# Evan Shanks

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{{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](/source/Los_Angeles)
| origin          = [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles)
| instrument      = Bass
| genre           = [Punk rock](/source/Punk_rock), [Rock & roll](/source/Rock_%26_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](/source/Symbol_Six_(band)), Entropy, Aces & Eights
}}

'''Evan Shanks''' (born October 10, 1964) is an American rock bassist for [Symbol Six](/source/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](/source/Grand_Olympic_Auditorium) and [Cathay de Grande](/source/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](/source/Goldenvoice): [45 Grave](/source/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](/source/The_Circle_Jerks), [NOFX](/source/NOFX), [The Melvins](/source/The_Melvins), [The Minutemen](/source/Minutemen_(band)), [The Butthole Surfers](/source/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](/source/7_Seconds_(band)), [DI](/source/D.I._(band)), [The Toy Dolls](/source/The_Toy_Dolls), [The Effigies](/source/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](/source/Wasted_Youth_(American_band)),<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](/source/English_Dogs), [D.R.I.](/source/Dirty_Rotten_Imbeciles), Detox, [The Dickies](/source/The_Dickies), [Conflict](/source/Conflict_(band)), 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](/source/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](/source/Slash_(musician)) and [Steven Adler](/source/Steven_Adler) of [Guns N' Roses](/source/Guns_N'_Roses).

Shanks is currently the bassist for the Los Angeles rock band [Symbol Six](/source/Symbol_Six).

== Musicians collaborated with ==
* [Eric Leach](/source/Eric_Leach_(musician)), [Tony Fate](/source/Tony_Fate), [Phil George](/source/Phil_George), [Taz Rudd](/source/Taz_Rudd): [Symbol Six](/source/Symbol_Six)
* [Phil George](/source/Phil_George), Patrick Stone, [Taz Rudd](/source/Taz_Rudd): [Aces N' Eights](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Fang_(band)) Split Catalog #JHR 047 (Jailhouse Records)
* 2015 SYMBOL SIX/[Rikk Agnew](/source/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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