"Dazzling and keening harmonies, way rank guitars and
throbbing drumming make a sound that could fill a zeppelin
hangar," says The Tennessean of Nashville's The Shazam.
Real Rock. Raw, powerhouse live shows from the band that
started Nashville's "power pop" scene. The Shazam continues to lead the way, "ramming the power pop manual
through the shredder" - Uncut
... with its latest album, Tomorrow The World. Produced by Brad Jones, Tomorrow
The World "salutes vintage Britrock with a run of fizzy melodies, guitar crunch and irrepressible spirit" - Blender
At the core of The Shazam are songwriter Hans Rotenberry (lead vocals, guitar), Scott Ballew (drums, percussion),
Jeremy Asbrock (guitar, backing vocals), and Mike Vargo (bass, backing vocals).
Over the last decade, the band that Little Steven Van Zandt calls "one of the best things I've heard in twenty f**king
years" has released four critically acclaimed records and is preparing their fifth.
The Shazam is among a handful of artists chosen by Universal Music Group to launch its new groundbreaking all-digital label, UMe Digital. The Shazam album, Tomorrow The World is now downloadable via all online music services and includes a
previously unreleased song, Cool City. Read the NY Times article!
Shazam music has been featured in national beer commercials and popular television shows, and the band has received "best band" and "best show of the year" awards from top U.S. and UK publications.
The British press, hungry for what The Shazam dishes out, applaud the Nashville quartet for pumping out "killer hooks, unforgettable melodies & chord changes that can shatter hearts at 20 paces" (New Musical Express).
The Shazam's list of concert highlights reads like a young rock band's dream: At the personal invitation of Paul Weller, they played in front of 20,000 Brits at Earls Court, the UKs biggest indoor arena. The Shazam was one of only two U.S. acts invited by the BBC to play at Music Live. Joined by members of legendary British rock band The Move, they broadcast from the world famous Abbey Road Studios courtesy of BBC Radio and TV.
It was Little Steven's Underground Garage that first identified The Shazam with the Garage Movement. Several Shazam tracks have received "COOLEST song in the WORLD!" honors, and the band was invited to perform at the Underground Garage Festival in New York.
"Little Steven's radio show is much needed and supercool," says Rotenberry. "We've been called Power Pop, Garage Rock, whatever; its just pretty songs played loud."
High praise from the likes of Entertainment Weekly, Blender, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Magnet, and Alternative Press has brought national attention to the band that "pummels first, asks questions later."
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Hey Hans – Your performance with The Long Players performing THE BEATLES Abbey Road is now online at http://www.thelongplayers.com. Thanks for a great show!
