Shinedown

Whenever I get the opportunity to listen to the KRRO, which is rare, I simply love it.

The KRRO is a radio station out of Sioux Falls that plays new hard rock and some classic stuff ("Mandatory Metallica" at 9:00 p.m.). There are a few groups that I really enjoy listening to, like Seether, Incubus, Audioslave, and others -- but there is this one group that really kicks ass, and that is Shinedown.

Besides their big hit, "45", it was their re-make of the classic Lynyrd Skynyrd tune, "Simple Man" that absolutely floored me. It's completely acoustic -- and if anybody had to do a great re-make of that particular song, it was Shinedown and they nailed it.

Simply great.