Phil Shoenfelt

Who is Phil Shoenfelt?

Phil Shoenfelt is an English musician and author who lived for many years in New York and who now lives in Prague, Czech Republic.

In New York, early 1980s, he founded together with Barry "Scratchy" Myers and Marcia Schofield the post-punk band Khmer Rouge.

From 1983-1984, Khmer Rouge was managed by noted photographer and Andy Warhol collaborator Nat Finkelstein.

In 1989 his first solo EP, "Charlotte's Room", was released by Mark E. Smith's label Cog Sinister. The title track and the b-side "The Long Goodbye" were mixed by Tony Cohen and Mark E. Smith.

One year later Paperhouse Records put out his album "Backwoods Crucifixion", in 1993 Shoenfelt's second album "God Is The Other Face Of The Devil" was released by Humbug Records. Since 1995 Shoenfelt lives in Prague, where he put together his current band, Phil Shoenfelt & Southern Cross. With Southern Cross he recorded by now four albums and one EP called "Electric Garden".

In 1997 Shoenfelt founded a new band Fatal Shore, together with Bruno Adams and Chris Hughes. They made 3 album CDs - Fatal Shore, Free Fall, Real World.