Shelter is a Hare Krishna Hardcore punk band formed by Ray Cappo. Because of the Hare Krishna and Hindu-oriented messages in its lyrics, Shelter's genre is often dubbed krishnacore.
Video Shelter (band)
Brief recent history
In 2001, the band released the album The Purpose, The Passion. In 2002, with a new drummer and a new guitarist, the band toured Europe and the eastern United States again in support of The Purpose, The Passion before going on extended hiatus.
In 2005, Ray Cappo recorded a new 11-track album entitled Eternal with 10 new songs and a re-make of "In Defense of Reality." Eternal was released in May 2006 by Good Life Recordings. Ray also did a European tour with a few members of Dutch hardcore bands functioning as the band.
Shelter played 2 "Reunion" shows in 2011: Göteborg, Sweden on 16 June and Reading, PA on Sunday, 26 June.
The line-up for the Reunion shows were:
- Vox - Ray Cappo
- Guitar - Porcell
- Guitar - Daniel Larsson
- Bass - Tim Brooks
- Drums - Vinny Panza
The band reunited again for a US tour and a European festival date with Sammy Siegler on drums in 2018. Opening acts included Dave Smalley's Don't Sleep on the East Coast and DC based hardcore band GIVE in the West.
Maps Shelter (band)
Members
Original line-up
- Ray Cappo
- Dave Ware
- Todd Knapp
- Tom Capone
- William Knapp
Later members
- Jamie Whitehead
- Graham Land
- Chris Interrante (a.k.a. Krsna-Caitanya dasa)
- Eric Dailey (a.k.a. Ekendra dasa)
- Vic DiCara (a.k.a. Vraja Kishor dasa)
- John Porcelly (a.k.a. Paramananda dasa)
- Alex Garcia-Rivera
- Dave DiCenso
- Adam Blake (H2O)
- Franklin Rhi
- Sri Keshava (Baby Gopal)
- Trey Files
- Daniel Johansson (Versant, Shiny Toy Guns)
- Ken Olden
- Drura Parrish
- Conor Adam Logan
- Tyler Lawrence
- Norman Brannon (previously Norm Arenas)
- Matt Malouin
- Bryan K. Christner
- Aaron Rossi
- Sammy Dirksz (a.k.a. Sankirtanaika-pitarau dasa)
- Perry Poldervaart
- Cesco Willemse
- Philip J. Kaplan
- Edwin Verhiest
- Marc Hoogenboom
- Jason Grotrian (Eye for an Eye)
- Mackie Jayson
- Antonio Valladares
- Mike White (Negative Male Child)
- Tim Brooks (Bold)
- Sammy Siegler
Discography
- No Compromise 7" (Equal Vision, 1990)
- Perfection of Desire (Revelation, 1990)
- In Defense of Reality 7" (Equal Vision, 1991)
- Quest For Certainty (Equal Vision/De Milo Records, 1992)
- Attaining The Supreme (Equal Vision, 1993, EVR7)
- Shelter Bhajan (Cassette) (Equal Vision, 1993)
- Standard Temple (Cassette) (Equal Vision)
- Mantra (Roadrunner, 1995)
- Here We Go" (12"/CD single) (Roadrunner, 1995)
- Message of the Bhagavat 7" (Supersoul, 1995)
- Whole Wide World (CD single) (Roadrunner, 1997)
- Beyond Planet Earth (Roadrunner, 1997)
- Quest For Certainty (CD Re-issue) (Revelation, 1998)
- Chanting & Meditations (Krishna Core, 1998)
- When 20 Summers Pass (Victory, 2000)
- The Purpose, The Passion (Supersoul, 2001)
- Eternal (Good Life Recordings, 2006)
Related bands
- 108 - Vic DiCara, Franklin Rhi
- Bad Brains - Mackie Jayson
- 76% Uncertain - Dave Ware, Todd Knapp, William Knapp
- Battery - Ken Olden, Graham Land
- Better Than a Thousand - Ray Cappo, Ken Olden, Graham Land
- Beyond - Tom Capone, Vic DiCara
- Bold - Tom Capone, Tim Brooks
- Burn - Vic DiCara
- C.I.A. - William Knapp
- Cro-Mags - Mackie Jayson
- Crown of Thornz- Franklin Rhi
- Count Us Out- Jacob Robinson
- Damnation A.D. - Ken Olden
- Face the Enemy - Ken Olden, Graham Land
- Far Cry - Ken Olden
- Fort Knox - Ken Olden
- Guardrail - Conor Adam Logan
- H2O - Adam Blake
- Handsome - Tom Capone
- Hazen St.- Mackie Jayson
- The Icemen- Mackie Jayson
- Inside Out - Vic DiCara
- Instruction - Tom Capone
- Issue One - Conor Adam Logan
- Judge - John Porcelly
- Last of the Famous - John Porcelly, Daniel Johansson
- Magic Pig - Conor Adam Logan
- Nausea - Roy Mayorga
- Never Surrender - John Porcelly
- Project X - John Porcelly
- Quicksand - Tom Capone
- Ray & Porcell - Ray Cappo, John Porcelly
- Reflex From Pain - Ray Cappo, Dave Ware, Todd Knapp, William Knapp
- Shallow - Conor Adam Logan
- Shiny Toy Guns - Daniel Johansson
- Shyster Shyster & Flywheel - Todd Knapp, William Knapp
- Soulfly - Roy Mayorga
- Stone Sour- Roy Mayorga
- Strife - Franklin Rhi
- Superfallingstars - William Knapp
- Versant - Daniel Johansson
- Violent Children - Ray Cappo
- When Tigers Fight - Ken Olden
- The Logan - Conor Adam Logan
- Days in Between - Conor Adam Logan
- Ten Times a Day - Conor Adam Logan
- Texas Is The Reason - Norm Arenas
- Victory Within - Conor Adam Logan
- Worlds Collide - Ken Olden, Graham Land
- Youth of Today - Ray Cappo, John Porcelly
External links
- Shelter - BandToBand.com
- The Vinyl Factory [Amar Ediriwira]
- Revelation Records Artist Page
- Equal Vision Records Artist Page
- Victory Records Artist Page
- Official Facebook
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia