The Shrine
| The Shrine | |
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 The Shrine - 2015 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Venice Beach , California , USA |
| Genre (s) | Stoner rock |
| founding | 2008 |
| Website | www.theshrineband.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Josh Landau | |
| Court Murphy | |
| Jeff Murray | |
The Shrine is an American stoner rock band from Venice Beach . The band is under contract with the record label Century Media and has released four studio albums to date.
history
The singer and guitarist Josh Landau and bassist Court Murphy met at the high school in Santa Monica know. When someone put on a Thin Lizzy record at a party , they both decided to form a band. They met the drummer Jeff Murray through a newspaper advertisement and in 2008 they formed the band The Shrine. The band released a few singles on their own before The Shrine was signed by Tee Pee Records . In 2012 the debut album Primitive Blast was released , which was supposed to be a demo and was remixed and mastered by the band . In the same year the band played a European tour in support of Fu Manchu .
Further tours followed with Graveyard , Dinosaur Jr. and Red Fang as well as further single and split releases. At the same time, the musicians began working on their second studio album "Bless Off". First, the band recorded a demo in The Hague, the Netherlands . Half a year later the actual recordings took place in Venice Beach. "Bless Off" was also released in spring 2014 via Tee Pee Records. The Shrine toured North America with Earthless and Europe with Kadavar . They also took part in the SXSW festival tour.
In June 2015 The Shrine was signed by the German record label Century Media, which released the third studio album Rare Breed on October 30, 2015.
style
Allmusic's Gregory Heany describes The Shrine as a band whose sound is based on the early days of punk and the new wave of British heavy metal . Singer Josh Landau called his band the oxymoron of the late 1970s when the Ramones opened for Black Sabbath . Another major influence is the hardcore band Black Flag . According to singer Josh Landau, the band always had problems at concerts due to the wide range of influences. The Shrine would have been called a metal band at punk concerts , while the band were always the punks at metal concerts.
Discography
Albums
- 2012: Primitive Blast
- 2014: Bless Off
- 2015: Rare Breed
Singles
- 2010: Olympic Airstream / Mirror Fits Like a Glove
- 2011: The Shrine
- 2013: In My Head / Sympthom of the Universe
- 2013: Napalm + Hellride
- 2013: No Penalty / Future of Our Nation
- 2014: Waiting for the War
Split releases
- 2013: Spit in My Life / Runaway (with Zig Zags )
- 2014: High School Rip / Tripping Corpse (with Dirty Fences )
Web links
- Official website
- The Shrine at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kayla: THE SHRINE INTERVIEW. (No longer available online.) Altamont, archived from the original on September 15, 2014 ; accessed on October 30, 2015 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Andrew Bansal: Interview: The Shrine Frontman Josh Landau Talks 'Primitive Blast' Album, Gear and New Material. Guitar World , accessed November 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Poncho: Interview: Catching Up With The Shrine. New Noise Magazine, accessed November 1, 2015 .
- ^ Robert Gluck: Interview with The Shrine: The Daily Grind. The Aquarian, accessed November 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Frank Thiessies: Venice is burning ... . In: Metal Hammer , November 2015, page 45
