Shawn Smith

Shawn Smith (born 28 October 1965) is a Seattle-based songwriter, vocalist and musician in several bands (Brad, Satchel, Pigeonhed) and also as a solo artist. He was born in Spokane, Washington.Smith has cited Freddie Mercury, Prince and KISS as early influences. Other influences he has noted are Steven Tyler, Bon Scott, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Andy Wood and Chris Cornell.In 2005, Smith unveiled a musical project called "The Diamond Hand" involving many musicians. He also has worked with Thaddeus Turner (formerly of Maktub and many other projects including Brad) under the name Forever Breakers. "From the North" is Shawn's newest band with core members of Malfunkshun (Regan Hagar, Kevin Wood, Cory Kane) and the lyrics left by the late Andrew Wood. Since 2006, the band has also been billed as "Power of Wings" and "Von Nord" (allegedly meaning "From the North" in German; whereas this actually reads "vom Norden" or "aus dem Norden"). Hagar has since been replaced by Seattle drummer Mike Hommel. The band changed its name in July 2008 to All Hail the Crown and plans to release new music under this banner. 2Solo discography Let It All Begin (1999) Live at the Point (2000) Shield of Thorns (2003) The Cedarwood EP (2007) The Diamond Hand (2008) Sunshine (2011) SKELETON KEYS - A Collection of Home Recordings And Non-Album Tracks 1989-2003 - Volumes 1-7 (2011) Grass and Sky EP (2013) Kid Bakersfield (2013) The Secret Life of People EP (2016) 2Brad discography Shame (1993) Interiors (1997) Welcome to Discovery Park (2002) Best Friends? (2010) United We Stand (2012) 2Satchel discography EDC (1994) The Family (1996) Heartache and Honey (2010) 2Pigeonhed Pigeonhed (1993) The Full Sentence (1997) Flash Bulb Emergency Overflow Cavalcade of Remixes (1997) 2Compilation Brad vs Satchel (2005) Deer Lodge George Jones (2014) 2Television "Shake It (Like You Just Made Bail)," a song that remained unreleased until Shawn Smith made it available in digital format in 2007, was featured in the background of the cocaine scene of the "Proshai, Livushka" episode of The Sopranos (third season, 2001