Brad Arnold, lead singer of 3 Doors Down, dies at 47
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Brad Arnold, lead singer of 3 Doors Down, dies at 47
"But you know what? We serve a mighty God, and He can overcome anything. So I have no fear. I really sincerely am not scared of it at all."
"I only became the singer because we didn't have a singer. That beat just came from just sitting on a desk. I probably wrote that song in the length of time that it took to me to just to write it down. It really was just one of those that kind of fell out of the sky."
"It's just a lot to hand a 20 year old,"
Brad Arnold, the 47-year-old cofounder and lead singer of 3 Doors Down, died nine months after revealing a diagnosis of kidney cancer that had spread to his lungs. The band credited him with redefining mainstream rock by blending post-grunge accessibility and emotionally direct songwriting. Arnold canceled a summer tour after announcing advanced-stage illness and publicly asked for prayers while expressing faith and a lack of fear. He was open about a long battle with alcoholism, credited religion for his sobriety, and often proclaimed his faith on stage. Arnold formed the band in the mid-1990s and penned the breakout hit "Kryptonite" as a teenager.
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