Shinedown

A "Southern Rock" band from Jacksonville, FL. Heavily influenced by Otis Redding, Led Zeppelin and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Those influences are heavily reflected in their music, as they have re-recorded Lynyrd Skynyrds' "Simple Man". Shinedown is made up of: Brent Smith(vocals), Jasin Todd(guitar), Barry Kerch(drums) and Brad Stewart(bass).

First brought to the world with their debut album "Leave a whisper", they toured on that album for 2 years. In October of '05 they released their 2nd album entitled "Us and Them".

While conventional wisdom dictates that you have your whole life to write your first album and just weeks to write the second, Smith begs to differ. "I had more to talk about on the second record than I did on the first record," he notes. And though they were written back at home, Smith says many of the new songs were inspired by Shinedown's travels – whether ruminations about his own state of being or reflections about the people and stories he encountered on the road.

"I wanted to talk about what I saw," Smith explains. "There are so many songs about fans and the people I talked to, and their lives and their relationships. They're just the most incredible people in the world, but they have so many serious, serious problems to deal with. I wanted to talk about those things. In a way, I feel like I took what they couldn't talk about and hopefully I wrote down what they felt. So when the album comes out and they hear the songs, they'll be able to look at themselves and say, 'He said everything that I wanted to say.' "

That, he adds, is why Shinedown decided to call the album “US AND THEM.” "It's a dedication to our fans," Smith says, "a thank-you to them for the support, for everything they've given us, and for being there from day one. It's US AND THEM."
(taken from their bio located at www.myspace.com/shinedown)

by Shinedizzle October 6, 2005

sine

1. A mathematical function.
sin 30 = 0.5
sin 45 = Sqrt 0.5
sin 60 = Sqrt 0.75

1. Find the sine of pi in radians

by jiexi December 8, 2003

shiner

a bruise near the eye

My dad had a shiner from the basketball that hit his face.

by The Return of Light Joker September 28, 2011

Ghetto shine

When something old is restored/renewed. Example: an old car

TJ just polished up his 1986 suburban. It almost looks brand new now because it got that ghetto shine

by Habanero907 June 16, 2015

shinedown

A kickass band with lyrics that actually mean something, unlike most of the tripe out there.

Shinedown - 45 is my favorite song.

by Vincent Metzler September 21, 2004

Sinead

a girl who lives on a Ranch in the sandpit. Has a lot of friends who adore her. Spends most of her time at the Irish Village. A superstitious girl who doesn't like birthdays to fall on odd days of the year. A loyalty member of the brunch association and Fibbers Bar. On occasion likes to dress up and play an old hag. Has hit Rock Bottom more than most.

A girl who deserves every happiness in the world.

"everyone should have a friend like Sinead"

by Honkers ;-) May 23, 2013

Swinette

a musical instrument - 3 hairs stretched across a pigs ass, which is plucked with the teeth.

Usually used when someone is asking too many questions and being really annoying

"Why dont you go somewhere and play your swinette"

which almost always leads to:

"Whats a Swinette"

"Its 3 hairs stretched across a pigs ass, and you pluck it with your teeth".

In other words....go away......

by Fish2062 September 11, 2010