{"name":"The Shins","title":"The Shins","id":2236,"slug":"the-shins","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/2236/?format=json","bio_short":"The Shins are an American <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/indie%20rock\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">indie rock</a> band consisting of <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/James+Mercer\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">James Mercer</a> (vocals, guitar), Dave Hernandez (guitar), Ron Lewis (bass), Eric Johnson (keyboards) and Joe Plummer (drums). They formed in 1997, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States as a side project of Mercer (previously of <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Blue+Roof+Dinner\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Blue Roof Dinner</a>) and bassist Jesse Sandoval, who were both members of the <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/lo-fi\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">lo-fi</a> rock group <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Flake+Music\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Flake Music</a> (formed as Flake 1992).","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/TheShins.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[]}