Your name:
Pistolwhip von Shankenstein (but you can call me Ian Starkey if I am not wearing the red
shoes!).
Where are you
from?
A farm in the
Sovereign Township of Mono, Ontario.
Name of band:
The SHANKS.
Who else is in
your band?
John
David Brumell AKA Colonel Crankshaft (on the drums).
How would you
describe yourselves?
In a very kind
critic's words... "Epic, awesome and surreal".
Who are your
main influences musically?
Hmm... my
father's classical record stack, Black Sabbath and 80's new wave FM radio.
What do you hope
to achieve in music?
To share gifts I
have received with as many people as possible.
What has been
the highlight of your career so far, and why?
Recording an as
yet unreleased album entitled Prisons of Ecstasy with Nicke Andersson in
Stockholm, Sweden. Amazing to find out that a musical hero is also a
fucking awesome human being and getting to spend some time together with
him. Huge validation for my work as a songwriter and singer.
And what’s the
moment you want to forget?
The morning
after the Prisons of Ecstasy wrap party at the Hotel Reisen in Gamla stan...
If you had to
pick just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and
why?
Of released
Shanks material probably When We Come from our last LP Surfing The Lexicon. That track probably portrays the epic nature of our
rock vision, the sweeping vista of melody and the sense of grand abandon
that pervades the typical Shanks jam!
Where can we
listen to it?
There is a
"travelogue" video of our very first visit to Berlin, When We Come is the soundtrack...
Where can we
find out more about your music?
Anything else
you’d like to say about your band/music that I forgot to ask?
The real reason
to write, record and attempt to propagate these songs (through touring, making videos etc.): In me being me, I
hope to encourage others. I feel super-fortunate to be a person who gets to
play music, the message for others is to not give up on the hopes and dreams
they once had of being able to do something creative in their lives to express
who they really are. My greatest hope is that something in this music will
resonate within people and let them know that it is OK to become more
fully what they were made for. The deepest human joy in this life is to
be known fully and loved - everyone has got some music to make.
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