Shinedown Treat Us To Their Sound Of Madness

27 February 2009

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Shinedown are my new favourite band, and their new album The Sound Of Madness in completely mind-blowing and on constant repeat in my CD player; so it was a total honour when I got to chat to the incredible drummer, Barry Kerch to find out about the inner workings of this fantastic band.

Hey Barry, how are things going in your lovely Shinedown world?

My lovely world is amazing, I hope yours is as well.  The band is doing great, healthy, and happy.  Thanks for asking.  

To anyone who hasn’t heard of you yet, how would you describe your sound?

It is just straight up Rock and Roll.  Big vocals, heavy guitars, and loud drums.  The way rock and roll should be.  

Tell us a bit about the inspiration behind your foxy new record…The Sound Of Madness (we love it!)

Foxy?  Awesome, that is the new definition of our sound.  I want to change my answer from above.  I would now describe our sound as 'FOXY'.  The inspiration for the record was our everyday life and how we see it.  It is an autobiographical reflection of what we have gone through over the past 4 or 5 years.  

I love the transition between heavy rock and epic anthems on the album, what process do you go through when working on an album?

Thank you.  When working on an album you just try your best to write great songs, and then you put them in an order for the album that seems to make sense.  We strive to take our listeners on a journey.  There seems to be a trend of bands that just write one or two songs that are made to be a single, but they don't focus on writing an album that you can listen to front to back.  We like the old school mentality of the latter.  

If you were going to give us just one song of yours to listen to so that you would become our new favourite singer, what would it be?

Seeing as how I am the drummer I am going to have to pick for Brent, but one off of the Sound of Madness that I think truly captures his voice is Call Me.  I remember being next to him in the studio while he sang that song and it gave me chills and brought tears to my eyes.   He is absolutely amazing.  I am really humbled by his gift.  

If you could cover another musician’s song, what would it be?

Well we did a cover of Simple Man on our first record, but I would really like to do an Otis Redding cover.  Otis Redding is how Brent learned to sing.  I think it would be great to hear him do one of his songs like 'Love Man' or 'Dock of the Bay'.  

And can you sum up your band in just five words?

Maybe.  Let’s try......   Honest, Humble, Driven, and Kick Ass. 

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