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Shakra
Shakra
Origin	Berne
Years active	1998–present
Members	Mark Fox; Thom Blunier; Thomas Muster; Oli Lindner; Roger Tanner
Past members	Pete Wiedmer
Website	http://www.shakra.ch

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History

With their first releases "Shakra" (1998), and "Moving Force" (1999), and by touring with Great White and Uriah Heep, the early career of this Swiss band was a steep learning curve with dramatic success but the real breakthrough came with their third record "Power Ride" (2001) when singer Pete Wiedmer was forced to leave the band because of ill health, replaced by Mark Fox. Mark immediately put his stamp on the following album "Rising" (2003), which saw Shakra rise higher on the career ladder than ever before and hit the German and Swiss album charts. But it was out on the live circuit that Fox really delivered. The band played several concerts and festivals, one of which was the prestigious "Bang Your Head" event and all doubters were silenced. Critics in the press were further silenced in 2005 as the band then released the album "Fall" which also charted in Switzerland. With the controversial video clip for the song "Chains Of Temptation" showing singer Fox giving himself a heroine injection, this band was the talk of the Metal scene.

And, after supporting Iron Maiden at the Swiss "Spirit Of Rock" festival, Shakra then took the now famous decision to tour through 12 countries with Hammerfall and Stratovarius.

Every night, Shakra showed their incredible power on stage before huge audiences and gained a lot of new fans. Further highs were still to come. The band played a huge show in Zurich with Guns N' Roses in 2006.

Discography

1998 "Shakra"
1999 "Moving Force"
2000 "The Live Side" (Live)
2001 "Powerride" - CH 64 D 72
2003 "Rising" - CH 21 D 69
2004 "My Life My World" (Live-DVD+CD)
2005 "Fall" - CH 28
2007 "Infected"

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+|band_name         = Shakra
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+|origin            = {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Berne]]
-==Line-up==
+|country           = [[Switzerland]]
+|years_active      = [[1998]]&ndash;present
-* Mark Fox (vocals)
+|music_genre       = [[Hard rock]]<br />[[Heavy metal]]
-* Thom Blunier ( lead guitars)
+|record_label      = [[AFM Records]]
-* Thomas Muster (guitars)
+|current_members   = Mark Fox<br />Thom Blunier<br />Thomas Muster<br />Oli Lindner<br />Roger Tanner
-* Oli Lindner (bass)
+|past_members      = Pete Wiedmer
-* Roger Tanner (drums)
+|website           = http://www.shakra.ch
+|}}
 == History ==
-With their first releases ''Shakra'' (1998), and ''Moving Force'' (1999), and by touring with [[Great White]] and [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]], the early career of this Swiss band was a steep learning curve with dramatic success but the real breakthrough came with their third record “Power Ride” (2001) when singer Pete Wiedmer was forced to leave the band because of ill health and his replacement, the young Mark Fox, stepped into his impressive shoes. Mark immediately put his stamp on the following album “Rising” (2003), which saw SHAKRA rise higher on the career ladder than ever before and even hit the German and Swiss album charts! But it was out on the live circuit that Fox really delivered. The band played several concerts and festivals, one of which was the prestigious “Bang Your Head” event and all doubters were silenced. Critics in the press were further silenced in 2005 as the band then released the album “Fall” which also charted in Switzerland. With the controversial video clip for the song “Chains Of Temptation” showing singer Fox giving himself a heroine injection, this band was the talk of the Metal scene.
+With their first releases "Shakra" (1998), and "Moving Force" (1999), and by touring with [[Great White]] and [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]], the early career of this Swiss band was a steep learning curve with dramatic success but the real breakthrough came with their third record "Power Ride" (2001) when singer Pete Wiedmer was forced to leave the band because of ill health, replaced by Mark Fox. Mark immediately put his stamp on the following album "Rising" (2003), which saw Shakra rise higher on the career ladder than ever before and hit the German and Swiss album charts. But it was out on the live circuit that Fox really delivered. The band played several concerts and festivals, one of which was the prestigious "Bang Your Head" event and all doubters were silenced. Critics in the press were further silenced in 2005 as the band then released the album "Fall" which also charted in Switzerland. With the controversial video clip for the song "Chains Of Temptation" showing singer Fox giving himself a heroine injection, this band was the talk of the Metal scene.
-And, after supporting IRON MAIDEN at the Swiss “Spirit Of Rock” festival, SHAKRA then took the now famous decision to tour through 12 countries with HAMMERFALL and STRATOVARIUS....   A new star was born.
+And, after supporting [[Iron Maiden]] at the Swiss "Spirit Of Rock" festival, Shakra then took the now famous decision to tour through 12 countries with [[Hammerfall]] and [[Stratovarius]].
-Every night, SHAKRA showed their incredible power on stage before huge audiences and gained a lot of new fans. Further highs were still to come. The band played a huge show in Zurich with GUNS ´N´ROSES in 2006.... ! But, now it's time for "Infected" which was recorded in Thom Blunier's Power Ride Studios. You'd better be ready - SHAKRA are back and hungry again!
+Every night, Shakra showed their incredible power on stage before huge audiences and gained a lot of new fans. Further highs were still to come. The band played a huge show in Zurich with [[Guns N' Roses]] in 2006.
 ==Discography==
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 *[http://www.powerride.ch Recording Studio power ride]
 *[http://www.myspace.com/shakrametal Shakra Myspace Page]
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+[[Category:Swiss musical groups]]
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