If you haven’t seen the Shrine, you should check them out now before they explode. With their minimal gear and vintage enthusiasm, they have the ability to start a set with high-energy chord-and-lead-lick driven songs, then push the throttle out even further by dipping into frantic numbers like “Freak Fighter,” which sound a bit like what thrash metal would be if it had evolved straight from Thin Lizzy and bypassed Judas Priest entirely.
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THE SHRINE + GRAVEYARD + RADIO MOSCOW @ THE BOOTLEG
February 6th, 2012 · 1 Comment
OCT. 27: MOON BLOCK PARTY & KIM HOUSE PRESENTS BEYOND THE WITCHING HOUR w ONLY YOU + THE SHRINE + AHKYYINI + MORE
October 10th, 2011 · No Comments
SEP. 9: GOTHIC TROPIC + THE WITHERS + FIM + THE SHRINE
August 24th, 2011 · No Comments
GOTHIC TROPIC, THE WITHERS, FIM, AND THE SHRINE ON FRIDAY SEP. 9TH AT LOT 1 CAFE, 1533 WEST SUNSET BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES. 9:00PM/ $5/ 21+
FEMI KUTI: WE NEED THE TRUTH TO FORGE AHEAD
June 21st, 2009 · No Comments
Femi Kuti is the son of Fela and the righteous leader of his own Positive Force. He speaks now just days after the Nigerian government shut down the Shrine, the historic venue that was the birthplace of Afrobeat. This interview by Chris Ziegler.
