SHAME IDOLS "The Light Is Always On"

2008（BUSHIDO） ￥1,800(taxin) NEW ARRIVAL 2008.7.16

Lolasのティムが率いた伝説のパンク/パワーポップバンド！いやぁこれはもうファンにはたまらない十年ぶりとなる新作です。しかも本作、当アカデミー以外に流通はないもよう・・　そりゃぁたしかに流行とはかけはなれてますがコレをやらずに何をやる！！80'sの香りがぷんぷんなハードロックテイストにサビともなればあの爽やかなキャッチーメロディーが炸裂する僕らがボイキン先輩。走りまくりの演奏そのままに彼の尽きることのない爆発的ソングライティング意欲には兎にも角にも脱帽♪Working Motherなどローカルバンドのメンバーを加えラモーンズばりの初期衝動をバックに作られたアルバム「The Light Is Always On」買い逃し禁止！

Track Lisiting: （全曲試聴）
1 The Light Is Always On
2 Girl in the Park
3 Hey Daddyo
4 Lizard Man
5 Cinderblock Head
6 Ocean's Daughter
7 Reality Vertigo
8 Runaway
9 Staying Inside
10 Stephanie
11 Tessa

MEMBER
Bryan Price - Guitar, Vocal.
Tim Boykin - Guitar, Vocal.
Alan Helms - Bass Guitar.
Jesse Diego Suttle - Drums, Vocal.
Buddy Banks played bass guitar on I Got Time and Rocket Cat.
Mikey Williams has drummed w/ SI.
Saylor Anderson has drummed w/ SI.

SITE
MYSPACE: www.myspace.com/shameidolsrock

BIOGRAPHY
ormed in the early 90s, the Shame Idols released two critically-lauded albums in the mid-'90s on the estimable Frontier Records. Singer/songwriter and guitarist Tim Boykin (ex-Carnival Season) formed the group in Birmingham in 1993 when his previous group, Pinky The Stabber, split up. The other band members, guitarist Bryan Price, bassist Buddy Banks, and drummer Jesse-Diego Suttle, had previously played together in the punk band Working Mothers.

An early fan of the group, the Young Fresh Fellows' Scott McCaughey, hooked the band up with his then-current label, Frontier, and also introduced him to Seattle-based indie producer extraordinaire Conrad Uno, who produced both 1995's I Got Time and 1996's Rocket Cat. The Shame Idols slpit up in the late 90s, Boykin doing several albums with power pop favorites the Lolas.

In September 2004 Shame Idols start to rehearse after not playing together for several years. New member Alan Helms, who played with Bryan and Jesse in Working Mothers, is added on bass guitar. Local shows and new material are well-received, and the band set about recording their third album, The Light Is Always On.