, all anchored by the commanding presence of frontman Brent Smith’s vocals. The lineup consists of Brent Smith on vocals, Zach Myers on guitar, Eric Bass on bass and production, and Barry Kerch on drums.
Following an extraordinary twelve months, the group now prepares for 2026 by scaling up to larger venues and redefining the possibilities for contemporary rock bands, with further developments forthcoming.
The band occupies the top spot on Billboard’s Greatest Of All Time Mainstream Rock Artists Chart, having accumulated a record twenty-one number-one hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs Chart. Mediabase likewise recognized them as the foremost rock act ever, honoring their unmatched twenty-three number-one singles along with the highest totals of Top 5 and Top 10 placements in Active Rock Chart history. In the past year “Three Six Five” reached number one at Alternative Radio, entered the Top 10 at both Hot AC and AC, and reached the Top 20 at Top 40, while “Dance, Kid, Dance” and “Killing Fields” also claimed the top position.
Celebrated for their explosive stage energy, raw rock ’n’ roll drive, incisive songwriting, and keen melodic craft, Shinedown has cultivated an intensely loyal worldwide following through relentless touring and major festival appearances, all anchored by the commanding presence of frontman Brent Smith’s vocals. The lineup consists of Brent Smith on vocals, Zach Myers on guitar, Eric Bass on bass and production, and Barry Kerch on drums.
Following an extraordinary twelve months, the group now prepares for 2026 by scaling up to larger venues and redefining the possibilities for contemporary rock bands, with further developments forthcoming.
Albums

EI8HT
2026

Planet Zero
2022

ATTENTION ATTENTION
2018

Threat to Survival
2015

Amaryllis
2012

Somewhere in the Stratosphere
2011

The Sound of Madness
2008

Us and Them
2005

Leave a Whisper
2003
Singles

Outlaw
2026

Safe And Sound
2026

Searchlight
2025

Killing Fields
2025

Three Six Five
2025

Three Six Five / Dance, Kid, Dance
2025

A Symptom Of Being Human
2023

Daylight
2022

The Saints Of Violence And Innuendo
2022

Planet Zero
2022

Atlas Falls
2020

Unity
2019

GET UP
2019

Headcase
2018

THE HUMAN RADIO
2018

DEVIL
2018

How Did You Love
2017

Outcast
2015

State of My Head
2015

Black Cadillac
2015

Cut the Cord
2015

The Studio Album Collection
2013

Bully
2012

The Crow & the Butterfly
2010

If You Only Knew
2009

Second Chance
2009

Sound of Madness
2008

Past Talk
2007

Happy X-Mas
2006

Rolling Stone Original
2006

Burning Bright
2004

Simple Man
2004

Fly from the Inside
2003
Live



