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Shea Stratton
Shea Regan Stratton (Born 23 November 1979) is an American musician, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known for fronting the Los Angeles based Indie Rock band State to State. As a performer, he is best known for his intense, rangy, sincere vocal display, but even more emotional guitar playing. Stating main guitar influence as Jason Cardenas from San Diego rock band Transfer. Stratton's main goal as a guitarist is to accomplish beautiful and sometimes chaotic noise bridging the gap between rhythm and lead playing. While stating guitar influences, his favorite being the lead guitarist from San Diego based rock band Transfer. "I love the way he can lull you to sleep with the beauty of his chords and then seamlessly punch you in the gut with amazing almost train wreck sounding guitar lines with perfectly effected tone". Vocally, Stratton's influences are Thom Yorke, Jeff Buckley, Bono, Jimmy Gnecco, and Chris Cornell.

In 2007 for Santa Barbara based record label, Pirish Records, Stratton and fellow musician and multi-instrumentaslist, William Driskill, recorded a solo album entitled "Love/Hate" with producer/engineer Thom Flowers. 2010 saw the release of State to State's debut self-titled EP recorded with engineer Ian MacGregor in East Los Angeles at Infrasonic Studios. Currently his band State to State is recording a full length album with producer/engineer, Robbes Steiglitz, at EastWest Studios in Hollywood, CA and at Exile on Bay Street Studios in Downtown Los Angeles. Release date unknown. For more info visit, www.statetostateband.com.