Evan Shanks Explained

Evan Shanks
Birth Name:	Evan Shanks
Birth Date:	1964 10, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Los Angeles
Origin:	Los Angeles
Instrument:	Bass
Genre:	Punk rock, Rock & roll
Years Active:	1983–present
Occupation:	Songwriter, bassist
Label:	Jailhouse Records, Symbol Six Music, Bad Idea Music
Website:	http://www.symbolsix.com
Associated Acts:	Symbol Six, Entropy, Aces & Eights

Evan Shanks (born October 10, 1964) is an American rock bassist for Symbol Six and Entropy.^{[1] [2]}

Career

In the early 1980s, Entropy played such venues as ^[3] Grand Olympic Auditorium and Cathay de Grande right in the heart of Los Angeles / Orange County Punk rock. They went on to play a steady stream of shows for Goldenvoice: 45 Grave,^[4] The Circle Jerks, NOFX, The Melvins, The Minutemen, The Butthole Surfers,^[5] 7 Seconds, DI, The Toy Dolls, The Effigies,^[6] Wasted Youth,^[7] English Dogs, D.R.I. (band), Detox, The Dickies, Conflict, and ^[8] The Dead Kennedys.

^[9] In 2009, Ace & Eights performed with Slash and Steven Adler of Guns N' Roses.

Shanks is currently the bassist for the Los Angeles rock band Symbol Six.

Musicians collaborated with

• Eric Leach, Tony Fate, Phil George, Taz Rudd: Symbol Six
• Phil George, Patrick Stone, Taz Rudd: Aces N' Eights
• Entropy

Discography

• 1985 Gross National Product EP - ENTROPY Catalog #BI-001 (Bad Idea Music)
• 1986 Kaaos Zine Presents - ENTROPY Catalog #BCT 21 (Bad Compilation Tapes)
• 2005 Farewell To Venice - ENTROPY (BDF Records)
• 2006 Post-Industrial Hardcore - ENTROPY
• 2010 Monsters 11 - SYMBOL SIX (Symbol Six Music)
• 2014 Dirtyland - SYMBOL SIX Catalog #JHR 049 (Jailhouse Records)
• 2014 SYMBOL SIX/Fang (band) Split Catalog #JHR 047 (Jailhouse Records)
• 2015 SYMBOL SIX/Rikk Agnew Split Catalog #JHR 055 (Jailhouse Records)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entropy Los Angeles. 2015-12-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20151025160157/http://www.fakeart.net/more/entropy/index.html. 2015-10-25. dead.
2. Web site: Entropy Los Angeles.
3. Web site: Entropy at Olympic Auditorium. 2015-12-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20160121175523/https://lapunkandhardcore.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/olympic.jpeg. 2016-01-21. dead.
4. Web site: Circle Jerks and Entropy.
5. Web site: 7 Seconds and Entropy .
6. Web site: Entropy at Olympic Auditorium.
7. Web site: English Dogs and Entropy. 2015-12-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20160121173111/https://lapunkandhardcore.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/englishdogsentropy.jpg. 2016-01-21. dead.
8. Web site: Dead Kennedys and Entropy.
9. Web site: Slash and Steven Adler at the Viper Room.