Why You Shouldn't Piss EDDIE VAN HALEN Off

August 27, 2010

The first installment of MTV's "Now I Can Die" video series features singer Brent Smith of the Jacksonville, Florida-based hard rock/post-grunge band SHINEDOWN recounting a funny road story involving legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen. You can watch the clip below.

Even though SHINEDOWN has about 30 tracks in various stages of pre-production for the band's fourth album, Smith told Billboard.com earlier this year that fans shouldn't expect to hear a follow-up to 2008's "The Sound Of Madness" until late 2011. Why the delay? Smith explained it to The Pulse of Radio: "You know, when the record's done, you know, we'll hand it in. But we're really, really meticulous now as a band. 'The Sound Of Madness' took 18 months to make. You know, our second album was something that we rushed into, and we didn't want to do that on 'Sound Of Madness' and we didn't, and I think 'Sound' has been the most successful record in our career to date. So the next record has to not only live up to all the other three records, but it has to surpass them."

"The Sound Of Madness" came out in June 2008 and has sold over one million copies.

The disc has also spawned five singles, with the latest being "The Crow & The Butterfly".

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