the Red Shift

Bio:

Were not commies, and were definitely not bible salesmen; just three guys in red ties playing punk music the way it should be. No love songs, and no tune over three minutes long. Rooted in 70s punk and 50s rockabilly, if the Ramones got into a barroom brawl with Carl Perkins this is what it would sound like. Combining three chord guitar riffs, melodic bass lines, chain gang sing-a-longs and a rockabilly backbeat, the Red Shift writes and performs all original music. Marky strangles his guitar like a dictator on a rampage and leads the Shift into battle with his commanding vocals while Scotty walks the fret board like its nobodys business and Jerry fills out the rhythm section with his dead-steady backbeats. Themes range from songs about deviants and drunkards to politics and criminalsall of which are related in one way or another. Having recorded and produced their first two albums independently, the Red Shift went into the studio to record their latest collection, the seven song EP I Dont Wanna Get Gassed. Then followed up with "Just Another Red Scare", a full length relase. The Red Shift is currently touring to promote the album and support the local punk and rockabilly scene. Having established themselves with veteran and novice acts alike, the band is converting the masses one show at a time. If corporate rock and nu-metal are the problem, then this is the solution. Turn it up this is Red Shift Radio.



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Member Since:

September 05, 2004

Members:

Marky: (Guitar and Vocals)
Scotty: (Bass and Vocals)
Jerry: (Drums and Backing Vocals)

Influences:

Energy, History, Politics, Rebellion, and good old rock and roll such as; The Ramones, Carl Perkins, The Clash, Elvis Presley, Stiff Little Fingers, Buddy Holly, the Queers, Johnny Cash, Screeching Weasel, Sonny Burgess, U.S. Bombs, Jerry Lee Lewis, Rancid, Roy Orbison, the Stooges, MC5, the Pixies, and the Dropkick Murphys!

Sounds Like:

Punk Rock was meant to sound... “Formed by Scotty, Marky and Jerry seven years ago, The Red Shift have become a primary force behind the revitalization of Detroit punk rock. “We are just trying to get people to go come out to shows and have fun again,” Guitarist/Vocalist Marky states. The group has had a successful career so far as they have released two exceptional discs and opened for many of their influences, including the U.S. Bombs and The Queers. As for the band’s sound, it’s decidedly punk, but that doesn’t mean other genres don’t flare up. “We try to include surf, garage and rockabilly into the punk sound,” Bassist Scotty says. “I’m really into Weezer and Sloan, too, so I try to throw that stuff in there as well.” In the end, the Shift have mastered a punk rock formula that will please every spiky haired drunk punk within 3000 miles. It has the sing along choruses of The Ramones, beer drenched guitars of the Dropkick Murphys and the political lyrics of The Clash.” - Real Detroit Weekly

"These Chesterfield, Michigan, miscreants play some catchy Ramones-influenced punk rock with latent rockabilly leanings creeping in at the edges of songs like “Bang & Go.” Actually some of it sounds a little like the non-Irish songs of DKM when Mike McColgan sang with them, some have just a hint of early era Clash, & some sound like melodic street punk that doesn’t suck. I like it; you should check it out. They say they aren’t commies, but I wouldn’t hold that against them. Ha! Maybe their name comes from Einstein’s discovery that gravity slows the passage of time & stretches light waves toward the red end of the spectrum (i.e. gravitational redshift). It could then refer, by metaphorical extension, to the gravitational pull of red light districts & certain pleasures of the flesh offered therein. Oh yeah." – Rock N Roll Purgatory

"The Red Shift and they play punk the way it’s supposed to be played: as a trio. The Shift are like The Ramones or The Queers or some other band that “borrowed generously” from The Ramones plus a wee bit of rock-a-billy. This is rock and fucking roll, people. The Red Shift are like old-school Green Day cross-breeding with a Brian Setzer who’s content to keep his songs completely power-chords. They’re “not commies,” but they do wear white shirts and red ties … and they kick ass. " - Real Detroit Weekly


I don't wanna Get Gassed - 2004


Just another Red Scare - 2006

National bands we have played with include:
Rancid
H2O
Mustard Plug
Citzen Fish
Millions of Dead Cops
Flatfoot 56
Eight Bucks Expierment
The Pink Spiders
The Koffin Kats
The Independents
The Queers
U.S. Bombs
The Eyeliners
Love Equals Death
Harvey Sid Fisher
Twistin Tarantulas
Cash O' Riley
The Boils
Angel City Outcasts
God Awfuls
The Hollow Points

Record Label:

Unsigned