Wrote 1st Song at age 15 in MATH Class…It Became a Global #1 Rock hit | Professor Of Rock
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- COMING UP… one of the coolest stories you’ll ever hear about a #1 song… First of all the singer Brad Arnold wrote it when he was 15 in math class in about 10 minutes. Then he begged his local radio station to play it and then it was the most requested song on the station for months… then a few months later they were playing next to the giants of rocks… The story of Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down is so unbelievable you’ll think they made it up! The song went #1 on 3 different charts. Next this band tells the amazing story and I’ll tell you if you aren’t a fan You will be after this interview. Two of the nicest guys in all of music. Here’s the story of song that has sold 5 million copies and been streamed over a billion times!
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Hey music junkies Professor of Rock alway here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest songs of all time . If you love the music of the rock and roll era, YOu’ll love this channel where we get the stories of the song directly from the artists who created them. Subscribe below right now to be a part of our daily honor roll of this time. and look click on our patreon link in the description to see our brand new show there.
I’m excited to bring you another episode from our series Revelations- where featured artists go deep on their greatest songs and albums Insight you won’t find anywhere else. Coming up some buddies formed a band at 16 and within a few years they were one of the biggest rock bands on the planet and their biggest hit ever was written by the lead singer in math class in about 10 minutes… Love this band or leave them they are as nice of guys in this industry as one will ever find with a truly remarkable story. Next in an exclusive interview singer Brad Arnold and guitarist Matt Roberts of 3 doors down give us the blow by blow of creating kryptonite, a song that hit #1 on 3 different charts and sold 5million copies. I’ll let them tell you the story it’s really cool. As
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Thanks for watching Leave us a comment about Thee doors down and Kryptonite wasn’t that an amazing story. What are your thoughts on the song and your memories from hearing if for the first time. what are your memories of it? What other post 90s song should we cover here. Let us know in the comments. If you like our videos we invite your subscribe below to be a part of our community, content and get insider access join us on patreon, click the link in the description Help us keep the music alive, until next time.
Poll: What is your pick for the greatest post 1994 rock song?
Drops Of Jupiter-Train.(2000) A song written by Pat Monahan when his mother passed away.
Man, can't decide the best, maybe one of those:
Flood- Jars of Clay
Gotta Get Away- Offspring
Kryptonite -.3 Doors Down
The World I Know - Collective Soul
Home - 3 Days Grace
The Way - Fastball
Big fan of Everlong but there are SO many!
Hold My Hand - Hootie
Long December
@@catherine6653 love that as well, but had to leave something out
My Dad was aging when I first happened to see this video. He lifted weights til nearly the end, taking great care in his health and appearance. He fought a long bearded biker in my defence and honour when he was in his late 50’s. My literal Superman, then, and throughout all of my life. When I saw this video, the character WAS my father. Always caring for the underdog, he would stand up for them. Even in his 80’s. Long passed now, tears still flow when I hear Kryptonite. I am proud to say I became HIS Superman. Caring for him until the end. This one’s for you Daddy. Forever. 💙
Such a strong man!
God bless. 🙏
He sounds like an amazing man. You were blessed
Legend!
I was lucky enough enough to have a father like that. Also to take care of him in his old age. He passed away in 2007 at the age of 84. RIP to all the great fathers.
These guys played a concert for the troops at the Navy Base in Bahrain. There were maybe 300-400 people and they played a bunch of songs, took requests, and hung out with us after they were done. Also had a huge box full of T-shirts they gave away... free. Great dudes.
If this was the same time they filmed the video on the George Washington.....I was there as well.
What I like about 3 Doors Down is that they truly let the music take the wheel. They're not image-driven or self-centered. They're just a straight-up, simple, to-the-point rock band; the first of it's kind since .38 Special, I'd say.
Truth. I just miss that type of talent. Being your genuine self.
