Shiny Joe Ryan
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| Birth name | Joseph Michael Ryan |
| Also known as | Joseph Orion McJam |
| Born | 23 August 1987 Nenagh, Ireland |
| Origin | Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
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| Member of | Pond |
Joseph Michael "Shiny Joe" Ryan (born 23 August 1987) is an Irish-Australian psychedelic rock musician, singer and songwriter. He is the founding mainstay multi-instrumentalist and guitarist of Pond, which have released nine albums. Ryan has issued two solo albums, The Cosmic Microwave Background (30 May 2014) and Shiny's Democracy (23 July 2021).[1] He also does the visuals for fellow Australian band Tame Impala.
Mink Mussel Creek
Joseph Michael Ryan was born on 23 August 1987 in Nenagh, Ireland. At the age of six-and-a-half his family emigrated to Perth.[2]
In 2007, Shiny Joe Ryan joined the recently formed Mink Mussel Creek on guitar, with Nick Allbrook on vocals, Richard Ingham on synthesisers, Kevin Parker on drums and Steve Summerlin on bass guitar.[3] Mink Mussel Creek recorded an unreleased album in 2008.
Pond
In 2008 Ryan, Allbrook and Jay Watson had the idea of an "ego-free project where they were able to get anyone they wanted to play whatever they wanted."[4] That collective, Pond, have released ten albums, Psychedelic Mango (2009), Corridors of Blissterday (2009), Frond (2010), Beard, Wives, Denim (2012), Hobo Rocket (2013), Man It Feels Like Space Again (January 2015), The Weather (May 2017), Tasmania (March 2019), 9 (October 2021), and Stung! (June 2024)
