About
Guitar-slinging headbanger Shaynie Rhoads was raised on the music of her parents’ generation, from Metallica and Van Halen to Madonna and Wham. She grew up going to concerts, skateboarding and collecting comic books and trading cards. When she was sixteen, she wrote her first song about World of Warcraft.
“I was always a bit of a misfit, and not the cool kind,” she tells SD Voyager Magazine. “I was the girl that showed up to class in blue eyeshadow and faux fur platform boots. I drove a crusty old car and worked at Vons so that I could buy band shirts and concert tickets.”
After high school, Shaynie went to college to study the classical guitar, where she also learned how to sing and compose. She attempted to keep up with trends by writing pop music, but eventually returned to her roots in rock ‘n’ roll. She calls her sound “pink metal.”
As a recording artist, Shaynie releases her music independently. She is the primary songwriter and frontman of Runesaber, a heavy metal band she founded in 2024.
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“It’s more like heavy metal wrapped in pink, sparkly packaging. I call it pink metal.”
“Dynamite is a reminder that rock hasn’t lost its power to impact. Shaynie Rhoads, with her fierce attitude and distinctive sound, invites us to dance in the darkness and embrace our inner rebel.”
“My producer will say, ‘This isn’t classical music. You don’t have to say all your s’s and t’s like that.’”
“In addition to the energy of the song, the fun side of the lyrics combined with Shaynie’s Lolita voice will make this song your energizing ray of sunshine for the whole week!”
“Shaynie Rhoads returns with a recharged battery to give us a moment of nostalgia through a punk song with roots in the 2000s and a gritty, explosive and chaotic style.”
“With her effortless swagger and electrifying presence, Rhoads’s steadfast refusal to compromise on anything regarding her artistic vision has paid off.”
“I get that I don’t look like the typical metalhead, but what is a metalhead supposed to look like, anyway?”
“About a month ago, I jokingly posted on Twitter that I’d create a record label of my own and sign myself.”
“Most of them were in orchestra or opera as kids, and I was this newcomer that had spent her formative years playing power chords and listening to heavy metal.”