The Shanes (German band)

The Shanes in 2013

The Shanes are a German folk rock, folk punk, and 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