Effective period / Period of releases: 1986 - 2019

Members: Greg Ellis, Spencer Sercombe, Alex Kane (3), Chris Heilman, Walt Woodward III, Michael Guy, Tom Rucci, Ric Czerny, K.K. Martin

Shark Island is a hard rock/glam metal band from Los Angeles, California, USA, that was formed in 1979 under the name of Sharks (14). The band changed its name to Shark Island in 1985.

The band was started by singer Richard Black (8), whose name then was Rick Czerny, and lead guitarist Spencer Sercombe, under the name of 'Sharks'. Czerny and Sercombe met in high school and began writing original material and began playing music together.