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Ryan Shuck is an American musician and co-founder of
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band
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and
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band
Julien-K Julien-K is an American electronic rock band based in Long Beach, California, that began as a side project for electronic music created by Amir Derakh and Ryan Shuck from Orgy, alongside Anthony 'Fu' Valcic. The band's name comes from the mo ...
. He was the guitarist and backing vocalist of
Dead by Sunrise Dead by Sunrise (formerly known as Snow White Tan) was an American rock supergroup formed in Los Angeles, California in 2005 by vocalist Chester Bennington who was best known as the lead vocalist of Linkin Park. The band also consisted of Am ...
, the alternative rock side project of
Linkin Park Linkin Park is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Agoura Hills, California, in 1996. The band's current lineup consists of vocalist/rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda, lead guitarist Brad Delson, DJ/turntablist Joe Hahn, bass ...
frontman
Chester Bennington Chester Charles Bennington (March 20, 1976 – July 20, 2017) was an American singer who was the lead vocalist of the rock band Linkin Park. He was also the lead vocalist of Grey Daze, Dead by Sunrise, and Stone Temple Pilots at various po ...
. He was also the lead singer of the rock band
Adema Adema () is an American rock band from Bakersfield, California. The band formed in 2000 with members vocalist Mark Chavez, guitarist Tim Fluckey, guitarist Mike Ransom, bassist Dave DeRoo, and drummer Kris Kohls. After their first two albums ...
from 2019 to 2024. Initially in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Shuck played in the Bakersfield-based rock band
Sexart Jonathan Howsmon Davis (born January 18, 1971), also known as JD, is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is the lead vocalist and frontman of nu metal band Korn, which is considered a pioneering act of the nu metal genre. Davis's ...
alongside future
Korn Korn (stylized as KoЯn) is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, originally formed in 1993 by James Shaffer, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald Arvizu, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu and David Silveria, who were members of the band ...
lead singer
Jonathan Davis Jonathan Howsmon Davis (born January 18, 1971), also known as JD, is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is the lead vocalist and frontman of nu metal band Korn, which is considered a pioneering act of the nu metal genre. Davis's ...
and future Adema bassist
Dave DeRoo David Clark DeRoo (born September 3, 1974) is an American rock musician, known primarily for his role as bassist of the rock band Adema. Early life Dave DeRoo was born in Bakersfield, California; his father, Doug DeRoo, was a well-known radio DJ. ...
. Shuck owns four restaurants in
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and a recording studio in
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.


Early life

From Shuck's earliest years, he had been an artist. As a child, Shuck painted with his grandmother, and then sold his paintings at local art shows where people bought the painting thinking they had been painted by an experienced adult artist. At an age of 16, Shuck finally discovered music for himself when he first picked up the guitar. He soon moved on to experimenting with keyboards and other
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s and learning that he could sing, while simultaneously listening to strange combinations of music from the likes of
Depeche Mode Depeche Mode are an English electronic music, electronic band formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980. Originally formed with the line-up of Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher (musician), Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke, the band currently consists ...
,
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,
The Cure The Cure are an English Rock music, rock band formed in Crawley in 1976 by Robert Smith (musician), Robert Smith (vocals, guitar) and Lol Tolhurst (drums). The band's current line-up comprises Smith, Perry Bamonte (guitar and keyboards), Reev ...
,
Slayer Slayer is an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California, formed in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King, drummer Dave Lombardo and bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. Slayer's fast and aggressive musical style made them ...
,
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, and
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. These odd combinations of music would influence Shuck for years to come. Shuck had stated in later interviews that he always thought they went together beautifully and didn't understand why there were so many lines dividing styles of music. In order to combine his love for music, design and fashion, Shuck left his hometown Taft at the age of 18 in order to move to Bakersfield and enroll at a
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school to become a
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.


Music career


Early musical projects

After relocating to Bakersfield for his studies, Shuck made a new friend, Jonathan Davis. They both shared their love of fashion, heavy music, and electronic/dance music, so they formed the alternative metal band Sexart, along with Ray "Chaka" Solis on guitar, David DeRoo (Adema) on
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, and Dennis Shinn on
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. On the only released Sexart
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, "Inside," they were joined by Ty Elam (Videodrone) on
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. Davis left the band in 1993 to join Korn and had major success with songs that were also originally co-written by Shuck (" Blind", " Daddy"). Shuck also eventually left and went on to form the band Orgy.


