Eric Bass Releases Debut Solo Album

Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Eric Bass (Shinedown) is thrilled to share his debut solo album I Had A Name. Featuring latest single “Goodnight Goodnight” as well as previous releases “Azalia” and “Mind Control”, I Had A Name was written, recorded, and produced entirely by Bass. The album serves as an introduction into a sprawling dystopian world of the artist’s creation. Stream / purchase I Had A Name now, here: https://onerpm.link/IHadAName.

“We live in a world right now where music gets homogenized and maybe everything sounds and feels the same. I wanted to create something different and I hope listeners hear that,” Bass shares. “Lyrically and emotionally I hope it empowers them and they can see themselves in the characters and stories I sing about.”

He continues: “We all go through dark times and hardships, but there’s always a way out. I think that’s what being a human being is about. I feel like Earth is a test and we’re here to prove ourselves, go through things and come out better on the other side.”

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About Eric Bass:

Eric Bass is best known as the co-songwriter, producer, and bassist for multiplatinum rock institution Shinedown, who holds the record for most No. 1 singles on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart. In November 2024, he unveils “Mind Control,” the inaugural single from his debut solo album, slated for release on February 28, 2025. Eric Bass Presents: I Had a Name is an immersive, expansive, and richly thematic work. As well versed in KISS and Van Halen as Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, Bass poured passion and creativity into I Had a Name.

The initial storytelling spark behind I Had a Name ignited in a hotel room in Milan, Italy, as Shinedown toured behind 2018’s Attention Attention. “I sat on the bed with a pen and paper and wrote for two hours. It turned into a synopsis for a prequel to the story I’m telling on the album. When I started writing music, I thought about these characters. The album doesn’t chronologically tell the story, but it depicts various scenes from it – bits and pieces that happen throughout it.”

As with much of Attention Attention and Planet Zero (Shinedown’s first No. 1 on Billboard’s Album Sales chart), I Had a Name looks both outward at society and inward, as darker emotions seep out from within the more significant metaphors and storylines on the surface.

“I’ve spoken about my struggles with depression and neurodivergent issues before,” Bass points out. “When I finished writing this record, I looked back at these characters I’ve created and realized I’d written the most autobiographical record of my life, which wasn’t conscious as I was writing it.

“The album is an epic odyssey. I don’t want mental health to be an ‘angle’ that obscures that,” he adds. “But I don’t mind talking about it. Anytime I talk about it, I hope it’s helpful to someone else.”

With his Shinedown bandmates’ full support and encouragement, Eric challenged himself to write every lyric, compose every song, perform every instrument, and produce and mix the entire affair.

Ultimately, as with every endeavor of the South Carolina native’s career, Eric Bass Presents: I Had a Name is about authenticity. “I’m always about honesty in art,” he says. “When I listen to something, I want to hear that the person dug into the dirt and bled for it to happen. The truth always prevails.”

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Eric Bass Presents: I Had A Name Tracklist:

1. A World Unseen

2. The New Gods Of War

3. Azalia

4. We Can’t Go Home