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3 Doors Down lead singer Brad Arnold dies at 47
BBC News ^
| 07 February 2026
| Kayla Epstein
Posted on 02/07/2026 4:14:13 PM PST by Kriggerel
The lead singer and songwriter of 3 Doors Down, Brad Arnold, has died after a battle with cancer, the rock band announced on X. He was 47.
"He will be deeply missed and forever remembered," the band said in a statement on Saturday.
The band is best known for 2000s rock hits like Kryptonite, Here Without You, When I'm Gone, and Loser.
In May 2025, Arnold announced that he was ill, and had received a diagnosis of stage 4 clear cell renal carcinoma, a type of kidney cancer, which had metastasised into his lung.
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KEYWORDS: 2016inauguration; 3doorsdown; bradarnold; kryptonite; music
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I still remember all the hate they got for *DARING* to play at the 2016 inauguration.
It's too bad, as they were a pretty good band, in their day.
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posted on
02/07/2026 4:14:13 PM PST
by
Kriggerel
To: Kriggerel
Great band, way to young to go. RIP.
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posted on
02/07/2026 4:22:13 PM PST
by
VTenigma
(Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
To: Kriggerel
Does FR have notability guidelines?
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posted on
02/07/2026 4:27:07 PM PST
by
jroehl
(And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
To: Kriggerel
Saw them in concert a couple times. Always patriotic, never anti-USA. A couple of their songs were about military service and sacrifice, and they ended their shows with a tribute to veterans and first responders. They took heat for recording a song for the National Guard to use in a recruiting campaign, but never backed down from supporting the US armed forces.
RIP Brad.
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posted on
02/07/2026 4:28:38 PM PST
by
ETCM
(“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
To: Kriggerel
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posted on
02/07/2026 4:35:50 PM PST
by
waterhill
(This world is not my home, I'm just passin' through, you gotta come up to The House.)
To: Kriggerel
Some decent music with some more insightful lyrics than most.
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posted on
02/07/2026 4:37:00 PM PST
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: Kriggerel
Too young. RIP.
Gotta respect the enormous success. His music will live on.
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posted on
02/07/2026 4:49:54 PM PST
by
toddausauras
(47 47 47 )
To: jroehl
Does FR have notability guidelines?Lemme guess?
Never heard of him or the band?
I suppose it's a fair question, seeing how most FReepers are old enough to have voted for Roosevelt (both Teddy and Franklin) and probably have no idea who 3 Doors Down is.
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posted on
02/07/2026 4:54:15 PM PST
by
Drew68
To: Kriggerel
Rest In Peace, Brad Arnold.
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posted on
02/07/2026 5:04:36 PM PST
by
No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: Kriggerel
One of the last cds I ever bought. RIP Brad.
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posted on
02/07/2026 5:09:56 PM PST
by
willk
(Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
To: toddausauras
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posted on
02/07/2026 5:10:46 PM PST
by
No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: Kriggerel
pretty good band, in their dayKinda funny how a bunch of bands with a number in their name all came out around the same time. 3 Doors Down, 3rd Eye Blind, Matchbox 20, 311.
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posted on
02/07/2026 5:13:21 PM PST
by
Pollard
To: Drew68
Are you projecting ageism?
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posted on
02/07/2026 5:30:14 PM PST
by
jroehl
(And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
To: waterhill
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posted on
02/07/2026 6:02:02 PM PST
by
MotorCityBuck
(Keep the change, you are filthy animal !)
To: Drew68
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posted on
02/07/2026 6:02:46 PM PST
by
MotorCityBuck
(Keep the change, you are filthy animal !)
To: jroehl
Are you projecting ageism?LOL!
"What's with these kids today and their rock and roll devil music, their Pat Benatar and Air Supply! Three doors down is Stumpy O'Herlihy! He fought the Hun at Passchendaele! Ole' Stumpy and I used to watch Trackdown together. That Hoby Gilman could flip a six shooter! I ought to stop by and see how old Stumpy is doing... Now what was I talking about?
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posted on
02/07/2026 6:20:17 PM PST
by
Drew68
To: Kriggerel
Well, I took a walk around the world to ease my troubled mind
I left my body lying somewhere in the sands of time
But I watched the world float to the dark side of the moon
I feel there's nothing I can do, yeah I really don't mind what happens now and then
As long as you'll be my friend at the end
If I go crazy then will you still call me Superman? If I'm alive and well, will you be there a holding my hand?
I'll keep you by my side with my superhuman might
Kryptonite
To: T.B. Yoits
He was diagnosed with cancer just last May.
To: Drew68
My first vote was for Abraham Lincoln.
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posted on
02/07/2026 6:52:39 PM PST
by
jroehl
(And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
To: jroehl
My first vote was for Abraham Lincoln.I'll bet you regret that.
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posted on
02/07/2026 6:54:21 PM PST
by
Drew68
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