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The Shrine Release Skateboard-Fuelled Video For Cruel World
Watch The Shrine's new video for Cruel World
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Los Angeles psychlords The Shrine have released a brand new video for Cruel World, taken from their new EP of the same name.
The video was filmed at a skatepark, something thats quite close to home for The Shrine who have their own official deck with Dogtown Skateboards and had their last album cover illustrated by renowned skate artist Shepard Fairey.
“The things that attracted me to skateboarding, punk, and metal in the ’80s were their complete rejection of mainstream conformity and their embrace of aggression, rebellion, and do-it-yourselfing ripped to shreds danced on the razor’s edge," said Shepard. "As subcultures became accepted and co-opted over the years, I craved music and a scene with the raw intensity of Black Flag, Black Sabbath, Suicidal Tendencies, Motörhead, the Circle Jerks etc.. When I discovered The Shrine I realised that the kind of feral, sleazy, high-octane, fun-as-hell band and scene that I was looking for was out there, not in their 50s, but in their 20s.
"The warehouse record release party for The Shrine’s [2015 album] Rare Breed was the most awesome steaming pile of sweaty, surly, rock gods and goddesses in denim and leather I’ve been to in years! There were more kickass rock and skate t-shirts in that room than I’d seen in the last five years in Echo Park and Silver Lake combined. I’ve seen a lot of great shows in my life, but to have that particular crowd pogoing and stagediving to The Shrine with Nik Turner from Hawkwind onstage improvising psychedelic punk saxophone was pretty surreal. Someone dove on my head and sprained my neck at one point, but I was so hopped-up on adrenaline that I didn’t feel it much until the next day. So yeah, I guess I could say the Shrine shred and I think they’re okay.”
The Shrine return to London for a special Kerrang! night in association with Rizla on May 12. If you want tickets, just email 'The Shrine Rule' to [email protected] for your chance to win. 18+ only.
