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My real name is Shane Willard and I started playing guitar in 1992 when I was 13 years old.  I got a piece of shit guitar, learned a few chords and started a band.  

I grew up in Kirkland Lake Ontario Canada in the midst of a youth driven DIY punk scene in the mid-late 90s. Kids made bands, put on their own shows, recorded their own albums and put them out for other kids to hear.  A group of kids made a school club called the Imperial Order of Low Budget which was used to allow the local bands, who attended the school, to rent halls and use the school's equipment to put on shows.  The money made from the shows was used to buy recording time for local bands at a small local home studio.  I was never part of the club but my life was significantly affected by the butterfly effect it created

We met kids from nearby towns who were putting on their own shows and the scene grew through melding with other local scenes.  Bands traveled to play shows in their towns and the other bands came to play in Kirkland Lake.  It was a great way to grow up.  

On this page you’ll find music that I’ve recorded with the bands I’ve been in during my youth up to my most recent home recordings.  You won’t find pro recordings, pitch perfect singing, or pop hits here.  I came from a DIY punk rock scene in the mid 90s so a good chunk this stuff is recorded using a 4 track cassette recorder.  What you will find is music made by my friends and I that was created purely for the passion of making music at a time when the music was all that mattered.  In adulthood I haven't played or recorded much but did record some music with a friend in university and have done a few acoustic songs and they're here too. 

I'm not claiming to have written everything here.  Basically, if I sing it I wrote it at least primarily. (except Social Oppression - that's a Subverts cover)  Some will have co-writers.  I'll try to have accurate credits in the song descriptions.   I'm working on it.  For other's songs, I will remove tracks if the songwriter requests (you all know me well enough to know how to contact me)

The rules are:  

1. If I've posted it up here I either wrote it, played on it in some form, or it's a cover of a song that I wrote

2. If I repost something it's either:
1)  a related artist (as in it follows the lineage of one of the bands on here) 
2) a song by a band I was in but didn't play on 
3) a cover of one of the bands I've posted 

The line ups listed below are representative of what they were when I was in the band.  Some of these bands have had other line-ups that I wasn't a part of.  The time frames are indicative of when I was in the band and not the band's entire existence.  

The bands on this account are made up of the following humans:

The Subverts (1994) 
John Vulgar (Chris Haine): Vocals, Guitar 
Ben Swindled (Jon Evans): Vocals, Guitar, Drums 
Shane Willard : Bass, Vocals on Born Too Late

CRAgmatic Pope (1995-1996) 
Charlotte Louttit-Kijekijik: Vocals, Guitar 
Shane Willard: Vocals, Guitar 
Jasmine Barrette: Bass, Vocals 
Amanda Mongeon: Drums, Vocals 
Ryan Blais: Cornet, Tacet

SWANK (1996-1997)
Tito Satana (Chad Newton) : Vocals, Guitar
Melvin Klein (Kris Lang): Drums
Jerkules (Shane Willard): Singing Guitar
The Great Hygenie (Kaarina Wilson) : Bass

Steel Rider (1997):
Chad Newton: Vocals
Kris Lang: Drums
Charlotte Louttit-Kijekijik: Guitar
Shane Willard: Guitar

The Deefons (1997-1999, 2024-)
Shane Willard: Vocals, Guitar, Bass, drums in 2024
Tyler Tessier:Guitar, Bass 
YeTI: Bass, Guitar 
Marc Milot: Drums (1997-1998)
Jennifer McLenaghan: Keys, Vocals (1998)
Ben Gardiner: Drums, Production (1999)
Hugh Dogg : Live Keys, songwriting (1999)


Shane Willard (2007-present)
Shane Willard: Everything

The Sky Hits The Ground (2008-) 
Shane Willard: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Bass 
Mike Lance: Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, percussion, production

Lazie J - is a Classic Rock Band from Bangalore India.Formed by members of popular bands coming together .Lazie J creates and plays 80s classic rock music with a tinge of modern rock.influenced by the greats of 70s and 80s Lazie J looks at recreating the 80s magic once again.The band comprises of Jay , Manoj, Balu , Shibu all of them who have been playing the genre for more than 20 years ....One can only expect outcomes true to the genre ....Band has earned positive responses on each and every outing and has performed on different venues and on TV with in a short duration of its coming into being..

Since its inception, Unit F has been walking the fine line of socio-political consciousness and chaos with their own amalgam of dark punk, deathrock and esoteric rock.  The approach is a dynamic yet defined sound, showing an awareness of punk rock’s musical heritage and its decided trademark charge of the need for social and political change so typically absent from popular culture.

In 2020 Unit F announced the additions of drummer Andy David and Peter Moreno on bass following the late 2019 departures of Guillermo Santacruz and Phil Moore which effectively hit the pause button on the release of its fourth full length, which is now planned for 2020 to stand alongside Ecocide: Songs of Dysfunction (2018), Comes The Day (2014) and American Shutdown (2009). The new self-produced effort signaled a return to friend and producer Jim Monroe (Adolescents, Fu Manchu, Manic Hispanic, CJ Ramone) who was responsible for previous full lengths (along with Greg Hetson), as well as the hard charging Same Ol’ Story EP (2012).   

By the summer of 2019, the recording process yielded a four song ‘single/ep’ which will be self-released in March of 2020 , along with several new music videos (Joe Gill producing). The songs include Memo (To Myself), Human Zoo, Jesus Saves, and It’s Okay. That same chemistry and the penchant for songwriting that became Ecocide, is on full display with these numbers, with a unique view of the systematic appropriation of the individual by the corporate system (Memo), a dour look at the homeless crisis witnessed first hand (Human Zoo), and a dangerously sarcastic look at the hypocrisy of the political evangelicals (Jesus Saves). The final barrage is saved for the sneering tongue in cheek It’s Okay, lamenting the everyday wasting process of our collective complacency.

The current the lineup began will continue playing as a four piece, still led by original vocalist Mel Schantz who pens the lyrics and mans the vocals. It is a quicker if not louder, more dynamic and version of the band, with Andy David’s expressive drums, and the wall of guitar effect by Dave Costa.  Combined with Peter Moreno’s driving bass lines and backing vocals, Unit F’s sound fills up the room as well as it translates to the big stage.

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