Such a great song. And Brad is such a great guy. My son was in the Army in Sadr City 15 years ago. My son somehow got in touch with Brad and they had communications for a short time. My son was in a combat unit and it meant so much to him to have someone like Brad take time to talk it up with him. I will forever be a fan. Some great guys.
Such a kind dude.
This song is just awesome. After close to 15 years as a cop before I resigned, this song pulled me through the worst parts. Everyone expected you to be a superman, but there are times when the world just turns its back on you, and when you backle under the pressure, it is as if everyone looks down on you in disappointment. This song will always be that corner stone to lean on. Awesome channel love it.
Thanks for doing a thankless job for as long as you did.
I am blown away by these guys. I'm going to say that Kryptonite is the only song I can name from these guys. Awesome to see these guys just being normal guys, still in awe of what they have accomplished. I love how he looks whoever is talking straight in the eye and respectfully let's them finish talking before giving insight or an answer. Other "celebrities" could definitely take some etiquette classes from them. Now at 50 I am going to dig a bit more into 3 Door Down, their country boy charm makes me want to hear the deep tracks. GREAT INTERVIEW
Here without was a much bigger and better song. He wrote as a dedication to his wife. It's about what he thinks about his wife while away touring on the road .
I'm old. So, I wasn't tuned into radio at all at the time this song came out. However, this pierced my shield of disdain for all things commercial. I really grooved to it. Now, I'm proud of myself. I had no idea this song wasn't a manufactured band and popular due to a manufactured hype pushed by the corporate tools. Refreshing. I love history. You will never understand anything unless you understand context. You will understand nothing unless you understand history.
Great take Robin.
Amen 🎶
Very well said! …… oh, I’m old too!
I'm old too, but I still have my ear out for new music that's good. I hate sounding like an old fart, but the new music on the charts today rarely moves me. I do still find good new music, it just isn't found in the top 40 these days.
"Kryptonite" certainly caught my attention when it came out, even though 2000 was a particularly rough time; my mom died and I was working 2 jobs and getting my house ready to sell so I could move 1500 miles away before my stalker got out of prison in 2001.
Driving to work was the only time I got to enjoy listening to music, and this always caused me to crank the volume to feel that awesome drum beat.
Like the songwriter, I was the youngest kid in my family and my two sisters were old enough to be my moms. One sister went off to college when I was five and she put all her Beatles 45s in the trash, and I quickly retrieved them. I had a turntable/speakers in a suitcase box that I played children's records on, but those Beatle records found a new home there. I also got my older brother's 45s when he got tired of them. When I was 10, I bought my first record with my lunch allowance, a song I loved so much I skipped lunch at school to save money to buy the single. It was Don McLean's "American Pie".
When I was 11, my big Christmas gift was a Montgomery Ward stereo component system, it was AM/FM, played 8-tracks, and had a separate Garrard turntable and some decent speakers. I was so happy, I cried! Both of my parents loved music, and dad was a radio/microwave engineer. He also gave me a set of headphones that were professional quality, huge heavy things that gave me my own private world to enjoy music. I had to lie down to listen to those things, so heavy my neck hurt otherwise!
I got my first job at 15, and almost all my earnings went to buying records.
This is why I love this channel so much, and feel kinship with Adam, The Professor. Like him, music has always been a huge part of my life, and always will be until I die.
If I have a funeral, I want to go out to this Harry Nilsson song! 😁
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Ditto
I met the band at the New York State fair and I had photos with all of them. And they signed my CDs. They are a fantastic band and they love their fans
My very first concert experience was when Three Doors Down opened for Creed. Hearing that song performed live was PHENOMENAL! I had no idea they were opening for Creed but wished I could have heard more from them. And now, to know how incredibly personable these guys are is just the icing on the Kryptonite cake! 🎶
Thanks for sharing.
I would've loved to have been there!
Damn social anxiety, and not digging big crowds, lol!😂😂💖😘👍
@@badkitty4922 I was a super shy teenager just coming out of my shell…it was totally worth it! 🤗
Such cool dudes.
That is an awesome first show
What humble dudes. Great interview!
