Shaun Lopez is an American

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, composer, and musician.

Life and career

Shaun is a founding member and guitarist for post-hardcore band Far. After a number of local releases, including their first demo tape, '' Sweat A River, Live No Lies'', and two independent albums '' Listening Game'' and ''

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'', they signed to Epic/

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and released their major label debut, '' Tin Cans With Strings To You''. Their second major label LP, '' Water & Solutions'', was released in 1998. Thanks to the single, "Mother Mary", they attracted a large cult following. The more melodic sound showcased on this album is increasingly cited as an influence on present-day "emo rock" bands(i.e.

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, Jimmy Eat World). Certainly, it was a departure from their earlier, much more

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sound, though it is still far from the emo-pop that it would quickly come to inspire. After their split in 1999, Lopez briefly played in an early version of

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, headed by former

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frontman,

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. He also auditioned for a spot in Foo Fighters, a job that was ultimately given to Chris Shiflett of No Use For A Name/

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. Shortly thereafter, Shaun picked up the microphone and formed The Revolution Smile, which, after putting out the self-produced '' At War with Plastic'' EP, and self-produced full-length, '' We Are In This Alone'', was signed to

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. In 2003, they released ''

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'', which was produced by Shaun and

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(producer of Far's '' Water & Solutions''), and mixed by Andy Wallace. They toured across United States and Europe, and were featured on

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and

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. A third self-produced album entitled '' Summer Ever'' was released in September 2006. In addition to his production work with The Revolution Smile, he has produced a number of other bands, including

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, and

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. In 2009, a Far reunion was announced. Several live shows were played, and an album produced by Lopez was released on May 25, 2010. Their Lopez produced cover of Ginuwine's hit

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made it to the top 40 in modern rock charts. He has also mixed B-Sides for

forthcoming release,

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. In 2011, Shaun formed ††† (Crosses) with Chuck Doom and

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from

. The group played their first shows on a short tour in California, including cities Pomona, San Diego, Sacramento, and San Francisco. Crosses played in the Lollapalooza Chile festival on March 31 - April 1, 2012. They also played in the

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festival on April 3, 2012.

Personal life

Shaun lives in

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with his wife Amy Chance. He owns and works out of The Airport studio.

Discography

Producer

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*'' Grow'' (2015) - Mixer (

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*'' Another Atmosphere Preview'' (2012) - Producer (

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) *''Neon'' (2014) - Producer (Independent) Rob Zombie *''Mondo Sex Head'' (2012) -

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) *'' EP ††'' (2012) - Composer, Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programming *'' EP †'' (2011) - Composer, Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programming

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'' (2010) - Engineer Far *'' At Night We Live'' (2010) - Composer, Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Guitar (

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*''The Airport Sessions (EP)'' (2008) - Producer, Engineer, Mixer

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*'' A Twist in My Story'' (2008) - Mixing (

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*''Heights of The Heavens'' (2007) - Engineer

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*'' Storm the Gates of Hell'' (2007) - Audio Engineer, Audio Production, Engineer, Guitar Engineer, Guitar Producer, Producer, Theremin (

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'' (2007) - Producer, Engineer, Mixer, additional Vocals ( Bieler Brothers Records)

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*'' Voices UK 7"'' (2007) - Recorded By ( Capitol Records) Lupe Fiasco *''

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*'' Hearts and Unicorns B Sides'' (2006) - Producer, Engineer ( Kickball Records)

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*'' Scarface: The World Is Yours'' (2006) - Guitar, Mixer (

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) The Revolution Smile *'' Summer Ever'' (2006) - Composer, Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Vocals, Guitar *''

'' (2003) - Composer, Producer, Engineer, Vocals, Guitar (

) *'' We Are In This Alone'' (2002) - Composer, Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Vocals, Guitar *'' At War with Plastic'' (2001) - Composer, Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Vocals, Guitar

Musician

Full albums

* Far - '' At Night We Live'' (2010) * The Revolution Smile - '' Summer Ever'' (2006) * The Revolution Smile - ''

'' (2003) * The Revolution Smile - '' We Are In This Alone'' (2002) * Far - '' Water & Solutions'' (1998) * Far - '' Tin Cans With Strings To You'' (1996) * Far - ''

'' (1994) * Far - '' Listening Game'' (1992)

EPs

* ††† - '' EP ††'' (2012) * ††† - '' EP †'' (2011) * The Revolution Smile - '' At War with Plastic'' (2001) * Far - '' Soon'' (1997)

Promos

* Far - ''The System'' (1998) * Far - ''Mother Mary'' (1998) * Far - ''Love, American Style'' (1996) * Far - ''What I've Wanted To Say'' (1996) * Far - ''In The Aisle, Yelling'' (1996)

7"s

* Far - ''Mother Mary'' (1998) * Far - ''Far /

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split w/ Water and Solutions'' (1997) * Far - ''Far Does Madonna'' (w/ Sea Pigs) (1996) * Far - ''Boring Life'' (1995)

References

External links

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