Cory Shane
Biography Cory Shane
Cory Shane
formed DC heavy-psych/stoner-rock band Hollow Mountain with Jason Simon and Malcolm McDuffie in 1998. The band’s sound went against the grain of the DC post-hardcore scene of the time and forged a path locally for Simon’s own band Dead Meadow. After Hollow Mountain, Cory played guitar and toured with The Rondelles before relocating to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he began writing and recording the songs that would form the bulk of the Inverted Jenny album on a Tascam cassette 4-track.
Returning to DC in 2003, Cory joined Dead Meadow for the classic fourth album Feathers on Matador Records. Cory’s guitar work accentuates the dreamlike feel of the album, and a taste of his songwriting can be heard on the atmospheric track "Stacy's Song." Cory left Dead Meadow in Spring 2005, later reuniting with the band for a handful of reunion shows to perform Feathers material in the 2010s.
In 2005 Shane began going through the Santa Fe recordings with producer/musician Eli Elkin and assembling a solo record, with Elkin adding bass and drum parts during the latter half of the 2000s. The resulting album The Inverted Jenny Flies Again will be released on April 10 on limited edition vinyl via Jason Simon’s Tekeli-li Records, with digital distribution through Ghost Tower Records. Cory Shane opens for Dead Meadow on their U.S. tour starting in April 2026.