Thanks!
Thank you for doing this video. 3 Doors Down is a pretty awesome band. The guys are truly the nicest and salt of the earth dudes period. To witness that along with great humility is so refreshing. Just some good ol' boys that didn't change themselves but changed the world.
It's true. They stuck to their guns.
@@ProfessorofRock Amen brother. It seems like they would sit down and treat just about anyone with some awesome southern hospitality. Seriously, thank you for doing that interview and sharing it. It put a warmth in my heart as I am getting over the flu.
Just guys with a heart of gold.
@@joebarrett2746 I can assure you that Mississippi, as the Hospitality State, is very much like that and that the people of Mississippi are very proud of Three Doors Down, what they achieved, and how they are still great guys. We couldn't have asked for a better band to represent our state.
@@Lunzatis_Palemoon The thing is, I had no CLUE they're from Mississippi, or that they were so young starting out! I just remember this song being popular when I was like nine. I enjoyed the song, liked the sound, but was very much a country music kid at the time (at least after I cleared my ears of Brittany Spears and the like). Anyway I never got into them but this was really neat to see! I did NOT expect that thick Mississippi accent, LOL!
I was a DJ at the local skating rink in the late 90's, and early 2000's and this was one of our most requested songs. I wasn't a fan of most of the songs coming out about them, but this was one song that I really liked. It's nice to hear the back story on it and makes me appreciate it even more.
So awesome!!! & Very cool!!!😎👍
I bought my first "3 Doors Down" CD in Camp Victory, Baghdad in 2004. It became my soundtrack of Iraq blaring on the stereo while driving not knowing if we were going to be ambushed or be dodging IEDs that day. 3 Doors Down will be in my memories of Iraq till the day I die. Thank you!
I love seeing interviews with bands I like, and finding out they're really nice guys. Makes me love their music even more.
Same here! These guys are awesome
Me too! Humble thankful and with grace
I'm a 54Yr old Mom who found this song and the band through my kids' playlist, I only listened to classic rock and didn't think there was any good music being made but when I heard this song I started listening to them and the other bands my sons were listing to and found a wealth of ridiculously good music I had been missing out on!!!
The thing you hear always from anyone who interviews 3 Doors Down is how genuinely nice they are. Great talent, great interview.
I remember that as a mobile DJ, everyone just called this song “Superman”. At first I didn’t know what they were asking for. I learned very quickly.
I'm from the 60's and it wasn't just the music, it was the era, some bands would come along and rejuvenate rockandroll, these guys being one of them, a few great songs, infectious. Thanks for keeping the music alive, while I'm still alive.
Thanks John!
Loved those throwback bands!
ive always loved this band, and after seeing this interview im amazed how down to earth these guys are... love them!
I always liked the song Kryptonite, but there are many other songs from 3 Doors Down, that I like even more. I didn’t know much about the band before, but I always got the impression that Brad was one of the good guys in rock your interview with them not only affirmed that, but he seems even more relatable than I would’ve pictured him. Great interview. I really enjoyed listening to the story of how everything fell into place for them.
Love 'Kryptonite.' But with being down range in 2002, 'When I'm Gone,' and 'Here Without You,' are etched in my head forever.
Same
This is my favourite track from the early 2000's. It's amazing how Brad wrote the lyrics when he was 15, and is the second Superman song of 2000, after "It's not Easy" by Five for Fighting. "
Five for Fighting lead singer is an awesome guy too.
And Superman's Dead by Our Lady Peace
@@anthonymitchellcomedian That one came out in the 1990s though- I remember that because I got that Our Lady Peace album by a Colombia House deal😉
It's Not Easy is a beautiful song. John Ondresik is a good piano player. 🎹
Also "Superman's Song" by The Crash Test Dummies from 1991.
"Clark Kent, now there was a real gent
He would not be caught sittin' around in no jungle scape
Dumb as an ape, doin' nothing"
I LOVE that song!
I remember this song playing many moons ago, soldiers coming back from half a world away.