The Orgy era

Shuck found his first major mainstream success as a founding member of the
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band
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. The band, which also consisted of the other two founders Jay Gordon (vocals) and
Amir Derakh Amir Davidson, professionally known as Amir Derakh, is an American musician and record producer. He is currently the guitarist and the synthesizer player for the band Julien-K, and was the guitarist for the band Dead by Sunrise. He was the g- ...
(guitar, g-synth) and also Paige Haley (bass) and Bobby Hewitt (drums), was eventually signed by Korn to their
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imprint,
Elementree Records Korn (stylized as KoЯn) is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, originally formed in 1993 by James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu and David Silveria, who were members of the band L.A.P.D. Their current line ...
. Dubbed "death-pop," Orgy blended
electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...
with modern alternative rock at a time when the rest of
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was dominated by
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bands. Orgy, who had been lovingly described by some magazines as "The Cure on
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," went on to sell over three million records, receive platinum awards, and hit top positions in the
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, giving Shuck a taste of real
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success and massive
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and
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exposure. They were also featured on several
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s for popular movies, such as '' Not Another Teen Movie'', ''
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'', '' Scream III'', and ''
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''. During the work on the band's third album ''
Punk Statik Paranoia ''Punk Statik Paranoia'' is the third album by the industrial metal band Orgy. It was released on February 24, 2004, their first independent recording. The album's style is a departure from the electronic rock sound that was present in ''Candyas ...
'', Shuck and his long-time partner and close friend Amir Derakh began to realize that they clashed with singer Jay Gordon regarding the future direction of the band. While Shuck and Derakh wanted Orgy to pursue a more experimental electro-pop and dance path, Gordon wanted the band to be heavier with more rock influence. That is when Shuck and Derakh began the "Julien-K experiment".


Julien-K

With Julien-K, Shuck finally found the outlet to do the music that he always wanted to do – "passionate electronic music." So far, the band (which, besides Shuck, nowadays consists of Amir Derakh on guitar, Anthony Valcic on
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and bass, and
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on drums) has released two albums – '' Death To Analog'' (released on March 10, 2009, via
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and executive produced by Linkin Park's Chester Bennington) and '' We're Here With You'' (released on January 23, 2012, via Julien-K INC). ''Death To Analog'' made it to the top 10 of the Billboard Dance/Electronic album charts and ''We're Here With You'' hit #4 in the US
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charts – both in the first week of release. In the early days of the band, Julien-K also recorded two tracks for the
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s ''
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'' and ''
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'': "This Machine" and "Waking Up", respectively. Their song "Technical Difficulties" was also featured on the official soundtrack of the movie ''
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'', and they were featured on the '' Underworld: Evolution'' soundtrack with a
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for the song "Morning After," on which they collaborated with Chester Bennington from Linkin Park. Besides, they were responsible for the whole film score of the video game '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' and to date their songs were remixed by several well-known DJs such as
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, Benjamin Vial, Bryan Black of Motor, and Z-Listers. In 2012, Julien-K did the score for the
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movie ''Matt's Chance'' (directed by Nicholas Gyeney). Their compositions recently won the
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for "Best Score" at the Bloody Hero International
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. Up until now, the band has also been touring all over the United States and
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with big names such as Linkin Park,
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, HIM,
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,
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,
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, and Filter. They started touring in 2007 before even having an album out and with no
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and no
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push.


Dead by Sunrise

Apart from their own musical endeavors, Shuck and the other band members of Julien-K had also been working alongside Linkin Park co-frontman Chester Bennington on his solo project Dead by Sunrise, which he had been working on since 2005. Their debut album '' Out of Ashes'' was released on October 13, 2009, and hit the top 30 in the ''Billboard'' 200 album charts and the top 10 in the Billboard Modern Rock charts. Several tours and performances around the globe followed the release – the highlight having been an appearance at the
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in Japan and in an interview in 2012 it was revealed that there are plans to continue the project in the near future.


