Shelter is a Hare Krishna hardcore punk band, formed by

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vocalist Ray Cappo in 1991. Because of the religious Hindu-oriented messages in its lyrics, Shelter's subgenre has been dubbed by some as krishnacore.

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 Ray Cappo 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: Göteborg, 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 Sammy Siegler on drums in 2018. Opening acts included Dave Smalley's ''Don't Sleep'' on the East Coast and Washington, D.C.-based hardcore band GIVE in the West.

Members

Original lineup

* Ray Cappo *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 Vic DiCara is a krishnacore guitarist, vocalist and bass guitarist. He played in Beyond, Inside Out, Shelter, Burn, and later the Hare Krishna band 108. As part of the band 108, DiCara was instrumental in recording three albums considered influe ...

(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 * Roy Mayorga (Nausea, Soulfly) *Conor Adam Logan *Tyler Lawrence *Norman Brannon (previously Norm Arenas) *Matt Malouin *Bryan K. Christner *Bip Bop McGillicuddy * 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 *Will Joyce *Antonio Valladares *Mike White (Negative Male Child) *Tim Brooks (Bold) * Sammy Siegler

Discography

*''No Compromise'' 7" (

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, 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) *''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
* The Vinyl Factory

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