You’re kind of pulling it from a place that doesn’t exist.
Sometimes, I feel like that those records might seem a bit fake or made up a little bit. I think that there are dynamics in some records where there’s a lot of symbolism about overcoming certain situations and building yourself back up, and being positive and living a positive life, and trying to look at the good in everyone. Smith: The album is really about not being afraid to fail. It really helped as a springboard to get the creativity started, prior to the writing process.ĭK: What is the storyline of your album? I read that it starts a little darker, and then becomes more positive. But we always knew that we had these other compositions in our back pocket if we needed to go to them. Here’s the video of Shinedown’s new single, “Devil.”īass: Honestly, the way that I approached it, was that we had those pieces in reserve, and I much preferred to sit in a room and come up with something from scratch, because it’s always more organic that way. I think there was one piece of music that we used from those original 22 compositions. The interesting thing about making ATTENTION ATTENTION, when you break it down, we still wrote almost everything from scratch. And it sounded as if it all belonged on the same record, and the ideas and the music were telling a story. Eric ended up writing like 22 pieces of music, and by the time we got into 2017, he started to play me a lot of the material.
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So he took it upon himself to bring his Pro Tools rig out to the venues, and every day he would just go in…he would find a room and set up, and he would write a composition. , Eric didn’t want to drive himself crazy being bored all day, because we were at the end of a cycle per se, and he needed something to do. And once we sat back and looked at that, it sort of became our mission to turn it into a concept record from there.īrent Smith: Back in 2016 we were were on tour, and at the end of the year, we had a big arena tour with another band. We started out as we always do, just putting together songs, and we realized that it started to become this common theme that was running through all of the songs. It kind of became a concept as we were writing. It’s a larger story-each song is its own thing, but it culminates in something much larger.
Is that correct?Įric Bass: It’s probably the closest thing to a concept record that we’ll ever do. They discuss their new album, their songwriting, and the videos they’ll be filming for each song on the album.ĭK: I read that your new album, ATTENTION ATTENTION, is a concept album. We are pleased to do this new Q&A interview with Brent Smith and Eric Bass of Shinedown. The band has also released many singles that have reached Top 10 on the pop and/or rock charts: “Second Chance” (2008) “If You Only Knew” (2009) “The Crow & the Butterfly” (2010) “Bully” (2012) “Unity” (2012) “Cut The Cord” (2015) and “Devil” (2018). Here’s a brief rundown of Shinedown’s album releases (all on Atlantic Records): Leave a Whisper (2003) Us and Them (2005) The Sound of Madness (2008) Amaryllis (2012) Threat to Survival (2015) and ATTENTION ATTENTION (2018). Bass is also the producer of the new album. Another key songwriting contributor is Eric Bass, who’s been with the band since 2008. He is the group’s frontman and main songwriter, and he writes most of the lyrics. Originally from Jacksonville, Florida, Shinedown was formed in 2001 by Brent Smith. Shinedown has already released videos of two songs: “Devil” (the first single) and “The Human Radio.” Notably, the band is planning to make videos of every song on the album, to tell the album’s story visually. This is an ambitious album that has a storyline running through all the songs. Shinedown, which consists of Brent Smith (lead vocals), Eric Bass (bass), Zach Myers (lead guitar) and Barry Kerch (drums), is set to release its new album called ATTENTION ATTENTION, on May 4. Impressively, all five of their previous albums have been certified either platinum or gold, with their 2008 album The Sound of Madness, reaching double platinum. Since releasing their debut album on Atlantic Records in 2003, hard-rock band Shinedown has steadily built a worldwide following with millions of dedicated fans. Shinedown (pictured l-r): Zach Myers, Eric Bass, Brent Smith, and Barry Kerch.
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