 Almost immediately, Shain joined a student rock band called "Positive Feedback", where he played electric rhythm guitar and first performed live on stage.At age 14, he was the youngest member of the band.The following year, Shain and childhood friend Jim Barr, along with fellow students FJ Ventre and John Miller, formed another rock cover band called "The Partisans" (the band's name unknowingly matched an already established punk band from the UK).