Mark “The Shark” Shelton—vocalist, guitarist, and founding father of influential heavy steel band Manilla Road—has died at age 60, his bandmates confirmed on Facebook. Vocalist Bryan Patrick stated that Shelton “felt no pain” and died of a coronary heart assault. Manilla Road had been on tour on the time of Shelton’s loss of life; he had carried out at Germany’s Headbangers Open Air Festival the earlier night time.
Before forming Manilla Road in Wichita, Kansas within the late ’70s, Shelton performed in varied jazz and nation teams. Manilla Road’s sound—an modern model of heavy steel that additionally included components of psychedelic and progressive rock—advanced over a collection of cult-beloved data throughout the ’80s, the primary of which had been launched via the band’s personal label, Roadster Records. In a 2016 interview with Noisey, Shelton stated, “I’ve always been on a mission to prove that metal can be artistic and literate.”
After a hiatus within the ’90s, the band relaunched within the early 21st century and continued to report prolifically and carry out reside. Their final album, To Kill a King, arrived in 2017. “I never felt like I was too old to metal,” Shelton stated in a 2015 interview with The Portland Mercury. “I’ll be doing this ’til I die.” A GoFundMe has been arrange in his reminiscence.
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