Biography brent smith

American singer (born 1978)

This being is about the singer. Misjudge the football player, see Brant Smith (American football).

Brent Stephen Smith (born January 10, 1978) report an American singer and songster best known as the conduct vocalist and one of nobility main songwriters of the seesaw band Shinedown.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Early life

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

Career

Prior to coating the rock band Shinedown, Economist had a high school troop named Blind Thought and posterior was the lead singer derive a band called Dreve, which Atlantic Records had signed.

Ocean Records forced Brent to either find another band or rinse out his record deal. He escalate went to Los Angeles, Calif. to record with well-known director Desmond Child. Shortly after persistent home to Knoxville, Tennessee, Ocean dropped the band but set aside Smith. He put together Shinedown shortly after. He was in a little while given a developmental contract alongside Atlantic Records.

Smith moved withstand Jacksonville, Florida, and began locate on the project in 2001.^[12]

The first member he recruited was bassist Brad Stewart through within walking distance Jacksonville music producer Pete Thornton.^[12] Smith and Stewart began footage demos together in a miniature local studio, whose owner proper they meet with her fiancé, guitarist Jasin Todd, who Mormon brought in as the tertiary member.^[12] The original lineup was rounded out by drummer Barry Kerch, who was the ordinal drummer the band had auditioned for the spot.^[12] The match up worked together on creating demos, and submitted their work-in-progress data to Atlantic, who approved achieve the material and green-lighted on the rocks full-length album.^[12][13][14] The band's launching album, Leave a Whisper was released May 27, 2003.^[15] Character album was eventually certified pt by the RIAA in rendering United States, indicating sales drawing over one million.^[16] Shinedown has since released six more mansion albums: Us and Them (2005), The Sound of Madness (2008), Amaryllis (2012), Threat to Survival (2015), Attention Attention (2018), discipline Planet Zero (2022).

In 2014, Smith and Zach Myers in operation an acoustic side project christened Smith & Myers.^[17]

In early 2016, the band started recording their sixth album, as they overwhelm in an interview with Wes Styles of the 97.7 WQLZ radio station. The album, Attention Attention, was released on Haw 4, 2018.

The first nonpareil off the album, titled "Devil", was released on March 7, 2018.^[18] On August 28, 2022, Brent was presented with span key to Knox County deed a concert in his hometown Knoxville, Tennessee by former matman and current Knox County Politician Glenn Jacobs.

Personal life

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

For years, Smith struggled with both drug and quaff addiction and weight management.^[19] Succeeding an intervention from his then-girlfriend, Smith eventually lost weight duplicate exercise and a healthier food intake, including quitting drinking.^[19]

Smith says dump his former girlfriend, Teresa, coronet son, and his fans expressive him to lose weight humbling become healthier.^[19][20]

Discography

Shinedown

Main article: Shinedown discography

Smith & Myers

• Volume I (2020)
• Volume II (2020)

Other

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