Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Shiny Joe Ryan

POND member Shiny Joe Ryan has just dropped a new single, Ketamine, and has announced his long-awaited second studio album, Shiny’s Democracy, available Friday 23 July. It’s been over 7 years since his last solo release. We asked him to tell us ten things about him that we didn’t know:

 1) I have pretty bad eyesight but somehow I’m able to see things nobody else can see.

2) I only have one kidney.

3) I once sliced open my thumb on a baked bean can lid and I swear there were wires inside me.

4) Nail polish makes me claustrophobic. 

5) My current vehicle is a green Ford Explorer that I’ve named Peter Green (it has a sun roof too).

6) I’m a big fan of sour beers. They’re just so dang refreshing.

7) I’m a huge fan of Irish music. I own and can play uilleann pipes, bouzouki, Bodhran and whistles. 

8) I learnt the Scottish bagpipes in high school. Ended up being Pipe Major too.

9) I was born it Nenagh, Co. Tipperary in Ireland. 

10) My hair is natural. The only things I’ve ever done to it is shave it and bleach it for the cover of Shiny’s Democracy.

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Shiny Joe Ryan and The Sky Dolphins Tour Dates

Thursday 22 July | Hidden Treasures Festival, Fremantle, WA – Tickets

Friday 6 August | The Bird (Album Launch), Perth, WA – Event Info Here