{{Short description|Musical artist (born 1964)}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Evan Shanks | image = Evan Shanks 3.jpg | caption = Evan Shanks, Symbol Six | birth_name = Evan Shanks | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1964|10|10}} | birth_place = Los Angeles | origin = Los Angeles | instrument = Bass | genre = Punk rock, Rock & roll | years_active = 1983–present | occupation = Songwriter, bassist | label = Jailhouse Records, Symbol Six Music, Bad Idea Music | website = https://www.symbolsix.com | associated_acts = Symbol Six, Entropy, Aces & Eights }}
'''Evan Shanks''' (born October 10, 1964) is an American rock bassist for Symbol Six and Entropy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Entropy Los Angeles|url=http://www.fakeart.net/more/Entropy/index.html/|access-date=2015-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025160157/http://www.fakeart.net/more/entropy/index.html|archive-date=2015-10-25|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Entropy Los Angeles|url=https://old-fast-and-loud.blogspot.com/2014/09/entropy-1984-1985-demos-venice-santa.html}}</ref>
== Career == In the early 1980s, Entropy played such venues as <ref>{{cite web|title=Entropy at Olympic Auditorium|url=http://lapunkandhardcore.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/olympic.jpeg/|access-date=2015-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121175523/https://lapunkandhardcore.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/olympic.jpeg|archive-date=2016-01-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>Grand Olympic Auditorium and Cathay de Grande right in the heart of Los Angeles / Orange County Punk rock. They went on to play a steady stream of shows for Goldenvoice: 45 Grave,<ref>{{cite web|title=Circle Jerks and Entropy|url=http://lapunkandhardcore.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/circlejerks-flyer-08.jpg/}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Circle Jerks, NOFX, The Melvins, The Minutemen, The Butthole Surfers,<ref>{{cite web |title=7 Seconds and Entropy |url=http://lapunkandhardcore.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/youthbrigade7seconds.jpg/ }}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 7 Seconds, DI, The Toy Dolls, The Effigies,<ref>{{cite web|title=Entropy at Olympic Auditorium|url=http://lapunkandhardcore.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/miastukas2.jpg/}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Wasted Youth,<ref>{{cite web|title=English Dogs and Entropy|url=http://lapunkandhardcore.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/englishdogsentropy.jpg/|access-date=2015-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121173111/https://lapunkandhardcore.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/englishdogsentropy.jpg|archive-date=2016-01-21|url-status=dead}}</ref> English Dogs, D.R.I., Detox, The Dickies, Conflict, and <ref>{{cite web|title=Dead Kennedys and Entropy|url=http://lapunkandhardcore.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/dksriverside.jpg//}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Dead Kennedys.
<ref>{{cite web|title=Slash and Steven Adler at the Viper Room|url=http://chinese-democracy.blogspot.com/2009/08/slash-and-steven-adler-at-viper-room.html/}}</ref> In 2009, Ace & Eights performed with Slash and Steven Adler of Guns N' Roses.
Shanks is currently the bassist for the Los Angeles rock band Symbol Six.
== Musicians collaborated with == * Eric Leach, Tony Fate, Phil George, Taz Rudd: Symbol Six * Phil George, Patrick Stone, Taz Rudd: Aces N' Eights * Entropy
== Discography == * 1985 Gross National Product EP - ENTROPY Catalog #BI-001 (Bad Idea Music) * 1986 Kaaos Zine Presents - ENTROPY Catalog #BCT 21 (Bad Compilation Tapes) * 2005 Farewell To Venice - ENTROPY (BDF Records) * 2006 Post-Industrial Hardcore - ENTROPY * 2010 Monsters 11 - SYMBOL SIX (Symbol Six Music) * 2014 Dirtyland - SYMBOL SIX Catalog #JHR 049 (Jailhouse Records) * 2014 SYMBOL SIX/Fang Split Catalog #JHR 047 (Jailhouse Records) * 2015 SYMBOL SIX/Rikk Agnew Split Catalog #JHR 055 (Jailhouse Records)
==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed"> file:Evan Shanks 2.jpg|Evan Shanks, Entropy file:Evan Shanks 1.jpg|Evan Shanks, Entropy file:Evan Shanks 4.jpg|Evan Shanks, Symbol Six </gallery>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{official|https://www.facebook.com/SymbolSix}}
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