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Podcast guestShad Christensen
Singer and guitarist who leads Seattle Rain, a '90s grunge and hard rock tribute, plus a Nirvana tribute and an acoustic duo.
Shad Christensen is a singer and guitarist who leads Seattle Rain, an era tribute to '90s grunge and Seattle-influenced hard rock. He also has a Nirvana tribute called Scentless Apprentice and an acoustic duo with drummer Kevin. Shad taught himself guitar at 16 by picking out "Paint It Black" on a guitar at home. He played for years without a band, then started one around the time COVID began, through the musician site BandMix. That band, first called Generation Angst, became Seattle Rain once drummer Aaron joined after a jam at Shaw's.
On the Minnesota Music Note
The Minnesota Music Note - Ep 27 - From Air Guitar to Real Stages with Shad Christensen
6mo ago
Open episode pageFun facts from the interview
- As a kid Shad made cardboard replicas of the guitars he saw in MTV videos.
- For his 18th birthday he got a black Ibanez RG 470, which he still has.
- Seattle Rain's bassist Brandon is a well-known sound engineer, and the band runs its own in-ear rack mixed on an X32.
- Seattle Rain plays eight or nine Nirvana songs in a full night, plus Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Screaming Trees and more.
- Every show Seattle Rain has played came through word of mouth.
- The band has shared bills with 10,000 Days, Queen of the Reich, Sir Psycho, Strange Days and others, and played the Red Carpet.
- Shad works hard on vocal training to match the original singers as closely as he can.
- His acoustic duo started when Kevin booked a show at Omni Brewing in Victoria and needed a partner.
- Before Seattle Rain, he was picked as one of the singers for Legacy of the Loud.
- He recommended Seattle Rain's bassist Brandon as a future guest.
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