Musical Influences Hum, Failure, Chavez, Castor, Zoom, Slint, Burning Airlines, Jawbox

Similar Artists Hum, Failure, Chavez, Castor, Zoom, Slint

Artist History When Shiner released its first record Splay on Jawbox's Desoto Records in '95, Allen Epley (v/g), Tim Dow (d) and Shawn Sherrill (b) were a tight, percussively driven three piece playing math rock, a'la Bitch Magnet, Slint, and Jawbox. Recorded by Bob Weston at Steve Albini's house in 5 days. Lots of great reviews and even better shows with bands like Sunny Day Real Estate, Shudder to Think, GvsB, and of course, Jawbox. By the time they released their second record Lula Divinia as a split release with Desoto and Hitit! in '97, Shiner had begun to write angular and melodic tunes that somehow always had a hook and a groove, mathy or not. Recording at CRC in Chicago over 2 weeks, Epley's vocals began to take a little larger role in the songs, opening even more possiblities. For Lula, Paul Malinowski jumped ship from his band in KC, Season to Risk (Sony), and joined the ranks of the Shiner camp with founding members Epley and Dow. The addition of Malinowski expanded the sonic width of the band exponentially on Lula Divinia, not only as a bassist, but also behind the mixing board. STR replaced Paul with Glazed Baby (Red Decibal) guitarist Josh Newton on bass. Who knew? Over the three years since Shiner's last full-length release, much has transpired. Prodigious drummer Tim Dow left the band in early '99, and now plays with ON, Ken Andrews of Failure's latest project. Replacing Tim is Jason Gerken from KC's own Molly McGuire (Epic). Gerken's legend is not of fiction, but a matter of fact. He is a drummer of power, grace, style, and fluidity, while also possessing the heaviest foot, ever. Ironically, Andrews produced Molly's 2nd cd, Lime. Josh Newton's came to bat for the Shiner in mid '99 as guitarist, layering textures and haunting sounds. Shiner stands in stark contrast to the rigidly ordered chaos of his first band, Glazed Baby from Boston. His lines create moods both digital and organic, rocking and rolling. He still plays bass with Season to Risk and they will have new record out on Thick Records. "The Egg" is the title of the newest offering from Shiner on DeSoto Records. They have toured extensively with HUM, Jawbox, June of '44, Blue Tip, and shared the stage with many other greats like Soul Coughing, Flaming Lips, Helmet, the Jesus Lizard, among many other crazy bands.

Group Members Shiner is Josh Newton (g), Paul Malinowski (b), Jason Gerken (d), and Allen Epley (v/g). They are all products of the notoriously incestuous music scene in Kansas City, MO.

Instruments guitar, bass, drums

Albums The Egg, Starless, Semper Fi, Merger, Sleep it Off, Lula Divinia, Cowboy, Splay, Crush, Brooks

Location Kansas City, Missouri - USA

Copyright notice. All material on MP3.com is protected by copyright law and by international treaties. You may download this material and make reasonable number of copies of this material only for your own personal use. You may not otherwise reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or create derivative works of this material, unless authorized by the appropriate copyright owner(s).