This is a real trip down memory lane. There wasn't much new rock music that I liked at that time. I always like this song - it's hard not to - but I knew nothing about the band. This was a great interview. They seem like great guys that would be fun to hang out with.
What a lovely interview, such charming humble young people. Always delighted to see folks from this area doing well. I feel sure my sister saw them live several times, she loved going to the shows
They put on such an amazing high energy show! I also love how they’ve always been so supportive of our military.
I can truly say I had never heard this song till after 911, because I never cared for a lot of the music after grunge started. But I saw the video honoring our Military with this song. After that it became one of my favorite songs. Also to listen to more of their songs.
Great show! Great guys! Love, Love Kryptonite ❤️❤️. I can't believe it's old enough to be considered classic rock. Love 3 Doors Down. ❤️❤️
These guys look more like hockey fans than rock stars. Very down to earth humble dude with no evidence of hubris. Very refreshing to see.
I saw these guys on the first tour with Sevendust and Creed. I saw them again on their own at a local club. I must have seen them a handful of times with as popular as that debut album was. Without this interview I wouldn't be able to tell that they weren't doing everything right all along. I really dug the down to earth aesthetic of the band, with jeans and t-shirt style. I can relate most to bands like that, which is why I've always been a Sevendust and Creed fan as well. They weren't so far removed from the audience. Not every rock band has to be flashy and extravagant. Sometimes laying down a good track and sounding decent are all you need.
Saw them a few years ago with Soul Asylum and Collective Soul (all were great!). My wife was more of a fan of them than I was. That changed after seeing them live: now I’m a huge fan of them too. And it’s great to see in this interview that they’re just as cool and down-to-earth as they seemed to be on stage.
I'm a trucker. My wife used to ride with me. She remembers, vividly, when I bought the album in Springfield, MO and played Kryptonite on auto repeat all the way to Springfield, OH. (10 hours). I will still hit repeat when I hear it.
Music is so universal, you can write it even in class haha. Can't tell you how many times I have hummed tunes and wrote lyrics that sound good in my head to write down on paper. Cheers man!
Thanks for your insight.
Once I drafted a song about my experiences with being heavily bullied in 6th grade.
@@ProfessorofRock !
64 year old here, who grew up on the Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, Sabbath. My daughter told me about this band and song, when it was new. I think Kriptonite is one of the top 10 rock songs of all time.
Definitely one of my favourite 90's songs and bands. I was fortunate to see these guys live about 5 years ago at a corporate event, and it was a really great show! You can tell they just really have fun being on stage and playing their music.
Their Southern charm!
I saw these dudes multiple times. They always came off as genuine and put on a good show. And I love the fact that they threw props at Sevendust in this interview. What a great band.
"Some people want you to do great. They just don't want you to do better than them." This is when you know who's real and who's a poser. Greed and envy are disgusting traits in humans.
I still blast this CD. Another great interview Professor!
The interview was cool Professor...I love their southern accents. They are very humble and down to earth and genuinely appreciate your interview because they were unsure of how people would react to them early on. Thank you very a very well put together interview and video. I loved this song back then and still enjoy it today. Thanks professor...you the man!
This proud daughter of the South is so freakin proud when my fellow Southerners makes it big!!! I adore TDD!!!! I wished their new music was still being played on regular radio in my area!! Here without you is my all time fav of theirs. Great guys!!
You couldn't turn on any radio station without hearing this song at the time.
Very true.
It was really popular.
This song and this band changed my life when I was a senior in highschool. It made me want to play music and playing music is what keeps me going. The amount of hits and great songs they put out is unbelievable.
I was 15 in 1964, when the Beatles really hit. When I first heard "Kryptonite", I was really excited by the song, because it was outside-the-box for the time, so I liked it. I still do. I could not have written something that good when I was 15.
They did a USO tour for the troops. I wanted to see them when they came to my base overseas but had to work late. It was an outdoor show and I could hear them rock this song from 3 miles away
This was one that broke through the grunge! I was listening to alternative radio in the early 90's. Really like this group and their opening riff is brilliant and catchy.
