Shelter (band)

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Years active 1991–20012002–present		Website Official MySpace

Labels Equal Vision (1991),Revelation (1992–1994),Equal Vision (1995),Roadrunner (1995–1997),Krishna Core (1998–1999),Victory (2000),Supersoul (2001–2002),Good Life Recordings (2006 – present) Associated acts 108,76% Uncertain,Battery,Better Than a Thousand,Beyond,Bold,Burn,C.I.A.,Damnation A.D.,Face the Enemy,Far Cry,Fort Knox,H2O,Handsome,Inside Out,Instruction,Judge,Last of the Famous,Never Surrender,Project X,QuicksandRay & Porcell,Reflex From Pain,Superfallingstars,Soulfly,Violent Children,When Tigers Fight,The Logan,Worlds Collide ,Youth of Today Past members Ray Cappo,Raja Alfie,Dave Ware,Todd Knapp,Tom Capone,William Knapp,Chris Interrante,Eric Dailey,Vic DiCara,John Porcelly,Dave DiCenso,Adam Blake,Franklin Rhi,Mackie Jayson,Roy Mayorga,Trey Files,Daniel Johansson,Kim Shopav,Ken Olden,Conor Adam Logan,Tyler Lawrence,Matt Malouin,Bryan K. Christner,Sammy Dirksz,Perry Poldervaart,Cesco Willemse,Edwin Verhiest,Jamie Whitehead,Marc Hoogenboom,Antonio Valladares,Mike White,Tim Brooks Origin New York City, New York, United States (1991) Members Ray Cappo, John Porcelly, Vic DiCara, Dave Dicenso, Ken Olden, Aaron Rossi, Sean Sellers Genres Pop punk, Melodic hardcore, New York hardcore, Krishnacore Albums Mantra, Perfection of Desire, Beyond Planet Earth, Quest for Certainty, When 20 Summers Pass Similar 108 (band), Youth of Today, Better Than a Thousand Profiles Myspace

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.

Brief recent history

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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

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)

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)

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

Songs

Message of the BhagavatMantra · 1995
Civilized ManMantra · 1995
In Defense of RealityQuest for Certainty · 1995

References

Shelter (band) Wikipedia

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