Power-Popscurites is a series meant to bring to unearth power-pop bands so unknown that they've even been missed (or possibly ignored) by the greater minds of the blogosphere.
The Shakers were Teenage Head-related late seventies/early-eighties Toronto power-pop-a-billy produced by future legend Daniel Lanois (U2, Bob Dylan, Emylou Harris etc).
The Shakers (Future Teenage Head member Dave Rave - Guitars/Vocals, Tim Gibbons - Guitar/Vocals, Claude DesRoches - Drums and Rick Andrews - Bass/Vocals) probably seemed unstuck in time even back in '79. Clearly enamored of a lot of the same sort of things, Chuck Berry, real early Beatles, cars with enormous fins etc. that inspired the later seventies Flamin' Groovies (they cover "Shake Some Action Here"). This collection is hopelessly out-of-print and since this here internet has almost no info about the band, you'll just have enjoy, "Out the Door" and then let us know what you think. (New player requires a teensy bit of patience but it works.)
The Shakers Self-Titled link is on the comments.
Speaking of comments, give us your quick review of the Shakers.
Check out this interview with Dave Rave!
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PLEASE LEAVE US A COMMENT ABOUT THE SHAKERS!
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Thanks really good! But more Pub Rock than Power Pop thou
ReplyDeleteKramer
ReplyDeletePerhaps but then Power-Pop and Pub Rock (think Flamin' Groovies, Nick Lowe etc.) are pretty deeply inter-connected.
good songs,good musicianship,but perhaps this type of bands works well on the 45/ep's front than on 20 song cd...i never known nothin about them,and i'm happy to have the opportunities to give it a try,thanks
ReplyDeleteGreat post. This is hard to find.
ReplyDeleteRoberto
ReplyDeleteI highly recommend cherry-picking with most after-the-fact collections of this era and this is definitely no exception.
Dave
Yeah I wanted to post it just because it was odd that something re-released as late 2000 could have so fully fallen off the map.
Dern, I sold this album for 50 cents. Can't even remember what I did with all that money.
ReplyDeleteRoy
ReplyDeleteHuge bummer to have given it up for so many Mojos*.
* Not to non-Canadian Mojo's were the cheapest candy in the store (.01) back in the day.
There was a power pop band of the same name in the Chicago area around the same time, as I recall, so maybe I'll give this one a listen!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the files...great band! I just posted the first part of an interview with Dave Rave over at http://www.punkretrospective.com/wordpress/?p=875 check it out!
ReplyDeletegood to hear this again. dave rave was such a fixture on the hamilton scene when i lived there in the 80s and 90s. plenty of great bands to go and see, and dave's tentacles (and those of bruce mowat) were everywhere.
ReplyDeleteHazy Dave
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it was a common name...
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Cool - I'll link that up!
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Aha scene still not to well documented I guess.
have you ever heard The Nerves?
ReplyDeleteseems like your kind of band. can be found in youtube and pirate bay.
Never heard about this band, looks great accordinf to the comments, but link is dead. Any chance for a reupload ??
ReplyDeleteThanks.