Shane Valdez (born July 25, 1972), is an American

drummer A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one mem ...

, drum technician, music

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, and

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About

Shane Valdez started his music career in 1991 in the

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band Hold True which recorded a demo in 1992 which was later remixed, remastered and released as an E.P. CD on Lost & Found Records in 1995. While studying music business at

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, Shane

engineered Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more specializ ...

and produced a

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for the band Outnumbered who were subsequently signed to

Tooth & Nail Records Tooth & Nail Records is a Christian rock record label founded by Brandon Ebel in California in November 1993. The label later moved to Seattle, Washington where it is situated today. It is home to many well-known musical acts, including Underoat ...

. In January 1994, Shane joined the

band Bonesaw Previously signed to

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, Bonesaw jumped to Lost & Found Records based in Germany and subsequently recorded the CD "abandoned" which was released in June 1994. At this time Shane began endorsing

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shoes and the now defunct company Rimshot Drumsticks. In the fall of 1994, Shane and Bonesaw completed an eight-country European tour to support the CD. Bonesaw then recorded the CD "Shadow of Doubt", which was released in July 1995, on which Shane played the drums as well as sang all of the lead vocals. "Shadow of Doubt" featured Shane's photographs on the front and rear cover of the CD. In January 1995, Shane started another project with former members of Hold True. The project was an

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...

band called Sum of One which played most of the local venues in

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and recorded two

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, which Shane also produced. They independently released the full-length CD "Strategic Overlook" on Master Wes Records in April 2000 (which featured Shane's photography on the rear cover and interior of the CD) and disbanded in January 2001. Shane lent a helping hand to his friends, Tooth & Nail Records recording artists

Plankeye Plankeye was an American Christian alternative rock band and one of Tooth & Nail Records' greatest successes during the 1990s and early 2000s. Plankeye's style could be defined as melodic post-grunge combined with indie and alternative elements. ...

in July 1998. After their drummer resigned, Shane filled in on their U.S. tour to support their fourth CD "The One and Only". In January 2001, Shane moved to

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where he met

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Greg Torzillo. Shane moved to

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in October 2001 and in December 2001, Shane joined Torzillo's

band, Sun King, for a four-month tour of

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. In the summer of 2003, Shane and Torzillo formed the

band Boxes And Keys. They then completed a four-month tour of

in the summer of 2003. April 2005 brought the release of Boxes And Keys' CD "Soju Experience", on 704 Records, which was also co-produced by Shane and featured his photography on the cover. Then in the summer of 2005 they completed a 110-date tour of

. While living in

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, Shane began acting as the drum tech for several bands such as

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(formerly on

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) and Faceless. In early 2006, Shane began working with the

rockabilly Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music. It dates back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the Southern United States, South. As a genre it blends the sound of Western music (North America), Western music ...

psychobilly Psychobilly is a rock music fusion genre that fuses elements of rockabilly and punk rock. It's been defined as "loud frantic rockabilly music", it has also been said that it "takes the traditional countrified rock style known as rockabilly, ram ...

ban
Three Bad Jacks
as

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and occasional fill-in

. When the drum throne became available in August 2006, Shane was hired as the Three Bad Jacks

and toured internationally with the band throughout the United States and

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. Shane expanded his artistic endeavors in 2016 to include

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and

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Equipment

In September 2006, Shane began endorsin
Thrust Custom Drums
and, in June 2007, Shane began endorsin
Aquarian Drumheads
an
Ultimate Ears

in-ear monitor In-ear monitors (IEMs) are devices used by musicians, audio engineers and audiophiles to listen to music or to hear a personal mix of vocals and stage instrumentation for live performance or recording studio mixing. They are also used by telev ...

s. *Drums
Thrust Custom Drums
**18"x24"

Kick drum The bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. The instrument is typically cylindrical, with the drum's diameter much greater than the drum's depth, with a struck head at both ends of the cylinder. Th ...

- 10-ply Maple **6.5"x14"

Snare drum The snare (or side drum) is a percussion instrument that produces a sharp staccato sound when the head is struck with a drum stick, due to the use of a series of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin. Snare drums are often used ...

- Nickel-plated Brass Shell **10"x13"

Tom-tom drum A tom drum is a cylindrical drum with no snares, named from the Anglo-Indian and Sinhala language. It was added to the drum kit in the early part of the 20th century. Most toms range in size between in diameter, though floor toms can go as la ...

- 6-ply Maple **18x16"

Floor tom A floor tom or low tom is a double-headed tom-tom drum which usually stands on the floor on three legs. However, they can also be attached to a cymbal stand with a drum clamp, or supported by a rim mount. It is a cylindrical drum without snare ...

drum - 6-ply Maple *Cymbals -

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**14" AAX Stage top

Hi-hat A hi-hat (hihat, high-hat, etc.) is a combination of two cymbals and a pedal, all mounted on a metal stand. It is a part of the standard drum kit used by drummers in many styles of music including rock, pop, jazz, and blues. Hi-hats consist o ...

**14" AASizzle bottom

**18" AAXplosion

Crash cymbal A crash cymbal is a type of cymbal that produces a loud, sharp "crash" and is used mainly for occasional accents, as opposed to a ride cymbal. It can be mounted on a stand and played with a drum stick, or by hand in pairs. One or two crash cy ...

**18" AAXplosion

**19" AAXplosion

**21" HH Raw Bell Dry

Ride cymbal The ride cymbal is a standard cymbal in most drum kits. Its function in the kit is to maintain a beat,Schroedl, Scott (2001). ''Play Drums Today!'', p.7. Hal Leonard. . "It's called the ride cymbal because you 'ride' on it--that is, you maintain a s ...

*Drum Heads
Aquarian Drumheads
**Toms: (13", 16") Texture Coated Studio X (top - recording), Studio X (top - live), Classic Clear (bottom) **Bass Drum: (24") Super-Kick I (batter), Regulator with 4 3/4" offset hole (resonant) **Snare: (14") Hi-Velocity (top), Hi-Performance (bottom) *Sticks
Pro-Mark

Pro-Mark
TX747N Nylon-tipped Hickory drumsticks *In-Ear Monitors
Ultimate Ears

Ultimate Ears
UE-7 Pro *Shane also uses DW Hardware and pedals. *Camera -

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