 It was here that he met Dustin Bugg and Brian Temples, who would comprise the rhythm section for the initial version of Book of Kills.Since 1994, Shelley has performed sporadically on the East Coast, mostly in or near his home town of Bridgewater, Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley, with various rock bands, including Book Of Proles (2005), agitprop The Karl Rove (2005-2006), The Plague Dogs (2008), Fear + Whiskey (2010-2013), and most notably the stylistically diverse Book Of Kills, the "live" version of which has featured a series of constantly changing line-ups from 1994 through 2019.Early in 2010, Shelley disclosed on the "official" band web page, bookofkills.com, that he was disbanding Book Of Kills for the foreseeable future, if not for good.