The relationship between a band and its audience is always an intricate, symbiotic thing. But our biggest thing is that we only have one boss in Shinedown and that happens to be everybody in the audience.” We listen to a lot of different music, inspired by a lot of different genres. “We’re rock ‘n’ roll to the bone but we’re very much-our palate is pretty vast. “We’re constantly evolving from a musical standpoint,” he says. Why? Because he knows his audience-massive as it is-will always be changing, too. If one chooses to stay stagnant, the world will pass them by. “If you stay in the same systematic ideology or just do the same thing over and over and over again-what’s the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over again and expecting a different outcome?” “You’ve got to get uncomfortable,” Smith tells American Songwriter. 26) and portends a new album of the same name, slated for April 22. And this has perhaps never been more evident than on the band’s latest single, “ Planet Zero,” which is out today (Jan. The music grabs and shakes as much as it provokes the brain. These philosophies and vantage points show up in Shinedown’s songs. Sometimes to know the truth about something requires one to be uncomfortable. Honesty is not about consistency or regularity. What he also knows is how tricky it can seem to be honest, both with oneself and with others. But it can also seem that the more one looks around, the more dishonesty or diversion seems to proliferate the ether. That idea may seem obvious on the face of it. For Brent Smith, frontman of the acclaimed Jacksonville, Florida-based rock group Shinedown, honesty is always the best policy.

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