This is definitely one of those earworm songs and people love hearing it played live. I think we sold a lot of beer playing this song in the bars!
I bet!
It’s a fun song.
"...You begin to learn that people around you, they want you to do good, but they don't want you to do better than them. Everybody's like 'Yeah, you're doing great!. I believe in you.' Until you start doing better than them and then things change."
My wife is the fan and together went to a concert...what a fun show. Thanks for the interview it's good to know they are really down to earth guys having fun.
I use to always dedicate that song to my husband...32 years later...together...good times and bad. He is my hero.
Wow. What a fun to watch interview. Their faces when they acknowledge their first tour would be as an opening act for Creed, when Creed was at their Prime, it shows how down to earth these guys are. Like Bon Jovi did, sometimes you have to ask the guy who play the songs to give you a space. I'm glad he did it!
By the way, nice T-shirt, as always!
Chess King reference FTW. I remember that song being ginormous. Never knew much about the band - those guys seem amazingly humble and decent. Another good one, Adam.
I’m 63… I fell for this band when this song came out…been a fan ever since
The date was September 15, 2001. Just days after 9/11. People going to the 106.5 The End Weenie Roast including the bands and crew themselves weren’t sure if the show would go on. Some bands were missing members, equipment, or both. Somehow a festival still happened and I was right up front for 3 Doors Down, The Crystal Method, and others. The set by 3 Doors Down was amazing and helped a lot of folks still reeling from what recently happened to enjoy something positive and entertaining.
Thank you dearly for sharing that.
I wasn’t born yet but if I were around to see it, I’d be traumatized for DAYS.
I'm an 80s kid and music doesn't get spit out at me and automatically get on my top 10 list like it did back then. However, when these guys came out it was refreshing. I remember liking all their songs. That was rare. We played Kryptonite in our cover band. Our drummer never got that intro right, God bless him.
I met these guys before a concert several years ago and they are the most humble down-to-earth guys you'd ever meet. Many of their songs are on my playlist to this day.
I loved this song right away the first number of times I heard it. I also liked their follow-up song called, I think, I'm a Loser, just as much. Had no idea they were from the South.
I saw them at a class reunion in the clubhouse at a golf course in Mississippi. I was the waitress for the entire party. I had to run the elevator for them bringing the equipment in. They were the nicest guys. I always wondered if they remembered me and that crappy elevator.
Impressed with their down to earth personal values. Great band with great catchy tunes. I am a fan, and old fashioned old fuck.
Thanks Doyle.
My youngest son and I sang Kryptonite in a Karaoke session with a live band playing the music on the large stage of a cruise ship in front of several hundred people. He was around 8 or 9 and he was always real shy but he wanted to do this. I didn't realize it but he did not know that we had a huge (to him) crowd watching us because the lights were shining in his eyes and blurring his view of everyone past my wife and oldest son in the front row. When we finished the song, the crowd went nuts and gave him a standing ovation and that is when he noticed the crowd. He put his hands in his pockets, lowered his head and eyes, and made a bee line to his seat. Even though he got embarrassed, that is one of my most favorite moments with my son. Singing a song we both loved and watching him dance around in front of me while singing to several hundred spectators (unbeknownst to him). Great memory that includes a great song!
I worked for Matt Roberts the lead guitarist for 3 doors down at his performance shop TPC. His brother Daryl Roberts was in the band before Matt and quit before they made it big. Matt was a genuine good guy who no matter how much he had going on always found time to talk to me and make sure I was good.
You were right I like them a lot better after watching this. I had no idea they were humble southern boys that blows me away.
I don't know any post '90s music, really, including these guys, so this is a learning opportunity for me. I love discovering music that's new to me. Keep it going, I say. Great interview. They do seem really nice and down to Earth. Have an excellent day, Adam.
Thanks for listening Jill!
