Chris "Shakes" Prendergast (Gretsch Broadcaster guitar, vocals), Ewan Morrell (tartan guitar), Tony Ryder (Bass), Ian Henderson (drums)
Influences
Surf music, 60's garage-punk (Pebbles & Nuggets), '70's snot-punk, '80's New Wave all mixed up in a blender with some hillbilly swamp voodoo...
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The musical phenomena known as Shakes began in the late 1970’s when the Dunedin Sound was first being conceived. Sacked as bass-player in The Enemy for wearing white freezing works gumboots on stage (the legend) or leaving The Enemy because he thought he was a surfer rather than a punk (the truth), Shakes then formed the unforgettable snot-rock band The Terls. And in the process confirmed he was a surf-punk.
Shakes has never stopped playing since then - bands like Tomorrow's Parties (in Auckland) Rhythm Cocktail, Tuatara, and then in Stingray, a 3 piece party band which recorded the long overdue Shakes album, released in 2004. By which time 3 new musicians were backing Shakes.
All the new band surfed. Except Anthony, the smooth foreign lead guitarist who was brought up in the Canadian prairies, several days travel from the nearest beach. But he played the twangiest surf guitar this side of Redondo Beach and was initiated with a ritual near-drowning surf experience in the Catlins. But the Canadian Prairies beckoned again and Anthony departed... to be replaced by a kilt-wearing Scotsman from Arbroath called Ewan.
The band’s spiritual home (apart for the beaches of Dunedin) is the South Coast Board Riders Clubrooms at St Clair, where they always reckon they play best to their home crowd. The new line-up has toured extensively – Venues large and small in central Dunedin and North-East Valley, the Surf Club at St. Clair, a barn at Osborne, the Town Hall in Port Chalmers, Invercargill and Oamaru. The new line-up recorded another album of new material (including the surf instrumental "North Coast Ghosts" in the surf video below) which should be released some day...
Contact Shakes for bookings (see the website for contact details).
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Thanks for the add. I really appreciate it. If you get chance to listen to some of my songs and comment, that would be cool. If you're too busy, no worries. Peace Love and Happiness in all you do. Allan
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Hi Shakes & The Swell Guys. Hope we haven't sent you this already. Still getting used to MySpace but it's great. Thanks for linking up with us. We want everyone to get to enjoy touring the surfing world with WPSurf. Nicole
Hi guys, it was great to have you on the show last week, if y'all don't mind we will stream the live songs from "The Local's" Myspace at some stage, cheers!
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Good luck for your gig tonight, I'm struck down with some nasty summer germs so I don't think I'm gonna be able to make it this time. Having your nose dripping into your beer is no fun, and they have good beer @Circ rhythm.
