ROCK TALK WITH MITCH LAFON presents Brent Smith & Eric Bass from Shinedown (recorded September 24th 2019). Please note the interview starts at approx. the 16 minute mark of the episode.

During our conversation, Eric and Brent discuss whether or not albums are still relevant, concept albums, is this a singles driven market, Poison's Talk Dirty To Me, writing filler, their latest album Attention Attention, Queenrÿche's Operation:Mindcrime and other classic concept albums, Eric producing the album - is their a risk of it being self-indulgent and do you need 'outside ears', the importance of guitar solos being 'singable', making a video for every song on the album - is their a risk it makes the album impersonal, the mystic of music, their fans have allowed them to be themselves, the older generation being disrespectful to the youth, experiencing music, the band Thunder, Post Malone and much more. Get your MITCH MERCH here: https://loudtrax.com/Mitch Twitter: @mitchlafon

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