Showing posts with label Stygian Shore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stygian Shore. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Stygian Shore: A place for the lost souls

"Wichita s the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas", says Wikipedia. "Points of interest: the Exploration Place science and discovery center, the Mid-America All-Indian Center, the Old Cowtown living history museum, and..." And to hell with that! The real points of interests for us metalheads are Manilla Road and Stygian Shore who put Wichita on the map of heavy metal. They were close friends and it was Greg Marshall, the Shore's bass player/singer, who christned Mark Shelton as Shark. But even without that Manilla Road connection Stygian Shore deserve your attention. They played that rare brand of metal which takes you by the throat from the first note and leaves you breathless in the end. The band remained unnoticed by labels but carried on despite everything. They worked hard and kept gigging and recording even when Greg Marshall lost his right arm  he just started playing bass with a hook. So here we are talking with Greg  about all the ups an downs of his career wit Stygian Shore and other bands.