Other musical appearances

Besides playing in his actual bands, Shuck also contributed guitar parts to the all-star project
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which featured
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frontman
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, Mark McGrath of
Sugar Ray Sugar Ray is an American rock band formed in Newport Beach, California, in 1986. Originally playing heavier funk metal and nu metal style music, the band achieved mainstream popularity in 1997 with their more pop-influenced single " Fly". Th ...
,
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of
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, Shannon Leto of
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,
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of
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,
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of
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,
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of
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, and
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of
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. He was also a member of the fun project of Chester Bennington called Bucket Of Weenies which only had a handful live performances, e.g. at the Club Tattoo Anniversary Party in 2005 and 2006. Shuck also played guitar on the Hypno-Submissive Remix for the
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song "Sway" and in the song "Kerosene" by
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band Drown. Besides, he contributed guest vocals to a remix of
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's song "What Do They Know?", to some songs by Amir Derakh's
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project Circuit Freq, to Vandal's song "Fail With Grace", to an EP of electronic project Virgin Tears, and to some songs of the newcomer act Decode Radio whose debut EP ''The Death Rattle'' (released via Circuit Freq Records) he also produced in his own studio. On October 27, 2017, he performed One Step Closer with
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at Linkin Park and Friends – Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington.


Adema

In 2019, Ryan joined nu-metal band
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as their lead singer. On February 27, 2024,
Adema Adema () is an American rock band from Bakersfield, California. The band formed in 2000 with members vocalist Mark Chavez, guitarist Tim Fluckey, guitarist Mike Ransom, bassist Dave DeRoo, and drummer Kris Kohls. After their first two albums ...
announced they have parted ways with Ryan to “continue on indefinitely as a four-piece”.


Endorsements

Ever since his playing in Orgy, Shuck has been endorsed by Yamaha Guitars and helped create his own signature 7-string guitar model called AES RS-7. With Julien-K, he is currently endorsed by
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and König & Meyer
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and keyboard stands. In the past, Julien-K collaborated with designer Jeffrey Sebelia (known as the winner of the third season of the
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''
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'') and his Cosa Nostra clothing line in order to create individual outfits.


Musical style and influence

Shuck's first musical influences were heavy metal bands such as Metallica and Slayer, until he discovered electronic music at an age of 14 or 15 when he first saw
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s from the new wave genre at a dance club in
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. This key experience really changed his life and made him turn away from heavy metal to more electronic music. With his first project Sexart, Shuck also had a great impact on the development of the genre nowadays known as "nu metal". The band also laid the foundation for several successful musical careers. Being a member of Orgy, Shuck was able to define a completely new genre called "death-pop" while playing a very synth-oriented sound that one had never heard before, by means of using instruments and effects that had never been used in music before. Shuck's current project Julien-K also has a high focus on visual aspects, fashion, design, and presenting a certain lifestyle. The band always tries to include its sense for aesthetics into their music and into an extraordinary stage setting that makes them stand out from their contemporaries.


Non-musical activities


Acting

In 2001, Shuck had a small role as the character Pride in the horror movie '' The Forsaken''. As a member of Orgy, he also played himself during the episode "Sin Francisco" of the popular fantasy series ''
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'' wherein the band performed their song "Opticon" live.


Modeling

In the Orgy days, Shuck did some modeling for
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Jeans. Afterwards, he also modeled for the clothing lines Howe and Ve'cel.


Business activities

Apart from his musical endeavors, Shuck is an entrepreneur who currently owns four restaurants in Orange County, CA – The Gypsy Den in
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, Santa Ana, and
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, and the Lola Gaspar in Santa Ana. The Gypsy Den chain has been getting rave reviews by renowned local magazines such as
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and was recently awarded with the "Certificate of Appreciation" by the Children's Bureau for its generous contributions. Shuck is currently in the process of opening two new restaurant concepts in Costa Mesa (PBLC TRDE) and Long Beach (Daily Communal). Shuck also owns a recording studio in Long Beach where he not only produces material for his own musical projects but also for artists such as Decode Radio and Battle Tapes. He is also heavily involved in the business activities of the band's own company called Julien-K INC. and in the business side of Derakh's and Valcic's
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Circuit Freq Records. At the beginning of the 21st century, Shuck was involved in the setup of the technology and media company Level 7 LLC, alongside
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co-founder
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. Legal issues prevented the release of Julien-K's debut album ''Death to Analog'' through Level 7. Before that, Shuck had also successfully launched his own
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line called Replicant Clothing, alongside
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(Korn), with strong support by artists such as Chester Bennington and
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(
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). This experience also led Shuck to have a great impact on the creation of Chester Bennington's clothing line Ve'cel in 2006.


Discography


References


External links


Official Julien-K website

Julien-K.de

Julien-K @ Facebook

Julien-K @ YouTube

Dead By Sunrise @ Facebook
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