Shinedown respond to Bring Me The Horizon, say rock's doing well

Shinedown drummer Barry Kerch has responded to a comment from Bring Me The Horizon about rock music.

He disagrees with the band’s remarks about the state of the genre. He thinks it’s doing well, thank you very much, and the problem is in the details.

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A few months ago, Bring Me The Horizon’s Jordan Fish shared some thoughts on how rock music is doing during an interview. The musician said he believes  rock bands should step up their songwriting game if they want to do better on streaming platforms.

According Fish, rock music is having a hard time on streaming “because it’s bad, generally”.

“The people who are writing the songs aren’t good enough songwriters,” the keyboardist offered.

“In my opinion, it’s mostly shite,” he continues, explaining he doesn’t think most people writing rock songs are good writers. “I don’t love the music on Hot Hits UK but they are well-written songs and that’s something a lot of rock bands don’t appreciate. The craft of writing good songs is hard.”

Now, the Shinedown drummer is adding his thoughts to the conversation. In an interview with Finland’s Kaaos TV (per Blabbermouth), Kerch disagreed with Fish in some points.

“I think rock ‘n’ roll, as a whole, is doing well,” he said. “I think a lot of times it gets branded into such smaller genres—this is ‘active rock,’ this is ‘alternative,’ this is ‘mainstream.'”

“That’s all rock and roll, and all of that is doing well, but if you break it down into little things, sometimes it looks like it might not be doing well,” he continues.  “I agree with him that songwriting is the key. There’s been a lot of people that aren’t writing good songs because they’re just putting stuff out there.”

Bring Me The Horizon’s 2019

BMTH’s forthcoming album amo, comes out tomorrow (Jan. 25) via Sony/RCA Records. Earlier today, they shared “nihilist blues” featuring Grimes. The band had also previously released “mother tongue,” “medicine,” “wonderful life” (featuring Dani Filth) and the lead single, “MANTRA.”

The band recently kicked off the North American leg of their First Love world tour, with support from Thrice and the Fever 333.

Plus, the band are set to play the inaugural Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival with System Of A Down, Foo Fighters, Disturbed and Bring Me The Horizon. The festival will span over the course of three days, May 17 to May 19, 2019, and it is slated to be held at Mapfre Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.

Check out the rest of Bring Me The Horizon’s tour dates below!

North American dates (with Thrice and the Fever 333):

01/25/19 – Orlando, FL @ CFE Arena
01/26/19 – Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
01/28/19 – Fairfax, VA @ Eaglebank Arena
01/29/19 – Manhattan, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom

02/01/19 – Boston, MA @ Tsongas Center
02/02/19 – Montreal, QC @ Place Bell
02/04/19 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit
02/05/19 – Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
02/06/19 – Minneapolis, MN @ Armory
02/08/19 – Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom
02/09/19 – Houston, TX @ Revention Music Center
02/11/19 – Denver, CO @ The Fillmore Auditorium
02/13/19 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
02/15/19 – Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre
02/16/19 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint

Australian tour dates

04/10/19 – Brisbane, Australia @ Entertainment Centre
04/12/19 – Sydney, Australia @ Qudos Bank Arena
04/13/19 – Melbourne, Australia @ Rod Laver Arena

Shinedown on tour

Shinedown are headlining the second annual INKCARCERATION festival this summer. The festival is returning to the famously haunted Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. It will be held July 12-14, with bands performing on two outdoor stages, gourmet food trucks and reformatory tours.

Plus, the band are going on two tours in North America. They will go out on the road with support from Papa Roach in February and March for the Attention Attention tour. Plus, they will head on a special run in May. Titled An Evening with Shinedown, it will offer fans an “exclusive, up-close-and-personal live experience” with the band.

Check out all the dates and cities below.

Attention Attention Tour dates

02/20 – Estero, FL @ Hertz Arena (formerly the Germain Arena)
02/23 – Knoxville, TN @ Knoxville Civic Auditorium & Coliseum
02/24 – Huntington, WV @ Big Sandy Superstore Arena
02/26 – Dayton, OH @ Wright State University Nutter Center
02/28 – Baltimore, MD @ UMBC Fieldhouse

03/01 – Hershey, PA @ Giant Center
03/02 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
03/05 – Youngstown, OH @ Covelli Centre
03/07 – Ft. Wayne, IN @ Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
03/08 – Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum
03/09 – Green Bay, WI @ Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena (on-sale at noon local
Oct. 5)
03/11 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center (on-sale at noon local Oct. 5)
03/12 – Fargo, ND @ FargoDome
03/15 – Lincoln, NE @ Pinnacle Bank Arena
03/16 – Cedar Rapids, IA @ U.S. Cellular Center
03/17 – St. Louis @ Chaifetz Arena (on-sale at 10 a.m. local Oct. 12)
03/19 – Wichita, KS @ INTRUST Bank Arena
03/20 – Loveland, CO @ Budweiser Events Center

Intimate show dates

05/06 – New Orleans, LA @ The Fillmore #
05/07 – Atlanta, GA @ Coca Cola Roxy Theatre #
05/08 – Atlanta, GA @ Coca Cola Roxy Theatre #
05/10 – Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues #
05/11 – Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues #
05/13 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium #
05/14 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium #
05/21 – Madison, WI @ The Sylvee
05/22 – Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theatre#

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