The Shins
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Alberquerque, New MexicoBirth Name
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The Shins are a band on Sub Pop records. They formed in 1997 in New Mexico as a side project for James Mercer, the lead singer. Eventually all the members in his full time band joined the side project, which became the new "band". They have released two…more
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Guest Star (11)
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Conan
Musical Guest
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S 2:
Ep 313
October 1, 2012
10/1/12
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S 2:
Ep 313
October 1, 2012
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Saturday Night Live
Themselves
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S 37:
Ep 17
Jonah Hill/The Shins
3/10/12
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S 32:
Ep 10
Jake Gyllenhaal/The Shins
1/13/07
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S 37:
Ep 17
Jonah Hill/The Shins
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Musical Guest
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S 15:
Ep 193
Rainn Wilson; Orny Adams; The Shins
4/13/07
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S 15:
Ep 193
Rainn Wilson; Orny Adams; The Shins
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self
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S 14:
Ep 2382
Andy Richter, Len Berman, The Shins
3/14/07
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S 14:
Ep 2382
Andy Richter, Len Berman, The Shins
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Late Show with David Letterman
Guests
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S 14:
Ep 85
Show #2694
1/23/07
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S 14:
Ep 85
Show #2694
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Austin City Limits
Themselves
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S 30:
Ep 9
The Flaming Lips followed by The Shins
12/18/04
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S 30:
Ep 9
The Flaming Lips followed by The Shins
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Gilmore Girls
Themselves
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S 4:
Ep 17
Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doin' the Twist/ aka Gilmore Girls Gone Wild
4/13/04
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S 4:
Ep 17
Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doin' the Twist/ aka Gilmore Girls Gone Wild
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Guest
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S 11:
Ep 70
Meg Ryan, "Queer Eye" Guys, The Shins
2/17/04
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S 11:
Ep 70
Meg Ryan, "Queer Eye" Guys, The Shins
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Late Show with David Letterman
Guest
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S 11:
Ep 74
Show #2105
1/13/04
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S 11:
Ep 74
Show #2105
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The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Musical Guest
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S 6:
Ep 69
Bob Guiney, Hayden Christensen, and The Shins
11/7/03
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S 6:
Ep 69
Bob Guiney, Hayden Christensen, and The Shins
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The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
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Conan
Trivia and Quotes
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Trivia
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The band got their name from a passage from the Virginia Wolf story The Mark On The Wall.
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Drummer Jeremiah Green quit the band in 2003 due to a mental breakdown.
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The album We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank was recorded in Mississippi and produced by Denis Herring who also produced Good News for People Who Love Bad News.
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The Shins' video for the song Phantom Limb is directed by Patrick Daughters.
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One of The Shins' unreleased songs Whoa, Trish appears in a Gap ad.
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The Shins have been compared to Badly Drawn Boy and Beachwood Sparks by critics.
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The Shins were influenced by Nick Drake.
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Chutes Too Narrow is only a bit over 30 minutes long.
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The Shins's Martin Crandall appeared with his girlfriend, Elyse Sewell, on the first cycle of America's Next Top Model.
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During live shows, band members, Crandall and Hernadez in particular, are known to frequently swap instruments, making it somewhat difficult to define their exact roles in the band.
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A rare non-album track titled "When I Goosestep" is included in the soundtrack of indie film Wicker Park.
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The band also offered the song "They'll Soon Discover" for the soundtrack to The Spongebob Squarepants Movie.
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The Shins have been featured in many of the TV shows and movies that Zach Braff stars in.
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The Shins were featured twice on the Garden State soundtrack and in the movie Natalie Portman mentions how the song "New Slang" will change your life.
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The Shins are recording their new album which is tentatively titled Sleeping Lessons.
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The Shins describe their sound as an indie-pop and rockish one.
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The Shins were part of an aclaimed tour with Califone.
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The Shins have been together since 1997.
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The Shins are signed to Sub Pop records.
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The Shins have toured Europe and Australia many times promoting their albums.
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The band relocated to Portland, Oregon from Alberquerque, New Mexico and do most of their recording there.
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The Shins' two albums have both been certified gold.
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The Shins have toured with pals, Modest Mouse.
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Mercer is The Shins's main singer-songwriter.
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The Shins started as a side project for James Mercer from his band Flake.
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The Shins' second album was called Oh, Inverted World.
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Their first record was called Chutes Too Narrow and was released on October 21st, 2003.
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