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[Merica]

Apologies for taking over the thread creating duties here, but I found something I deem thread worthy. The following is an interview conducted by Matt Berical for WWE Magazine, with Brent Smith of Shinedown.

Meet Shinedown’s lead singer, Brent Smith, the gritty voice behind “Devour,” this year’s Night of Champions theme song.

So, you’re a big WWE fan?
Oh yeah. I grew up watching wrestling. I started tuning in back in the days of Jake the Snake, Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan. I loved watching all the Superstars, although my favorite has to be Ultimate Warrior. And, of course, when Undertaker came on the scene, I was all about him.

What’s your favorite WWE memory?
I know everyone says this, but it has to be watching Hogan bodyslam Andre the Giant at WrestleMania III. My dad ordered the pay-per-view and let me watch it with him, which was a big deal. As a kid, that match was the one I always remembered.

Your song “Devour” will be the theme for Night of Champions. Psyched?
Man, it’s awesome. WWE has a big pulse, so it needs music that has a heartbeat – intense and aggressive. The fact that our music was chosen means it’s got all these qualities, which is exactly what we’re going for.

What can your fans expect from your new album, The Sound of Madness?
It sounds like nothing we’ve ever done before, and it’s the most aggressive and biggest sounding record we’ve done. Sonically, I wanted to push the envelope as far as we could. Basically, what I told our producers was, “When I’m dead and gone, I want people to remember that this was an album that needed to be made, that the world said it needed to be done.” And I think that it is.

If WWE signed you to a $1 million wrestling contract, what would your name be?
I’d be The Reverend, not because I’m religious, but because everyone calls me that when I’m performing. I always make sure the crowd walks out of the arena feeling motivated and positive. So I’d have to wear the spandex version of what a Reverend wears.

And your finisher?
Oh dang, I think I’d have to go with the Holy Ghost Piledriver!

Album Review
Shinedown
The Sound Of Madness
(Atlantic)
Shinedown’s third album, The Sound Of Madness, is a big, brash, chest-thumping rock throwdown that, at its best, approximates what Guns N’ Roses or Metallica might’ve sounded like had they never grown old and sad. Guitars thrash and stomp through the title track and the snarling “Sin With A Grin,” while “Devour” and “The Crow & The Butterfly” channel Use Your Illusion-era GNR in all their unapologetic grandeur. The power ballads, particularly “What A Shame,” veer disappointingly toward the Nickelback end of the spectrum, and “Call Me” suggests a dangerous admiration for those pretentious a-holes Live, but the low moments are relatively fleeting, redeemed soon enough by a ferocious riff, the crash of drums or frontman Brent Smith’s howl.

Guest Music Editor Shannon Moore says:
“I’ve only listened to Shinedown a bit, but I really like what I’ve heard. When they covered Skynyrd’s ‘Simple Man’ a few years ago, I thought they got it right on.”

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Pretentious a-holes!?!? I was totally shocked to see Live mentioned at all really, but wow, what a prick that interviewer is.

And, incidently, the song they say is a bit too much like Live is actually a fucking good tune.

This post has been edited by Merica: Jun 15 2008, 11:21 am

[ShadowStormEK]

Apologies for taking over the thread creating duties here, but I found something I deem thread worthy. The following is an interview conducted by Matt Berical for WWE Magazine, with Brent Smith of Shinedown.
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Pretentious a-holes!?!? I was totally shocked to see Live mentioned at all really, but wow, what a prick that interviewer is.

And, incidently, the song they say is a bit too much like Live is actually a fucking good tune.

I think the interviewer is a pretentious a-hole myself.

[Pokey]

Apologies for taking over the thread creating duties here, but I found something I deem thread worthy. The following is an interview conducted by Matt Berical for WWE Magazine, with Brent Smith of Shinedown.
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Pretentious a-holes!?!? I was totally shocked to see Live mentioned at all really, but wow, what a prick that interviewer is.

And, incidently, the song they say is a bit too much like Live is actually a fucking good tune.

What's the interviewer got to do with it? Wasn't it the guy being interviewed that said it..

[Merica]

What's the interviewer got to do with it? Wasn't it the guy being interviewed that said it..

No, the guy being interviewed was Brent Smith - the lead singer of Shinedown. The dig at Live is featured in the review of Shinedown's new album, which I assume was written by the interviewer, because Brent wouldn't review his own album.

This post has been edited by Merica: Jun 15 2008, 12:05 pm

[Pokey]

Ah .. the way it read was that the interviewer was asking this Brent guy to give a run down on the new album.

Either way, who cares? There's gonna be plenty of people out there that don't like Live, if they have something negative to say then that's their opinion, or perhaps they're basing it on something none of us know about, some sort of personal altercation. the reference in question doesn't even form an entire sentence.

[Merica]

Ah .. the way it read was that the interviewer was asking this Brent guy to give a run down on the new album.

Either way, who cares? There's gonna be plenty of people out there that don't like Live, if they have something negative to say then that's their opinion, or perhaps they're basing it on something none of us know about, some sort of personal altercation. the reference in question doesn't even form an entire sentence.

I'm sure there are plenty of people who don't like LIVE, but you'd expect a reviewer to be a bit more, well, mature really. Unless, as you say, there's an unkown reason behind it. Also, I never said it was a sentence long reference! This is probably bigger news to me because it ties my top two bands ever ever ever ever together somehow, which I find pretty cool.

[SJN1279]

I'm sure there are plenty of people who don't like LIVE, but you'd expect a reviewer to be a bit more, well, mature really. Unless, as you say, there's an unkown reason behind it. Also, I never said it was a sentence long reference! This is probably bigger news to me because it ties my top two bands ever ever ever ever together somehow, which I find pretty cool.

Shannon Moore used to do that boy band gimic in WCW. He's also known to be a pretentious asshole himself backstage in wrestling circles. Maturity would not be expected by any review of his. I do what to hear the ShineDown song "Call Me" just to see if it compares to Live in anyway now.

[Merica]

Shannon Moore used to do that boy band gimic in WCW. He's also known to be a pretentious asshole himself backstage in wrestling circles. Maturity would not be expected by any review of his. I do what to hear the ShineDown song "Call Me" just to see if it compares to Live in anyway now.

I don't think Shannon Moor did the review, just that little snippet at the end. And here's a youtube video of most of Call Me. I personally think it's a cracking composition, and Brent is a damn fine singer, one of the best in the industry today.