The Shanes (German polka band)

The Shanes are a German folk rock, folk punk, and hard polka band from Trier,[1] active from 1991 until the present.[2] The band has published 11 albums and tours mainly in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Luxembourg, but they have also performed in the United States/Texas, Great Britain, France and Hungary.

Members
  • Kornelius Flowers (since 1991) - vocals
  • Jörg "Warpig" Stoffregen (since 2004) - guitar, banjo, mandolin
  • Matt Dawson (since 2011) - pedal steel, dobro, mandolin
  • Chris Birch (since 2011) - fiddle
  • Nataša Grujović (since 2008) - accordion
  • Herr Dannehl (since 1994) - bass guitar, upright bass
  • "Boergermeister" Markus Schu (since 2006) - drums

Albums
  • 1992: Songs From the Urban Country Hell (Strangeways/Indigo)
  • 1993: Polka Hard (Strangeways/Indigo)
  • 1994: Love Will Tear Us Apart – Vinyl-Single (Strangeways/Indigo)
  • 1995: These Days EP (Strangeways/Indigo)
  • 1996: Budapest Sessions feat. VEZERKAR (HU)
  • 1998: 5 Years of Hard Polka 1993-1998
  • 2001: The Haunted House Of Polka (Pinorrekk/Edel)
  • 2005: Pölka (SumoRex/Broken Silence)
  • 2007: Polka over Serbja – live in Chośebuz (SumoRex/Broken Silence)
  • 2009: Squandering Youth (SumoRex/Broken Silence)
  • 2013: Road Worrier (SumoRex/Broken Silence)

References
  1. Dave Sleger, The Shanes at Allmusic
  2. The Shanes homepage
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