“I have no fear, I really sincerely am not scared of it at all,” the frontman said, adding that he was disappointed that the band would have to cancel an upcoming tour.<\/p>\n
“I’d love for you to lift me up in prayer every chance you get,” he said.<\/p>\n
In its statement, 3 Doors Down said that, as a founding member, vocalist, and original drummer, “Brad helped redefine mainstream rock music, blending post-grunge accessibility with emotionally direct song writing and lyrical themes that resonated with everyday listeners”. <\/p>\n
The original band was formed in Mississippi in the mid-1990s. Another founding member of the original trio, Matt Roberts, died in 2016 at the age of 38.<\/p>\n
Arnold wrote Kryptonite, the band’s breakout 2000 hit, “in his math class when he was just 15 years old”, the statement continued.<\/p>\n
Those closest to Arnold will “remember not only his talent, but his warmth, humility, faith, and deep love for his family and friends”, it said. <\/p>\n
He is survived by his wife, Jennifer.<\/p>\n
The band was regularly heard on rock and pop radio throughout the 2000s and 2010s. They have won three Billboard Music Awards.<\/p>\n
Their debut album The Better Life was the 11th biggest-selling album of the year in their home country.<\/p>\n
Arnold had spoken openly about hit battle with alcoholism and his recovery, having been sober since 2016.<\/p>\n
“I used to think it was a way to calm myself prior to a show or to chase loneliness,” he told Charleston.com in 2023.<\/p>\n
The band performed for the inauguration of President George W Bush as well as the first inauguration of President Donald Trump, which received some criticism from fans.<\/p>\n
Their manager, Angus Vail, defended the decision to perform for the 2017 Trump presidential celebration, telling Vice: “They are good Mississippi and Alabama boys\u2014they come from conservative families.”<\/p>\n
In 2004, 3 Doors Down established a charity, the Better Life Foundation, to create “positive change in the lives of children in need of food, shelter and medical assistance”. The band hosts a yearly concert to raise funds for the organisation.<\/p>\n
“All the money that goes into that [charity] comes from fans, and people, that they give to us,” Arnold told Antihero magazine in 2021.<\/p>\n
“But being able to see what that’s done over the years has definitely enriched my life.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“I have no fear, I really sincerely am not scared of it at all,” the frontman said, adding…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-413970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}