Buddy Banks played bass guitar on I Got Time and Rocket Cat.
Mikey Williams has drummed w/ SI.
Saylor Anderson has drummed w/ SI.
Influences
Ramones, Dictators, Redd Kross, Mott The Hoople, Iggy And The Stooges, Prong, Ventures, Flamin' Groovies, Records, Black Sabbath, MC5, Hardons, Damned, Immortal, Pink Fairies, The Fluid, Groundhogs, Real Kids, Flop, The Muffs, Sonic's Rendezvous, Angry Samoans, Freeze, Ether Dogs, Pinky The Stabber, The Others, Shadow 15, Ghoul, UK Subs, Fastbacks, Young Fresh Fellows, Hawkwind, Napalm Death, Epitaph (German band), Thin Lizzy, Kinks, Creation, Meanies, New York Dolls, Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers, Terrorizer, Rubber City Rebels, Dead Boys, Crime, Weirdos, Avengers, Black Flag, Radio Birdman, Sluglords, Saints, Spiders era Bowie, Sweet, Slade, T Rex, Scorpions, Helloween, Generation X, Bay City Rollers, The Boys, Sex Pistols, Joan Jett And The Blackhearts, Runaways, Carcass, AC/ DC, Small Faces, Cowsills, Descendents, Discharge, Motörhead
Sounds Like
Dictators, Real Kids, Fastbacks, Sweet, Shame
Idols
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Formed 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.
Good news! The brand new powerpopcompilation "Souvenirs" is being released this week! It contains 21 great North American powerpop tracks from 1975-95. You can hear three of the songs that just have been uploaded on our Myspage page. The CD also contains a previously unreleased song by the great Canadian band Pointed Sticks recorded in the late 70..s. It is availabe from Not Lame Records and Kool Kat Musik, and it will very soon be available from CD Baby.
The Dogs from Detroit Rock City celebrate their 40th anniversary w/t 2 Disks, 25 tribute bands, 3 unreleased historic tracks from The Dogs from 1971 & 1976, 28 page booklet, liner notes by John Sinclair (MC5) and cover artwork by Rockin' Jellybean!!
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