I'm going to agree wholeheartedly with ms. mindless here. Close the thread? Why? Because we're discussing Shinedown? That seems a bit off to me. If you are one of the people who have answers but don't want to tell them, then don't, and ignore us when we ask stuff I guess. But why just close the thread? What if Zach wants to come on here and say something, or even one of the guys?

We (should) understand. At least i do... and for the people that dont... only a few people know for a reason. Theres a reason that they don't want whatever it is to be made public yet. Maybe they arent sure if he's staying yet and don't want to make it official. Or maybe they just don't want to deal with it now since they have a break from touring. Just leave it alone... hopefully a mod deletes this. (if one of the boys has something to say then they can start their own thread... or make it official on the website..)

You know what's the beautiful thing about bands signed to major labels? They have agents and managers and tour managers, and PR people and label reps. Not only that, but they are given these fancy forums complete with their own login information as well as websites and myspace pages. When something is happening or changing with Shinedown, one of these people, in one of the aforementioned possible ways will let you know.

In the meantime, stop giving people the drama they try and stir up prematurely or unnecessarily (whichever the case may be)

Goodness, some people! And I thought I was an attention whore......