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Interview – Eric Bass of Shinedown

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Fortunate, fame, and glory are nice, but what matters most is that you are doing what you love. Without fulfillment of what is deeply embedded in your soul, all the money and riches in the world mean absolutely nothing.  This a bold statement, but very ... Read More
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Eric Bass – I Had A Name (Album Review)

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Here is a mind-boggling statistic: Shinedown holds the record for the most number-one hits on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart. A truly outstanding accomplishment, the band’s story is one of persistence, defying the odds, and undying passion. A band commonly associated with the dynamic, powerful ... Read More

Shinedown – Planet Zero (Album Review)

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Back in 2018, Shinedown tried to warn us of the dire societal path we were headed on with the bold album ATTENTION ATTENTION. Now, four years later, the shadow cast over us is ever larger, thus inspiring Shinedown’s latest observational work, Planet Zero.  Marking Shinedown’s seventh overall ... Read More

Shinedown – ATTENTION ATTENTION (Album Review)

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Known for their powerful and often uplifting songs, Shinedown will release their new studio album, ATTENTION ATTENTION, on Friday, May 4, 2018, via their longtime label, Atlantic Records. Right on schedule, coming three years following the success of 2015’s Threat to Survival, it would be easy for Shinedown ... Read More