Together since 1995, vocalist Shane 235, guitarist Matt Brown, bassist Jimmy McConnell, keyboardist Chris Bride and drummer Rob Steele have worked hard from the underground up, winning friends and influencing people with a powerful stage show,

Cultural Minority is fresh and rife with meaning. It's dramatic and edgy without being overbearing, complementing and in turn complemented by a physically intense and emotionally raw stage performance. "It's a mixed blessing when you have diversity in your sound," shane 235 acknowledges. "That's what's kept us from getting signed for so long. But we have a huge, huge fan base and we're catching on. We went on the road for a couple years and sold 15,000 demo cassettes so we built a really big fan base. Our fans are the ones who are making it happen for us," Shane 235 credits gratefully. "They're the ones who adopted us and they're the ones who want to do all the work for us. The street team is called Sterile Nation and they enlist people. Because