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(bass), Jasin Todd (guitar), and Barry Kerch (drums). Their debut album, Leave a Whisper, was released in 2003 to a warm critical response, yielding the hit singles, "Fly from the Inside" and the emotionally-charged, MTV-banned "45". The band supported the album with relentless touring throughout 2004, at one point opening for Van Halen. In October 2005, Leave a Whisper was certified platinum. In the same month, Shinedown came out with their sophomore album, Us and Them, which yielded three singles; "Save Me", "I Dare You", and "Heroes". The lead single, "Save Me", maintained the #1 position of the Active Rock Charts for twelve weeks straight, setting a record for the band. The two other singles had similar success - "I Dare You" was notably performed on American Idol by Chris Daughtry. Us and Them was certified gold in November 2006. A new single, Devour, was dropped in September 2007, and became the group's second #1 on the Active Rock Charts. It was followed by the album, The Sound of Madness. "We want to do a huge hard rock record that has a lot of crossover potential, but also some of the most insanely intense and heavy material that this band has ever tried - and see if we can pull it off," said vocalist Smith of the album. Judging from the response to the album, many fans think they have.