Even old dogs can learn new tricks! 🥰
Wow - I was honored to cover that song in my Melbourne Australia Band, "The Tribe". 1000 punters going off their nut in the club. If I could post a pic here, I would. Great story as always Adam.
I had front row seats in Washington DC. Brad and the band were awesome! I was filming him and he purposely stared directly into my phone for about 20 seconds. So cool.
That whole album is awesome. Not a filler song on it. I wore out a couple of copies of the cd.
In an interview, the creator of Smallville, which was part of what got Superman movies remade, was inspired because this song and 2 other songs made the top 10. The creator said something along the lines of 3 hit songs about superman meant the world was ready for superheros again. Thanks to this song, dozens of movies have been made, actors discovered and millions made. All because a 15 yr old wrote a song and had to the courage to keep trying.
Gods I feel old. You doing an episode of this song makes me go back to the early 2000's and things were awesome for me
I may have come of age in the 80s, but I had a Nu Rock/Nu Metal phase from 2000 to 2002 and loved this song. Kryptonite was a standout and I would have never guessed it was written by a 15 year old!
In math class, no less! I would have sworn it was science class, because Kryptonite!
Wow, what a great interview and awesome bunch of guys so down to Earth. That song was just amazing when it 1st came out, a breath of fresh air. It still sounds amazing now!! Great job Adam with the story, as usual!!
Sweet guys who are humble and seem genuinely insightful and appreciative of how rare their situation is.
One of my greatest memories is of my 4 yr old son sitting in the back seat singing his little toddler heart out when this song came in the radio. 😊
Great story. Humility is almost never rewarded in the music business. Nice to hear this one.
One of those songs that was played SOOOO much I thought I'd get sick of it.. I never did.
Wow! Great memories! I am from South Mississippi and i listened to WCPR and remembered hearing this song and was blown away by it also. I grew up about 30min from where they did and was so proud that some good ole Mississippi boys were rocking the radio with an awesome song! I traveled for my work and was continually amazed at the places that i heard this song played around the country (and Canada), and was always quick to point out that they were from "right down the road"! Great interview, Professor!
A couple of good ole boys from Mississippi. Very humble. Love it!
What a nice interview. The guys are honest & not full of themselves. Good luck for their future. Thanks for the post.
When I was first dating the lady that later became my wife, we went to this bar in Pascagoula to hear this supposedly up and coming band. They were making some noise on the local level and we decided to make the drive. They tore the roof off that joint that night and I told my girl that these guys are super stars and they are going to be famous. I recall them playing Kryptonite that night and thinking something like, "DAMN! That's a monster hit" .
When the album was released and that song rocketed up the charts, I felt like I had discovered them myself. It was a great night all the way round for me, and the memory of it, while fading now, is still quite special. Oddly enough, it's the only time I've seen 3 Doors Down live and after all these years, I think I got the best show from them I could possibly have gotten.
I certainly enjoyed the interview ,these guys are 1st class good people thank you so much .
I never bought any music until after I was in college. Growing up, my father forbid everything my older sisters listened to. So Better Life was one of the first CDs I ever bought about the time it got big on the radio. I loved it and the lyrics seemed to me about working to make your life better which is what I was trying to do. I still have that CD.
Wow, that’s messed up. You should be exposed to as much music as you can in your tweens and teens, at least.
Man, what a great interview! I've never seen an interview with these guys before I had no idea what a down-to-earth bunch of guys they were. Good job
My favorite band by far!! I've seen them 25 times. Never gets old
wow such a great interview Love the song - I'm 73 and i got this song from my 42 year old daughter way back when. She loved Creed and we went to see them at Th Saratoga performing Art center. S.P A. C
The other 2 singles from that album “Loser” and “Duck and Run” are incredible too! That first album stayed in my CD player for most of the year 2000! Brads drumming on that 1st album is unique and incredible too!
