Ugly Kid Joe

Shannon Larkin joined this band from Souls At Zero in 1994. They produced the very famous 'Cats In The Cradle' song, which you will probably have heard at some point, even if you can't remember it. The first Ugly Kid Joe release featuring Shannon was 'Menace To Sobriety', released on June 1995. The lineup for that album was Shannon (drums), Whitfield Crane (vocals), Klaus Eichstadt (guitars), Dave Fortman (guitars) and Cordell Crockett (bass). The album was produced by Gggarth Richardson and Ugly Kid Joe, and was recorded at Palacio del Rio, Santa Ynez, California, USA and A&M Studios, Hollywood, California, USA. Whitman said of Shannon, "'Shannon has taken us to the next level". 'Menace To Sobriety' was released on Mercury Recordings, and features the tracks:

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The band's second album with Shannon, 'Motel California', was released on November 1996, on Castle Communications, and was recorded in the garages of Klaus Eichstadt and Dave Fortman, after the band's contract with Mercury ended. The lineup remained from the last album, and Lemmy Kilmster from Motorhead does the backing vocals on 'Little Red Man'. 

1. It's A Lie

2. Dialogue

3. Sandwich

4. Rage Against The Answerring Machine

5. Would You Like To Be There

6. Little Red Man

7. Bicycle Wheels

8. Father

9. Undertow

10. Shine

11. Strange

12. 12 Cents

Ugly Kid Joe released 'As Ugly As It Gets: The Very Best Of Ugly Kid Joe', on August 1998 on Mercury Records, which featured Shannon on the tracks:

5. Tomorrow's World

6. God

8. C.U.S.T.

9. Milkman's Son

12. Slower Than Nowhere

15. Jesus Rode A Harley