Founding member · Lead guitar · In memory
Shaun Skillin
- In POWER
- Lead guitar, since 1988 (until 2024)
- Born
- Maryland, October 16, 1964
- Also played with
- Diamond Romeo
- Gasoline Alley
- Hard Blue
Shaun grew up in Houston, was playing guitar at 10 and gigging at 13. He moved to Los Angeles in his early twenties and played the Hollywood clubs with Diamond Romeo, POWER and Gasoline Alley, on stages like the Whisky a Go Go, Gazzari's and the Troubadour.
He co-founded POWER with Greg Edelman in 1988 and wrote many of the band's best-known songs. He later moved to Colorado, where he worked as a producer and recording engineer, recorded POWER from his own studio and formed the blues-rock trio Hard Blue.
Shaun died suddenly at his home in Sedalia, Colorado, on January 14, 2024. He was 59.
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