There has never been a band that makes music I resonate with less
Love 3 Doors Down ! My younger sister used their love song Here Without You for her wedding song with her Hubbie in their 2004 wedding
Now her two teen high school sons my nephews are listening to 3 Doors Down
That's the mark of staying power. Generation to generation. Thanks Duane.
The Road I'm On is one of my all time favorite songs. It never fails to move me.
A Better Life was the first album that I bought with my own money when I was 12. It got this whole music journey started for me. I love these guys.
thank you for this sir...this is an awesome band anyways in their own direction...to hear him mention the band Boston was an amazing reference to go to...
I worked in Radio during this time and got to be part of an interview with them at one point at a show...in a different life...this brought back memories man...
very much appreciated sir...
Rock on!
Living in the New Orleans area, it was really cool at the time seeing these nice, near-local guys make it big. Near-local because NOLA and the MS Gulf Coast are pretty tied into each other. I thought I remembered Kryptonite was the number one song of all 2000, but 3 is excellent too. Thanks for the “rest of the story!”
I don’t have a problem with you doing more 90’s and early post-90’s. You are in my book the GenX music guy. Well, the 90’s and early 2000’s was when our generation was actually MAKING the music, not just listening to the 70’s and 80’s soundtrack we grew up with. So covering these artists is still in keeping with our generation.
Johnny Rzeznik nailed it when he said that he couldn't take credit for his amazing accomplishments (although many artists should be that humble!!) and that the Universe has all sorts of creative energy and ideas flying around at any given time.. and as creative beings, when we happen to be tuned to a particular frequency or energy, we happen to intercept and receive that idea like an antenna.... then it is up to us what to do with it!
My solid memory of this song was in around summer of 2000 when I was engineering and producing a metal style band (Black Sabbath/MegaDeth sound) and the lead singer came into the studio and said, "Man!! Have you heard that new Kryptonite song on the radio!??? That's what I want to sound like!" When I heard it, I remember the genius of how it captures the retro metal chord structure (Crazy Train main riff) and flavors, but also had the delicious new sonic approach to drums, guitars and vocals!!
3 Doors Down ruled radio for at least 5 years
Great interview, really enjoy watching this. Kryptonite is one of those songs I've heard thousands of times yet I never get tired of hearing. I saw these guys play a small ub in Charlottesville Virginia not long after Kryptonite took off. It was a great show with Nickelback opening while doing their first US East Coast tour.
I remember being at a crossroads in life and was working as a dishwasher for a small sushi restaurant. We listened to the same tape every night, and Kryotonite was on it. Brings back some fond memories of schlepping around in that kitchen with really fun staff. Nice to see these guys are so down to earth. Thanks for this.
Wow this guy just seems like a guy I’d love to have dinner with and talk to. I have always liked that song but now I have absolute respect for the band, they seem so down to earth and nice.
I wore out my Better Life CD when I was deployed to OEF and OIF. Music like this is great for keeping your spirits up.
Great interview. They come across as just being real. Humble. It’s nice to see
What a bunch of good humble dudes, love it....
Amazing! I never really paid them much attention, when kryptonite would come on the radio I would listen without giving it much thought. I will not take them or this song for granted ever again. So down to earth and not at all what I expected. Great interview!
Awesome video, this is my favorite so far! I have photographed 3 Doors Down. They are still a favorite band of mine. Brad Arnold is still so humble with his fame and music. I
Damn, I love these guys. To reach their level of success and still come off as down to earth dudes is inspiring. Great interview!
I grew up in the 70s/80s/90s so I love that you focus on the music I grew up on, but there is a TON of good music from the 2000s through today, so I dig seeing some newer bands get featured as well. I was really into a bunch of bands in the Late 90s-early 00s like 3 doors, Matchbox, Vertical Horizon, Filter, Foo Fighters, the Killers, the Strokes, Fallout Boy, My Chemical Romance, Blue October… I could go on and on.
Green Day too!
yeh dude was driving down road indie radio killers shadowdance joy cover comes on singing who who who flat out rocked on that one just yesterday
A lot of great songs come from simple licks that are really well done.