Shane Smith (born January 22, 1979, in

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) is a

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drummer. He has performed with the

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bands

SNFU SNFU was a Canadian hardcore punk band from Edmonton, formed in 1981 as Society's No Fucking Use. They relocated to Vancouver in 1992 and went on hiatus in 2018 due to illness. They released eight albums, two live records, and one compilation ami ...

and Slaveco., and the

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bands Neurosonic and

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Career

After playing in the high school band The Insubordinates in the 1990s, Chris Walter. ''...What No One Else Wanted to Say''. Vancouver: GFY Press, 2012, pp. 219 Smith joined the alternative rock band OCEAN3 in 2000, who went on to release several demos and marginal releases before disbanding the following year. OCEAN3 played several tours and shared a practice space with the influential

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band SNFU, and Smith co-founded the new group Based on a True Story with SNFU guitarist Marc Belke and OCEAN3 members Jay Black and

Matt Warhurst Matt Warhurst (born June 28, 1975 in Sechelt, British Columbia) Chris Walter. ''...What No One Else Wanted to Say''. Vancouver: GFY Press, 2012, pp. 213 is a Canadian musician and record producer. He has played bass guitar in the punk rock grou ...

after OCEAN3's breakup. Based on a True Story disbanded the following year after Belke relocated to

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, and Warhurst, Black and Smith formed the group Slaveco. with SNFU vocalist

Ken Chinn Kendall Steven Chinn (October 19, 1962 – July 16, 2020), known under the stage name Mr. Chi Pig, was a Canadian punk rock vocalist and artist born in Edmonton and long residing in Vancouver. He fronted the hardcore punk band SNFU from 1981 unti ...

in 2002. Chinn, Belke, Warhurst and Smith began a new incarnation of SNFU in late 2003. The four toured behind their '' In the Meantime and In Between Time'' album prior to disbanding in 2005 due to in-fighting and general exhaustion. Smith next joined producer

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's Jakalope project in time to work on their ''

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'' album. He also became involved with Neurosonic from 2006 to 2009. Following this stint, he rejoined SNFU in early 2009, who had been reactivated two years earlier by Chinn and former bassist Ken Fleming. Smith remained with the group for a little over a year, departing in March 2010 after extensive touring and returning to

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to pursue a change in careers. He was replaced by early SNFU drummer

Jon Card Jon Card (December 11, 1960 – April 8, 2024) was a German-born Canadian drummer. He played in the punk rock bands Personality Crisis, SNFU, D.O.A., and The Subhumans. Life and career Card was born to a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot in Zwe ...

References

External links

Official SNFU web page
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