associated_acts years_active notable_instruments birth_place |caption label article_title background birth_date image origin name
satchel forever breakers power of wings '' ` related acts : brad '' ' malfunkshun pearl jam mother love bone pigeonhed the diamond hand from the north 1991 -- present singing , keyboards , guitar spokane , washington , us shawn smith in nyc epic & satchel -rrb- -lrb- solo albums -rrb- -lrb- sony -rrb- & redline entertainment -lrb- brad shawn smith
 solo_singer 28 october 1965 shawn_smith . jpg seattle , washington , us shawn smith
shawn smith

shawn smith -lrb- 28 october 1965 -rrb- is a seattle-based songwriter , vocalist and musician in several bands -lrb- brad , satchel , pigeonhed -rrb- and also as a solo artist .
he was born in spokane , washington .
smith has cited freddie mercury , prince and kiss as early influences .
other influences he has noted are steven tyler , bon scott , elton john , stevie wonder , ice cube , snoop dogg , andy wood and chris cornell .
it is easy to hear the impact of all of these varied performers in smith 's various projects .
in 2005 , smith unveiled a musical project called `` the diamond hand '' involving many musicians .
he also has worked with thaddeus turner -lrb- formerly of maktub and many other projects including brad -rrb- under the name forever breakers .
`` from the north '' is shawn 's newest band with core members of malfunkshun -lrb- regan hagar , kevin wood , cory kane -rrb- and the lyrics left by the late andrew wood .
since 2006 , the band has also been billed as `` power of wings '' and `` von nord '' -lrb- allegedly meaning `` from the north '' in german ; whereas this actually reads `` vom norden '' or `` aus dem norden '' -rrb- .
hagar has since been replaced by seattle drummer mike hommel .
the band changed its name in july 2008 to all hail the crown and plans to release new music under this banner .
shawn is to set out on a solo tour of the uk in april/may 2015 and also visit dublin for the first time .
