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Shaina Mikee Keiths

Shaina Mikee Keiths

Shaina Mikee Keiths (born Shaina Leigh Ann Fober) was raised between Pittsburgh, PA & Boston, MA where she
developed her deep passion for rock music and hard-hitting stage attitude.

Shaina is a classically trained percussionist who at a young age sat first chair in the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony. In
the summer of 2011, Shaina received the most sought-after scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA
after completing their 5-week summer performance program and blowing the committee away during her talent-‐
based audition. She majored in contemporary writing and production with a special field of focus of arranging and
studied drumming under the likes of Jackie Santos and Rod Morganstein.

Shaina is currently the house drummer at the infamous Viper Room and is endorsed by Soultone Cymbals. She also
plays the reoccurring character Echo, in the FX series Mayans (season 3, 2021), where she plays guitar and sings
G.G. Allin’s “Shoot, Knife, Strangle, Beat, and Crucify.” In 2022 she joined forces with Veronica Witkin & together they created the hard-hitting in your face band, The Space Cadettes.

Shaina has performed and toured the U.S. and internationally with The Monkees, Jefferson Starship,
David Ellefson of Megadeth, Victor Wooten, and Boots Electric (aka Jesse Hughes of Eagles of Death Metal). As a
session musician she has recorded and worked with Grammy winners Eric Delegard, Matthew Ellard (producer/
engineer of Radiohead, Motorhead, Weezer, etc.), Bruce Witkin (Hollywood Vampires, Marilyn Manson, Adam Ant, Aerosmith, Sweeney Todd etc.), Gary Gramolini (founding guitarist of John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band), Daniel Day (bassist of Brian McKnight) and Tiny Tavares (singer of Tavares).

With Shaina’s unique musical talent, rambunctious, bombastic, energetic and passionate playing style, the future
holds nothing but success. Shaina is a professional musician through and through and has an outstanding work ethic.
She gives nothing less than 100% anytime she has a pair of sticks in her hands.

Though Shaina is best known for playing drums and percussion, she is a true multi-instrumentalist adept piano, guitar,
bass guitar, harmonica, ukulele, mandolin and banjo, and has a unique and powerful singing voice enabling her to
provide strong lead and backing vocals/harmonies. Her musical idols and influences include; Keith Moon, Ringo
Starr, Ginger Baker, John Bonham, Taylor Hawkins, David Bowie, Josh Homme, Keith Richards, and Joan Jett.

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