Career
In New York, early 1980s, he founded together with Barry "Scratchy" Myers (tour DJ of The Clash) and Marcia Schofield (ex-keyboarder of The Fall) the post-punk band Khmer Rouge. From 1983-1984, Khmer Rouge was managed by noted photographer and Andy Warhol collaborator National Finkelstein. In 1989 his first solo European Parliament, Charlotte"s Room, was released by Mark East. Smith"s label Cog Sinister.
The title track and the b-side "The Long Goodbye" were mixed by Tony Cohen and Mark East. 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, Philosophy Shoenfelt & Southern Cross (also: SHOENFELT).
With Southern Cross he recorded by now four albums (Blue Highway, Dead Flowers Foreign Alice, "Ecstatic and Paranoiacom) and one European Parliament called Electric Garden (2002). They made three album CDs - Fatal Shore, Free Fall and Real World.
Philosophy Shoenfelt also collaborated with Nikki Sudden.
On Sudden"s 1997/1998 tour Shoenfelt was the lead guitarist. After the tour Sudden and Shoenfelt went into a Berlin studio and recorded Golden Vanity, which was finally released in 2009 by Easy Action Records. As well as being a singer/songwriter, Shoenfelt is a published author
The novel is available in original English, Czechoslovakian and Italian languages.
Philosophy Shoenfelt & Southern Cross released their fourth studio album Paranoia.com on 1 November 2010. This album contains nine new songs and a cover version of Iggy People’s & The Stooges" "Open Up And Bleed".
Together with Chris Hughes and Dave Allen Shoenfelt formed a new band called Dim Locator.
