Brent smith autobiography

American singer (born 1978)

This article is about the singer. For the football player, see Brent Smith (American football).

Brent Stephen Smith (born January 10, 1978) is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and one of the main songwriters of the rock band Shinedown.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Early life

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

Career

Prior to fronting the rock band Shinedown, Smith had a high school band named Blind Thought and later was the lead singer in a band called Dreve, which Atlantic Records had signed.

Atlantic Records forced Brent to either find another band or lose his record deal.

Brent smith autobiography

He then went to Los Angeles, California to record with well-known producer Desmond Child. Shortly after returning home to Knoxville, Tennessee, Atlantic dropped the band but retained Smith. He put together Shinedown shortly after.

He was soon given a