ArtistInfo

Shoulders

Band, US
Rock, Folk and World

Shoulders was a highly popular alternative rock band in Austin, Texas in the 1990s; occasionally they still give performances. Shoulders toured nationally and throughout Europe, and they were especially well known in France and other European countries. Their material, written almost entirely by lead singer Michael Slattery and guitarist Todd Kassens, has been called "drunken carnival music," but it was wide ranging, from hard rock to gentle ballads, from sea shanties to French cabaret music to Irish drinking songs. Slattery, an electrifying performer, is probably one of the greatest American rock poets[citation needed]; his songs tell stories, and they read wonderfully even without the music[citation needed]. They are simultaneously very dark and wildly joyous. He is also an accomplished

Members

	Todd Kassens g, bvoc US
	Michael Slattery voc, h, dr
	Alan Gene Williams dr, perc, bvoc
	Christopher Black org