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Shane Gaalaas

Canadian musician
Person human Q16196944

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[7]
Date of birth
August 8, 1967
Place of birth
London
Country of citizenship
Canada[4]
Occupation
drummer
Educated at
Musicians Institute, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology[5][6]
Genre
heavy metal music[8]
Official website
www.shanegaalaas.com[12]
Website
www.shanegaalaas.com
Citizenship
Canada
Family name
Wikidata item[10]
Given name
Shane[11]
Instrument
drum kit[13]
Record label
Zain Records[9]
Social media followers
34k (32k–34k, n=4)[15][16][17][18]
Start of work period
1986[14]
Work period start
1986
🏷️ Also known as
en Shane Gaalaas ja シェーン・ガラース
🔖 Identifiers · 15
VIAF cluster ID
1180154260462824480004
Discogs artist ID
628405
Encyclopaedia Metallum artist ID
10952
Europeana entity
agent/base/144821
Facebook username
shane.gaalaas
Freebase ID
/m/01wdffd
Instagram username
epapo
Last.fm ID
Shane+Gaalaas
LinkedIn personal profile ID
shane-gaalaas-7901b85
MusicBrainz artist ID
c512893c-5278-4b26-bdc9-f531394575ab
Myspace ID
shanegaalaas
Podchaser creator ID
107a4XjbOj
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Songkick artist ID
381868
SoundCloud ID
shane-gaalaas
X (Twitter) username
Gaalbladderass

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🔗 Connections
Mb:member of band 4
Michael Schenker Group, Artension, Cosmosquad, Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force
Educated at 2
Musicians Institute, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Country of citizenship 1
Canada
Genre 1
heavy metal music
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
drum kit
Occupation 1
drummer
Place of birth 1
London
Record label 1
Zain Records
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Shane Gaalaas's place of birth was London[1]. He was born on August 8, 1967[2]. He worked as a drummer[3].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[19]

  • Country: US[20]

  • Began / founded: 1967-08-08[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c512893c-5278-4b26-bdc9-f531394575ab[22]

Body

Education

Educated at Musicians Institute[5], a conservatory[23], in United States[24], founded in 1977[25] and Northern Alberta Institute of Technology[6], a research institute[26], in Canada[27], founded in 1962[28].

FAQs

Where was Shane Gaalaas born?

Shane Gaalaas was born in London[1].

What did Shane Gaalaas do for work?

Shane Gaalaas worked as drummer[3].

Where did Shane Gaalaas go to school?

Shane Gaalaas was educated at Musicians Institute[5] and Northern Alberta Institute of Technology[6].

Related Entities

Canada London Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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