Imagine for a second that you’re Scott “Wino” Weinrich of Saint Vitus and The Obsessed fame, and you have had a shortage of musical projects to work on. Maybe you have a few friends and colleagues who are in a similar situation. Wouldn’t the obvious choice here be to form a band or project with those fellow musicians? Of course it is the obvious choice, and so that is exactly what Wino did. A few years ago, he teamed up with Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Al Cisneros (Sleep) and Dale Crover (Melvins) to form the supergroup Shrinebuilder (although the exact point when the group went from speculated project to fruition is still a bit unclear). The group’s self-title debut came out in October of ‘09 to much excitement and critical acclaim.
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