ABOUT
Shaun Banks is a one-man band artist, who's based in the 500-year-old mining town of Idrija, Slovenia. His music is fueled by punk rock energy and is fused in a garage with the soul and groove of blues. Shaped by the town's industrial and rural environment, Banks takes his fans on a journey through his energetic craftsmanship, heavily influenced by The White Stripes, The Black Keys, and Robert Johnson. Playing guitar and foot drums simultaneously, accompanied by his powerful and colorful voice with bluesy harmonica fills makes for a great, live show.
Growing up and living in a town that was a cradle to great Slovenian artists such as Kuzle, Zablujena Generacija and many others it's no wonder Banks picked up a guitar early in his teens.
He started gaining stage experience at many local venues in a once-popular punk band Šundr (Noise), which he co-founded. As a one-man band, he quickly gained more experience at local and bigger regional venues and festivals (MKNŽ Ilirska Bistrica, ŠKUC Ljubljana, Pri Rdeči Ostrigi Škofja Loka, Galerija SDK Tolmin, Kulturni Center Rogaška Slatina, Center Mladih Koper, Hotel Kempinski Portorož, Swenak Idrija, Mladinski Center Idrija, Bus Bar Idrija, Festival Čipkarija, Festival Trash and Burn, Festival Monošus, Festival Dobimo se pred ŠKUCem, Festival In Memoriam Peter Hafner, and Festival Mlada parada).
With 2025 being his breakthrough on the international scene, he toured accross the Europe and performed in 13 countries, including Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. His music and touring was covered by many media outlets, such as Nightshift Oxford's Music Magazine, BH Radio 1, Sigic, Gemerts Nieuwsblad, Brno Daily, Banbury Guardian, Stahl Radio, Radio Prlek, Idrija.com, Rockline.si, The Blog Flamingo, Idrijske Novice, Rockeriada, and Radio Študent.
Banks was also a part of 40th year anniversary LP compilation ''Naredte revolucijo za KuZle gre'' where he rerecorded and rearranged a song by the band KuZle. The compilation was released by the Slovenian national record label RTV Slovenija in collaboration with the national radio station Val 202.
His latest release is a full lenght album titled “Deal Wtih The Devil”, which he is currently promoting on a tour across Europe and the United Kingdom.
