Chris Shinn

Chris Shinn is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known as frontman and lead singer of the band Unified Theory. He is the son of former New Orleans Hornets owner, George Shinn. Unified Theory began to form in early 1998. After the initial idea to continue Blind Melon with a new lead vocalist did not work out, Smith and Thorn decided to start a new band. Thorn discovered Shinn on a scouting mission in Los Angeles. Unified Theory was originally called Luma, they issued a four-track CD through their website in 1999. After they were signed to Universal Records later that year, they changed their name to Unified Theory after the theory Albert Einstein was working on when he died. In August 2000 the band issued their...