Shelter is a

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band, formed by

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vocalist

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in 1991. Because of the religious

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-oriented messages in its lyrics, Shelter's subgenre has been dubbed by some as

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Recent history

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, vocalist

recorded a new 11-track album entitled ''Eternal'' with 10 new songs and a remake of the song "In Defense of Reality". ''Eternal'' was released in May 2006 by

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. Cappo also did a European tour with a few members of Dutch hardcore bands functioning as the band. Shelter played two reunion shows in 2011:

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, Sweden on June 16, and

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, on June 26. The line-up for the reunion shows were: *Vocals – Ray Cappo *Guitar – Porcell *Guitar – Daniel Larsson *Bass – Tim Brooks *Drums – Vinny Panza The band reunited again for a US tour and a European festival date with

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on drums in 2018. Opening acts included

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's ''Don't Sleep'' on the East Coast and

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-based hardcore band GIVE in the West.

Members

Original lineup

*Dave Ware *Todd Knapp *Tom Capone *William Knapp

Later members

*Sean Sellers (Good Riddance) *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 Alex Garcia-Rivera is an American rock drummer, drum-tech and recording engineer from Boston, Massachusetts. He has been the drummer for the bands Shelter, Piebald, Good Clean Fun, Bloodhorse, 454 Big Block, Saves The Day, Cold Cave, but is ...

*Dave DiCenso *Adam Blake (H2O) *Franklin Rhi *Sri Keshava (Baby Gopal) *Trey Files *Daniel Johansson (Versant, Shiny Toy Guns) *Ken Olden *Drura Parrish *

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(Nausea, Soulfly) *Conor Adam Logan *Tyler Lawrence *Norman Brannon (previously Norm Arenas) *Matt Malouin *Bryan K. Christner *Bip Bop McGillicuddy *

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*Sammy Dirksz (a.k.a. Sankirtanaika-pitarau dasa) *Perry Poldervaart *Cesco Willemse *

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*Edwin Verhiest *Marc Hoogenboom *Jason Grotrian (Eye for an Eye) *Mackie Jayson *Will Joyce *Antonio Valladares *Mike White (Negative Male Child) *Tim Brooks (Bold) *

Discography

*''No Compromise'' 7" ( Equal Vision, 1990) *''Perfection of Desire'' (

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, 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) *''

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'' (

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, 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) *''Chanting & Meditations'' (Krishna Core, 1998) *''When 20 Summers Pass'' (

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, 2000) *''The Purpose, The Passion'' (Supersoul, 2001) *''Eternal'' (

, 2006)

References

External links

Shelter – BandToBand.com
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