(from loudwire) "Smith grew up in the ‘90s, and he admits that the era’s artists had a major impact on the music he makes in Shinedown."
“I’m very, very lucky,” the singer explained during a recent appearance on the Tuna On Toast with Stryker podcast. “I was a teenager during the ‘90s. And so from like 1991 to 1998, that was like my high school. Probably one of the most incredible times in music.”
“Kurt Cobain. He’s definitely in there,” the singer noted, adding that Alice in Chains’ Layne Staley would also make the cut..... AND WHO IS THE THIRD? SEE BELOW
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