Shinedown Heat Things Up with a New Hot Sauce [Interview + Recipes]

Shinedown are known for bringing the heat in their pyro-heavy live performances, and now they're heating things up in a different way: with a brand new hot sauce.

The band is collaborating with Torchbearer Sauces to create Symptom Chipotle Garlic Sauce, a nod to their song "A Symptom of Being Human." In contrast to that beautiful ballad, this fiery condiment will get your blood pumping, though it's not too overwhelming on the palate. Torchbearer describes it as an "amazingly garlic-forward, smokey and spicy treat is sure to take the world by storm... This really is such a great flavor that it will probably work with just about anything, and the heat isn’t overpowering either. As humans ourselves, we all agree that this is one of the better 'Symptoms' of being one."

In an interview with WMMR's Brent Porche, which you can watch below, Shinedown drummer Barry Kerch said that they took great care to develop a sauce that their fans would love. He explains: "We went through different versions where the flavor profile was kind of already there, but do we want it a little thicker? Do we want it more airy? All these kinds of things that you don't really think about when it's just a simple condiment, right? But we really wanted it to be something special, to put our name on it. So it was a lot of fun to do."

So what does Barry like to put the Symptom sauce on? "Oysters, one of my favorite things!"

And what does Brent Porche like to slather it onto? He tried out a bottle on a few different things...

In the interview, Brent and Barry also talked about recipes that he and the band curated to go with this devilish dressing, and we're told that a couple more varieties are already in the works. Barry also says that new music from Shinedown is imminent...

Grab the hot sauce from TorchBearerSauces.com or Shinedown's merch store. Keep scrolling for a special discount code, plus recipes from the band.

It is certainly hard to believe that the 2023 MMRBQ is already a week+ in the rearview mirror, but the energy and the vibe that came out of this year's event continues on.

This year's all-day festival was just the third time in over 16 years of MMRBQ's that we held our massive MMR Concert Event at the end of the summer rather than in the middle of May. Mother Nature was smiling down on us in beautiful, tropical, downtown Camden, New Jersey, as she delivered some of the most amazing weather and temperatures that we have had all summer.

Thank you to everyone who joined us in person at the show or listened on-air or online to our complete concert coverage. All of us at WMMR truly appreciate your friendship!

"My Boys" in Shinedown headlined the MMR*B*Q for the second time this year, bringing their Planet Zero World Tour to the Freedom Mortgage Pavilion. And as Brent Smith told us leading up to the MMRBQ, Shinedown brought ALL of their "bells & whistles," the songs, the screens and certainly a LOT of pyro!

You could tell Brent, Zach, Eric & Barry were certainly feeling the love from the WMMR audience. Their energy was reflective of that during their performance. Brent had some very kind words for the station multiple times over the course of the night. After all, WMMR is one of the very first stations in the entire world to play Shinedown on the radio, and the band hasn't forgotten that.

Having personally seen Shinedown dozens and dozens of times all over the country, I can truly say that this year's MMR*B*Q performance from "My Boys" was among the very BEST that I have ever seen them. And if you haven't seen the full videos of "A Symptom of Being Human" and "Cut the Cord" from this year's MMR*B*Q, you can view them here.

I had a chance to catch Shinedown on their "The Revolutions Live" tour with Papa Roach and Spiritbox at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on Sunday, so even more pictures and video from Shinedown (and Papa Roach & Spiritbox) will be posted right here in the coming days!

Thank YOU again for such a great MMRBQ this year! Let's do it again soon!!