The Shamen

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The Shamen
The Shamen performing in Oxford (1990)
Background information
Origin	Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Genres	Psychedelia indie dance electronic
Years active	1985–1999
Labels	Moksha One Little Indian Epic
Past members	Colin Angus Bob Breeks John Delafons Gavin Knight Plavka Lonich Derek McKenzie Keith McKenzie Allison Morrison Richard Sharpe Will Sinnott (deceased) Peter Stephenson Richard West (Mr C) Victoria Wilson-James Jhelisa Anderson

The Shamen (/ˈʃeɪmɛn/ SHAY-men) were a British psychedelic band,^[1][2] formed in 1985 in Aberdeen, Scotland, who became a chart-topping electronic dance music act on the UK Singles Chart by the early 1990s.^[3] The founding members were Colin Angus, Derek McKenzie and Keith McKenzie. Peter Stephenson joined shortly after to take over on keyboards from Angus. Several other people were later in the band. Angus then teamed up with Will Sinnott, and together they found credibility as pioneers of rock/dance crossover.^{[citation needed]} When rapper Mr. C joined, the band moved on to international commercial success with "Ebeneezer Goode" and their 1992 Boss Drum album.